[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 202 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54088-54089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25871]



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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration, Office of Records 
Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request 
for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 
publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency 
requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Records 
schedules identify records of sufficient value to warrant preservation 
in the National Archives of the United States. Schedules also 
authorizes agencies after a specified period to dispose of records 
lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is 
published for records schedules that (1) propose the destruction of 
records not previously authorized for disposal, or (2) reduce the 
retention period for records already authorized for disposal. NARA 
invites public comments on such schedules, as required by 44 USC 
3303a(a).

DATE: Request for copies must be received in writing on or before 
December 4, 1995. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA 
will send a copy of the schedule. The requester will be given 30 days 
to submit comments.

ADDRESSES: Address requests for single copies of schedules identified 
in this notice to the Record Appraisal and Disposition Division (NIR), 
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD 20740. 
Requesters must cite the control number assigned to each schedule when 
requesting a copy. The control number appears in the parentheses 
immediately after the name of the requesting agency.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year U.S. Government agencies create 
billions of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. In 
order to control this accumulation, agency records managers prepare 
records schedules specifying when the agency no longer needs the 
records and what happens to the records after this period. Some 
schedules are comprehensive and cover all the records of an agency or 
one of its major subdivisions. These comprehensive schedules provide 
for the eventual transfer to the National Archives of historically 
valuable records and authorize the disposal of all other records. Most 
schedules, however, cover records of only one office of program or a 
few series of records, and many are updates of previously approved 
schedules. Such schedules also may include records that are designated 
for permanent retention.

    Destruction of records requires the approval of the Archivist of 
the United States. This approval is granted after a thorough study of 
the records that takes into account their administrative use by the 
agency of origin, the rights of the Government and of private persons 
directly affected by the Government's activities, and historical or 
other value.
    This public notice identifies the Federal agencies and their 
subdivisions requesting disposition authority, includes the control 
number assigned to each schedule, and briefly describes the records 
proposed for disposal. The records schedule contains additional 
information about the records and their disposition. Further 
information about the disposition process will be furnished to each 
requester.

Schedules Pending

    1. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (N1-463-95-3). Routine and facilitative records concerning 
research at the Denver Wildlife Center.
    2. Department of the Army (N1-AU-95-6). Records relating to life-
cycle management of U.S. Army Reserve facilities.
    3. Department of Health and Human Services (N1-468-95-1). Records 
of the Graduate Medical Education Study, Office of Planning and 
Evaluation.
    4. Department of Housing and Urban Development (N1-207-93-5). 
Program office working papers and background material for Inspector 
General investigative reports.
    5. Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs 
(N1-59-95-15). Routine, facilitative, and duplicative records relating 
to telecommunications matters. Policy records are scheduled for 
permanent retention.
    6. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
(N1-318-93-4). Administrative files accumulated in the Office of 
Currency Standards.
    7. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration 
(N1-15-93-2). Microfiche copies of letters to veterans providing 
benefit information.
    8. American Battle Monuments Commission (N1-117-95-1). Routine, 
facilitative and duplicate records.
    9. Defense Contract Audit Agency (N1-372-95-3). Files used as input 
for Department of Defense Annual Report.
    10. Federal Aviation Administration (n1-237-95-5). Older records 
covering various routine and facilitative program activities.
    11. Federal Housing Finance Board (N1-485-94-1). Reference 
materials, general correspondence, and financial records.
    12. Federal Trade Commission (N1-122-95-2). Bureau of Economic 
Studies Coffee Investigation: Background for Final Printed Report.
    13. Office of Personnel Management (N1-478-95-4). Training course 
materials.
    14. Social Security Administration (N1-47-95-4). Computer matching 
records.
    15. United States Information Agency (N1-306-95-4). Facilitative 
records relating to the American National Exhibition in Moscow. Policy 
Records scheduled as permanent.

    Dated: October 2, 1995.
John W. Carlin,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 95-25871 Filed 10-18-95; 8:45 am]
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