[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68098-68099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27075]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2014-003]


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 
December 13, 2013. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA 
will send a copy of the schedule. NARA staff usually prepares appraisal 
memoranda 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 that 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. 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 Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary 
(DAA-0468-2012-0009, 19 items, 18 temporary items). Records of the 
Office of General Counsel, including litigation case files, claims 
files, injunction files, background materials, and working papers. 
Proposed for permanent retention are significant legal advice and 
opinions.
    2. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2013-0007, 4 items, 1 temporary item).

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Administrative records related to state-run pre-existing condition 
insurance plans. Proposed for permanent retention are technical 
guidelines, formal agreements, and statistical reports.
    3. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service 
(DAA-0513-2013-0001, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records include 
drafts, comments, background materials, and logs related to agency 
rulemaking.
    4. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of 
Health (DAA-0443-2012-0007, 12 items, 11 temporary items). Records of 
the intramural research program, including intellectual property 
records, project files, regulated research records, Institutional 
Review Board records, clinical care case files, radiology and imaging 
records, patient medical records, and medical staff credentialing 
records. Proposed for permanent retention are final plans, protocols, 
and final reports of historically significant intramural research.
    5. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
Administration (N1-560-12-4, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files 
of an electronic information system used to track internal employee 
training.
    6. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
Administration (N1-560-12-7, 2 items, 2 temporary items). 
Correspondence management records.
    7. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
Administration (N1-560-12-9, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of 
an electronic information system containing security incident 
information.
    8. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
Administration (N1-560-12-11, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master files 
and outputs of an electronic information system used to track personal 
property.
    9. Department of Justice, Agency-wide (DAA-0060-2013-0008, 3 items, 
3 temporary items). Records measuring the quality and integrity of 
government information disseminated to the public.
    10. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (DAA-
0527-2013-0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records of authorizations 
for individual law enforcement officers to enforce Federal laws outside 
their normal authority.
    11. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration 
(N1-369-09-1, 16 items, 9 temporary items). Field memorandums, 
handbooks, notices, letters, and working files. Proposed for permanent 
retention are procedure manuals, policy and guidance issuances, program 
notices, and related correspondence.
    12. Department of the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps (DAA-0127-2013-0002, 
1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information 
system used to track and control purchase requests.
    13. Department of the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps (DAA-0127-2013-0016, 
1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information 
system used to manage and schedule the retail workforce in Marine Corps 
facilities.
    14. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration 
(DAA-0408-2013-0008, 10 items, 10 temporary items). Records of web 
application systems used to display, track, and collect information on 
the agency's Web site.
    15. Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices (N1-56-11-03, 
6 items, 6 temporary items). Records relating to the creation, 
maintenance, and content of the agency Web site.
    16. Administrative Office of the United States Courts, District 
Courts of the United States (DAA-0021-2013-0008, 1 item, 1 temporary 
item). Records relating to non-trial civil case files heard in 
territorial district courts.
    17. Government Printing Office, Agency-wide (DAA-0149-2013-0001, 
244 items, 230 temporary items). Records relating to the 15 business 
functions of the agency, including records pertaining to administrative 
matters, budget, business operations, congressional operations, finance 
and billing, human resources, information technology operation, 
informational services, Inspector General, legal matters, management, 
plant operations, safety and risk management, secure document 
operations, and security. Proposed for permanent retention are official 
budget submissions, program and mission publications, photographs, 
posters, graphic arts, audiovisual records, historic apprentice 
yearbooks, Superintendent of Documents subject files, legislative 
project records, reports to Congress, General Counsel opinions, Public 
Printer's files, Deputy Public Printer's files, directives, and 
building and equipment plans.
    18. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2013-0001, 7 items, 7 temporary items). A revised General 
Records Schedule to cover input and output records for electronic 
information systems and non-recordkeeping copies of electronic records.

    Dated: November 5, 2013.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2013-27075 Filed 11-12-13; 8:45 am]
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