[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 190 (Monday, October 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59991-59992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24117]


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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 
October 31, 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, Records 
Management Services (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,

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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 Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2012-0012, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 
Master files of an electronic information system containing records 
related to the utilization and performance of state-run health 
insurance assistance programs.
    2. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (N1-49-10-
1, 4 items, 3 temporary items). Records documenting the wildland fire 
science grant program, including funded and unfunded grant case files 
and master files of an electronic information system used to track 
grants. Proposed for permanent retention are significant final reports 
created as part of the funded grants.
    3. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary (DAA-0048-
2012-0001, 3 items, 1 temporary item). Records relating to mineral 
evaluations on Indian lands and other Federal properties. Proposed for 
permanent retention are reservation-wide mineral evaluations and 
evaluations for individual Indian land allotments.
    4. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration 
(N1-408-11-21, 3 items, 2 temporary items). Records of the Office of 
Management and Planning, including administrative correspondence and 
supporting documents related to management planning programs. Proposed 
for permanent retention are management planning files.
    5. Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 
(N1-173-11-1, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Master files of an 
electronic system used to collect information to evaluate and encourage 
deployment of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans.
    6. Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, (N1-173-11-2, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Records consist of a franchising certification 
forms that represent a continuing permit for local franchising 
authorities, such as local governments, to regulate cable operators.
    7. Federal Communication Commission, Media Bureau (N1-173-11-5, 3 
items, 3 temporary items). Certification requests and related 
documentation allowing telephone companies to use their infrastructure 
to provide cable-like video service to subscribers.
    8. Federal Housing Finance Agency, Agency-wide (N1-543-11-1, 49 
items, 35 temporary items). Comprehensive records schedule covering all 
aspects of agency work. Proposed for permanent retention are records 
documenting significant agency functions and oversight activities.
    9. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of the 
Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information 
Officer (N1-576-10-1, 27 items, 18 temporary items). Records related to 
general internal operating procedures, including master files of an 
electronic information system that tracks workflow, and reference 
materials. Also included are low-level dispute resolution case files 
and information technology records typically covered by the General 
Records Schedule. Proposed for permanent retention are correspondence 
and master files of an electronic information system used to manage 
correspondence, records of senior level officials including high level 
dispute resolution case files, boards and working groups, speeches, 
program files, calendars, and substantive working papers.
    10. National Indian Gaming Commission, Agency-wide (N1-220-12-2, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Independent audit reports submitted to the 
Commission by gaming operations in order to assess fees.
    11. National Wildfire Coordinating Group, Agency-wide (N1-583-12-1, 
10 items, 5 temporary items). Draft meeting minutes, agendas, and 
duplicate publications. Proposed for permanent retention are final 
approved meeting minutes, agendas, decision memoranda, and 
publications.

    Dated: September 24, 2012.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
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