[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4424-4426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1709]


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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 
February 26, 2010. 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 
1225.12(e).)
    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

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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 the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-3, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains promotion data for enlisted personnel, including eligibility 
rosters, selection lists, and review documentation.
    2. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-5, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains field, scientific, and engineering data used in connection 
with environmental remediation and restoration activities at Army 
installations.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-6, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains information concerning forensic evidence used in criminal 
investigations, such as related case number, date evidence was 
gathered, and examiners' reports.
    4. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-7, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains resource management data concerning criminal investigative 
activities that is used for budget planning and execution, personnel 
management, training, and agent accreditation.
    5. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-16, 2 items, 2 
temporary items). Master files of electronic information systems used 
in connection with civilian employee personnel management matters, such 
as recruitment, placement, and workforce planning and analysis.
    6. Department of Defense, Joint Staff (N1-218-09-7, 5 items, 5 
temporary items). Master files and reports associated with an 
electronic information system used by the U.S. European Command for 
personnel and casualty reporting. Most of the information included in 
these records is also contained in records that were previously 
approved for permanent retention.
    7. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services (N1-440-09-13, 8 items, 8 temporary items). 
Content and management records associated with the agency's internal 
and external Web sites.
    8. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services (N1-440-09-19, 2 items, 2 temporary items). 
Master files and outputs of an electronic information system used to 
track executive correspondence, congressional reports, and Freedom of 
Information Act requests and appeals.
    9. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services (N1-440-10-2, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records 
of three standardized patient assessments submitted by health care 
quality improvement organizations that were never used.
    10. Department of Justice, Justice Management Division (N1-60-09-
50, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records of agency-wide programs 
established to ensure equal employment opportunities for women, 
minorities, persons with disabilities, and other groups.
    11. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General (N1-60-
09-61, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Content and management records 
relating to the office's internal Web site.
    12. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
and Explosives (N1-436-09-1, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Digital 
images and metadata relating to bullets and cartridges recovered from 
crime scenes and test fires of weapons.
    13. Department of Justice, Executive Office of U.S. Trustees (N1-
60-09-36, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of automated case 
tracking system used to maintain data on bankruptcy cases.
    14. Department of the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps (N1-127-09-7, 1 item, 
1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system 
used in connection with career planning and the assignment of 
personnel.
    15. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs 
(N1-59-09-14, 5 items, 3 temporary items). Subject files, biographical 
files and daily activity reports. Proposed for permanent retention are 
briefing books and historical files. The proposed disposition 
instructions are limited to paper records for permanent items.
    16. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration 
(N1-237-09-26, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Electronic data and other 
records used in connection with credentialing of aviation safety 
inspectors.
    17. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration 
(N1-406-09-28, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files of two 
electronic information systems maintained by the agency's aerodynamics 
laboratory. One of the systems contains bridge wind event data recorded 
at the Deer Isle Bridge in Maine. The other system contains bridge and 
cable data.
    18. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-10-
1, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Master files, outputs, and system 
documentation associated with an electronic information system that 
contains data used for scheduling computer runs at agency service 
centers.
    19. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-10-
2, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master files and system documentation 
associated with electronic information systems that contain data 
concerning the examination of returns from employee plans and exempt 
organizations.
    20. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-10-
3, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master files and system documentation 
associated with an electronic information system that contains data 
concerning agency information technology assets.
    21. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-10-
4, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Master files, outputs, and system 
documentation associated with an electronic information system that 
contains data concerning the case loads and hours worked by Tax Exempt 
and Government Entities staff.
    22. Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau (N1-173-08-1, 32 items, 32 temporary items). Master files of an 
electronic information system that contain information concerning 
licensing of wireless and public safety radio services. Included are 
applications for licenses, designated entity licensees' annual reports, 
pleadings, correspondence, license records for auctionable and non-
auctionable services, granted registrations and leases, audit records, 
and antenna application and registration information.
    23. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Agency-wide (N1-138-10-1, 
1 item, 1 temporary item). Plans submitted by Federal and state 
agencies relating to waterway use and improvements and energy 
conservation.
    24. National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, Agency-wide (N1-
220-09-1, 4 items, 2 temporary items). Working papers, routine 
correspondence, recordings of meetings that have been transcribed, and 
other non-substantive records. Proposed for permanent retention are the 
Commission's substantive records, including agendas and minutes of 
meetings, briefing books, reports, and the Commission Web site.

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    25. Railroad Retirement Board, Office of Programs (N1-184-09-2, 21 
items, 21 temporary items). Records relating to administration of the 
Medicare program and contracted Part B claims on behalf of qualified 
railroad retirement beneficiaries. Included are electronic case files, 
input files, reports, and electronic data.

    Dated: January 21, 2010.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Records Services-Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2010-1709 Filed 1-26-10; 8:45 am]
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