[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80970-80971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33117]


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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 
January 26, 2012. 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 Records Management Services (ACNR) using one 
of the following means:
    Mail: NARA (ACNR), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
    Email: [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: Margaret Hawkins, Director, National 
Records Management Program (ACNR), National Archives and Records 
Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. 
Telephone: (301) 837-1799. Email: [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

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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 the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-70, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of electronic information systems related 
to supply and materiel life cycle management operations.
    2. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-71, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to project individual fillers and replacements into theaters of 
operation.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-72, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to manage official photographs of individuals for promotion purposes.
    4. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-73, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to track the movement of munitions from depots and plants to customers 
from the military services.
    5. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-74, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains information used to validate troop readiness and certify 
personnel for deployments.
    6. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (N1-AU-10-76, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to track soldiers enrolled in the Wounded Warrior Lifecycle Program.
    7. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (N1-29-10-4, 15 
items, 10 temporary items). Records of an electronic information system 
used to manage data collected for the Economic Census and the Annual 
Survey of Manufactures. Records include system and program code files, 
data input files, a variety of system processing files, and final data 
files preliminary in nature. Proposed for permanent retention are final 
data files containing the entire content of the Economic Census and 
Annual Survey of Manufactures, final aggregated data files, and data 
documentation.
    8. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for 
Children and Families (N1-292-10-2, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master 
files of an electronic information system containing employment 
information used in enforcing state and Federal child support 
requirements.
    9. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
Administration (N1-560-12-1, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records of 
Family Medical Leave Act program files and case files containing 
reports, memos, agency communications, policy and guidance, employee 
applications, medical documentation, personnel actions, and 
correspondence.
    10. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of 
Systems and Resource Analyses (N1-576-11-1, 13 items, 7 temporary 
items). Records related to calendars, operative and facilitative 
activities, reference files, internal briefings and speeches, internal 
and external web page material, and non-substantive working papers and 
drafts. Proposed for permanent retention are records related to final 
reports, external briefings and speeches, major issues and foundational 
studies working groups and other senior bodies, and substantive working 
papers.
    11. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of the 
Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Facilities (N1-576-11-6, 16 items, 11 temporary items). 
Records relating to general incoming correspondence, staff-level 
working groups and committees, advisory program background information, 
non-substantive working papers, facility and operating files, reference 
files, supervisor copies of personnel files, applications for 
employment, preliminary budget background records, and calendars. 
Proposed for permanent retention are correspondence management files 
and master files of an electronic information system used to manage 
correspondence; records documenting the work of boards, committees, and 
working groups at the senior level; records documenting activities with 
direct effect on the National Intelligence Program; and substantive 
working papers.

    Dated: December 20, 2011.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2011-33117 Filed 12-23-11; 8:45 am]
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