[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 107 (Friday, June 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31816-31818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13477]


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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 
July 6, 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

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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 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, Office of the Secretary (N1-16-09-1, 
3 items, 3 temporary items). Web site records, including web management 
and operations files, logs, and web content that is not unique. Unique 
web content will be managed in accordance with previously approved 
schedules or schedules that will be submitted in the future.
    2. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (N1-
310-09-4, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Agency web site records, 
including web management and operations files, logs, and web content 
that is not unique. Unique web content will be managed in accordance 
with previously approved schedules or schedules that will be submitted 
in the future.
    3. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (N1-354-09-
2, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Agency web site records, including web 
management and operations files, logs, and web content that is not 
unique. Unique web content will be managed in accordance with 
previously approved schedules or schedules that will be submitted in 
the future.
    4. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistical 
Service (N1-355-09-1, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Agency web site 
records, including web management and operations files, logs, and web 
content that is not unique. Unique web content will be managed in 
accordance with previously approved schedules or schedules that will be 
submitted in the future.
    5. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service (N1-114-10-1, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Agency web site 
records, including web management and operations files, logs, and web 
content that is not unique. Unique web content will be managed in 
accordance with previously approved schedules or schedules that will be 
submitted in the future.
    6. Department of Agriculture, Research, Education, and Extension 
Service (N1-540-08-1, 12 items, 12 temporary items). Records relating 
to the 4-H program. Included are records relating to peer review of 
such matters as curricula, proposals, and workshops, and to 
authorizations to use the 4-H emblem.
    7. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency (N1-258-09-9, 
1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information 
system relating to accounting matters.
    8. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-22, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
includes unit promotion eligibility rosters for enlisted personnel in 
grades E-1 through E-3.
    9. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid (N1-441-09-17, 2 
items, 2 temporary items). Files relating to pilot projects that 
explore the use of new technologies and procedures aimed at improving 
student aid programs. Also included are master files of an electronic 
information system that contains data submitted by schools that relate 
to initiatives under which schools are granted exemptions from 
requirements governing student aid in order to improve services and 
procedures.
    10. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (N1-441-09-14, 
1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to requests for exemptions 
from requirements prohibiting gender discrimination submitted by 
sororities, fraternities, and religious groups at educational 
institutions.
    11. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal National 
Mortgage Association (N1-207-08-1, 12 items, 10 temporary items). 
Correspondence relating to mortgages, budget files, agreements, 
vouchers and other records that date from the 1930s to 1971 and are 
stored at the Washington National Records Center. Proposed for 
permanent retention are correspondence files relating to insured 
mortgages and Audit Branch subject files. The proposed disposition 
instructions are limited to paper records.
    12. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Single 
Family Housing (N1-207-09-4, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of 
an electronic information system that contains data concerning real 
estate settlements in connection with the Real Estate Settlement 
Procedures Act of 1974.
    13. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General (N1-60-
09-48, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files and inputs associated 
with an electronic information system that contains data concerning 
expenditures in connection with financial and performance audits.
    14. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health

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Administration (N1-100-08-1, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Background 
materials used to prepare the Secretary of Labor's annual report to the 
President on the occupational safety and health of Federal employees. 
The report itself along with the Secretary's transmittal are proposed 
for permanent retention.
    15. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs 
(N1-59-09-29, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files associated with 
an electronic information system that contains statistical data 
concerning academic and cultural exchange programs. Key data from these 
records is included in another electronic information system that has 
been proposed for permanent retention.
    16. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs 
(N1-59-09-31, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files and outputs 
associated with an electronic information system that contains data of 
agency academic exchange programs, including personal information on 
applicants, grantee institution, grant country, and start and end 
dates.
    17. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs 
(N1-59-09-32, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files and outputs 
associated with an electronic information system that contains data of 
agency professional, youth, athletic, and cultural exchanges. Included 
is data concerning such matters as sponsoring organization, nature of 
the exchange, and personal information about the participants.
    18. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs 
(N1-59-09-34, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files and outputs 
associated with an electronic information system that contains data on 
visa applications made in connection with exchange programs.
    19. Department of State, Bureau of International Information 
Programs (N1-59-09-12, 10 items, 4 temporary items). Records of the 
Office of Publications including administrative records and abstracts 
of articles. Proposed for permanent retention are policy and program 
records, articles, periodicals, pamphlets, and other publications, and 
posters and other visual materials.
    20. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-09-
60, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files and system documentation 
associated with an electronic information system used to calculate Tax 
Year 2005 tax credits for taxpayers affected by Hurricane Katrina.
    21. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-09-
92, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files and system documentation 
associated with an electronic information system used to process 
business tax returns.
    22. Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland 
Security Bureau (N1-173-10-1, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files 
and outputs associated with an electronic information system used by 
communications providers to report on significant disruptions or 
outages.
    23. Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland 
Security Bureau (N1-173-10-2, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Master files 
and outputs associated with an electronic information system used by 
communications providers to provide information regarding the 
operational status of communications networks in the event of a 
disaster.
    24. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer (N1-431-10-1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an 
electronic information system that is used to manage agency financial 
matters.
    25. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, National 
Counterproliferation Center (N1-576-08-6, 20 items, 9 temporary items). 
Administrative records including such files as meeting planning 
records, weekly and bi-weekly reports, and non-substantive working 
papers. Proposed for permanent retention are such records as the files 
of the director and deputy director, records of working groups, subject 
files, and substantive working papers.

    Dated: May 27, 2010.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Records Services--Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2010-13477 Filed 6-3-10; 8:45 am]
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