[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16123-16124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9044]



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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 
authorized 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).

DATES: Request for copies must be received in writing on or before May 
28, 1996. 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 Records 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 parenthesis 
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 or 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

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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, Agricultural Research Service (N1-
310-96-1). Routine administrative records to support applications for 
residency waivers.
    2. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (N1-241-96-
2). Records relating to computer security, telecommunications, and 
network operations and support services.
    3. Department of Housing and Urban Development (N1-207-96-2). 
Housing grant case files and related records.
    4. Department of Labor, National Commission for Employment Policy 
(N1-174-96-1). Seminar, conference, and training files; general 
correspondence files; miscellaneous video tapes and photographs.
    5. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs (N1-59-95-25). 
Routine and facilitative records of the Office of Public 
Communications.
    6. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Public Debt (N1-53-96-2). 
Comprehensive schedule.
    7. Department of the Treasury, United States Secret Service (N1-87-
93-3). Administrative and operational reports produced by the White 
House Workers and Visitors Entrance System (the database and printed 
monthly visitors logs have been determined to have sufficient archival 
value to warrant permanent retention by the National Archives).
    8. Department of the Treasury, United States Secret Service (N1-
087-96-01). Background and working files created in the course of 
drafting and revising agency organization charts and functional 
statements.
    9. National Archives and Records Administration (N1-64-95-2). 
Electronic records systems.
    10. National Women's Business Council (N1-220-96-7). State files, 
rejected data collection proposals, and award files.
    11. Office of Personnel Management (N1-146-96-2). Working papers of 
the Job Evaluation and Pay Review Task Force.
    12. Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (N1-220-96-3). 
Public use permit files and penalty mail reports.

    Dated: April 4, 1996.
James W. Moore,
Assistant Archivist for Records Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-9044 Filed 4-10-96; 8:45 am]
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