[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 154 (Friday, August 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46336-46337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18380]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

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). Once 
approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on 
what happens to records when no longer needed for current Government 
business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing 
value in the National Archives of the United States and the 
destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking 
administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published 
for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not 
previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of 
records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments 
on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).

DATES: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before 
September 8, 2008. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA 
will send a copy of the schedule. NARA staff usually prepare appraisal 
memorandums that contain additional information concerning the records 
covered by a proposed schedule. These, too, may be requested and will 
be provided once the appraisal is completed. Requesters will be given 
30 days to submit comments.

ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of any records schedule identified in 
this notice by contacting the Life Cycle Management Division (NWML) 
using one of the following means:
    Mail: NARA (NWML), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
    E-mail: [email protected].
    Fax: 301-837-3698.
    Requesters must cite the control number, which appears in 
parentheses after the name of the agency which submitted the schedule, 
and must provide a mailing address. Those who desire appraisal reports 
should so indicate in their request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurence Brewer, Director, Life Cycle 
Management Division (NWML), National Archives and Records 
Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. 
Telephone: 301-837-1539. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year Federal agencies create billions 
of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. To control 
this accumulation, agency records managers prepare schedules proposing 
retention periods for records and submit these schedules for NARA's 
approval, using the Standard Form (SF) 115, Request for Records 
Disposition Authority. These schedules provide for the timely transfer 
into the National Archives of historically valuable records and 
authorize the disposal of all other records after the agency no longer 
needs them to conduct its business. Some schedules are comprehensive 
and cover all the records of an agency or one of its major 
subdivisions. Most schedules, however, cover records of only one office 
or program or a few series of records. Many of these update previously 
approved schedules, and some include records proposed as permanent.
    The schedules listed in this notice are media neutral unless 
specified otherwise. An item in a schedule is media neutral when the 
disposition instructions may be applied to records regardless of the 
medium in which the records are created and maintained. Items included 
in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, are media 
neutral unless the item is limited to a specific medium. (See 36 CFR 
1228.24(b)(3).)
    No Federal records are authorized for destruction without the 
approval of the Archivist of the United States. This approval is 
granted only after a thorough consideration of 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 whether 
or not they have historical or other value.
    Besides identifying the Federal agencies and any subdivisions 
requesting disposition authority, this public notice lists the 
organizational unit(s) accumulating the records or indicates agency-
wide applicability in the case of schedules that cover records that may 
be accumulated throughout an agency. This notice provides the control 
number assigned to each schedule, the total number of schedule items, 
and the number of temporary items (the records proposed for 
destruction). It also includes a brief description of the temporary 
records. The records schedule itself contains a full description of the 
records at the file unit level as well as their disposition. If NARA 
staff has prepared an appraisal memorandum for the schedule, it too 
includes information about the records. Further information about the 
disposition process is available on request.

Schedules Pending

    1. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (N1-462-
04-3, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Inputs, master file and Web site 
records associated with a Web-based food ordering system used by state 
and local governments, the Federal Government, and private industry. 
The proposed disposition instructions are limited to electronic records 
for certain items and to paper records for other items.
    2. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service 
(N1-462-04-9, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master file associated with an 
electronic information system that provides information on 
microbiological, chemical, and pathological analyses of domestic and 
imported meat and poultry and their processed products. The proposed 
disposition instructions are limited to electronic records.
    3. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
08-20, 1 item, 1 temporary item). This schedule requests authority to 
destroy case 29J-OC-63713, which pertains exclusively to the 
investigation of the captioned individual. This request responds to a 
Federal Pre-Trial Diversion Program court order to delete the records 
of the captioned individual.
    4. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (N1-59-08-
10, 7 items, 4 temporary items). Subject files, biographic files, extra 
copies of briefing books, and departmental task force/working group 
files. Proposed for permanent retention are bureau-level task force/
working group files, geographic office briefing books, and unique 
collections of records relating to historically significant events 
within the geographic region covered by the bureau. The proposed 
disposition instructions for permanent items are limited to paper 
records.
    5. Federal Housing Finance Board, Office of the Inspector General 
(N1-485-08-2, 10 items, 10 temporary

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items). Records relating to audits, policies, procedures, legislation, 
regulations, and workload. The proposed disposition instructions are 
limited to paper records.
    6. National Reconnaissance Office, Management Services and 
Operations (N1-525-08-2, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Audio and video 
tapes of polygraph interviews of agency staff and contractors 
containing adverse information.
    7. Office of Personnel Management, Federal Investigative Services 
Division (N1-478-08-2, 8 items, 8 temporary items). Records pertaining 
to the government-wide security background investigation program 
including investigation case files, reports, indexes, adjudications, 
and appraisals of agency security/suitability investigation programs.
    8. Office of Personnel Management, Office of the Inspector General 
(N1-478-08-1, 16 items, 16 temporary items). Records include 
administrative sanction files, audit files, investigative files, 
legislative files, and legal files. The proposed disposition 
instructions are limited to paper records for most items.

    Dated: August 1, 2008.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Records Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. E8-18380 Filed 8-7-08; 8:45 am]
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