[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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