[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 249 (Thursday, December 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 78226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22249]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Public Meeting on Non-Trial Civil Court Case Files

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is 
holding a public meeting to gather input to help NARA decide how to 
identify post-1970 non-trial civil cases with sufficient historical 
value to warrant permanent preservation. Pursuant to the U.S. District 
Court records schedule issued in 1983, the National Archives preserves 
all civil cases prior to 1970 and all cases filed after January 1, 1970 
that went to trial. Cases filed after January 1, 1970 that did not 
reach the trial stage are eligible for disposal twenty years after they 
are transferred to inactive storage. Trial cases are routinely 
transferred to the legal custody of the National Archives twenty-five 
years after closure. No non-trial cases in records center storage have 
been destroyed. NARA must develop a methodology to review a 
representative portion of the non-trial case files in order to 
determine which files should be preserved. The meeting is designed to 
elicit advice from the public, and the legal, judicial, and historical 
communities on the review methodology.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 25, 2007, from 9 
am to 12 noon. Space is limited, and reservations are required. Please 
RSVP to the individual named in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 
Friday, January 19, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Mecham Conference Center at 
the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, 
NE, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin H. Kabakoff, 781-663-0129, 
[email protected]v.

    Dated: December 21, 2006.
Thomas E. Mills,
Assistant Archivist for Regional Records Services.
 [FR Doc. E6-22249 Filed 12-27-06; 8:45 am]
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