[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30345-30346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14403]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
AGENCY: Office of Records Services, National Archives and 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 authorize
agencies after a specified period to dispose of records lacking
administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published
for records schedules that propose the destruction of records not
previously authorized for disposal, or reduce the retention period for
records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments
on such schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
DATES: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before
July 18, 1997. 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.
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ADDRESSES: Address requests for single copies of schedules identified
in this notice to the Civilian Appraisal Staff (NWRC), National
Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Miller, Director, Records
Management Programs, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601
Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, telephone (301)713-7110.
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
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 the Army (N1-AU-97-7). Professional conduct and
legal mismanagement records accumulated in the office of the Judge
Advocate General.
2. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (N1-370-96-8). Nautical chart source standard files.
3. Department of Justice (N1-60-97-3). Case files relating to
enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
4. Department of Justice (N1-118-97-1). Reading files maintained by
U.S. Attorneys.
5. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (N1-527-
97-8). Special assignments files.
6. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs (N1-59-97-11).
``U.S. Foreign Affairs on CD-ROM'' prepared by the Office of Public
Communications.
7. Department of State (N1-59-97-16). Routine, facilitative,
duplicative, or fragmentary records of Bureau of African Affairs,
Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
and the Executive Secretariat.
8. Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (N1-101-97-3). Bank examination working papers.
9. Consumer Product Safety Commission (N1-424-94-1). Case files
maintained by the Office of General Counsel.
10. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (N1-474-96-1, N1-
474-96-3 through 5; N1-474-97-1 through 5). Comprehensive schedules for
all offices except General Counsel.
11. Institute of Museum and Library Services (N1-288-97-1 and N1-
288-97-2). Formula grant-related records and working papers to
discretionary grants.
12. National Indian Gaming Commission (N1-220-97-6). Comprehensive
schedule for textual and audiovisual records (substantive program
records are designated for permanent retention).
13. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (N1-465-95-4). Records of
the Office of General Counsel.
14. President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (N1-220-97-
5). Comprehensive records schedule.
Dated: May 27, 1997.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist, for Record Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 97-14403 Filed 6-2-97; 8:45 am]
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