[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 77171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30371]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2014-011]


Proposed Disposal of George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administration 
Electronic Backup Tapes

AGENCY: Office of Presidential Libraries, National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Presidential Records Act notice of proposed disposal of George 
H.W. Bush and Clinton Administration Disaster Recovery Backup Tapes; 
final agency action.

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SUMMARY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is 
issuing this final notice to dispose of a collection of disaster 
recovery backup tapes from the George H.W. Bush and Clinton 
administrations under the provisions of 44 U.S.C. 2203(f)(3). The 
notice of proposed disposal of this collection of disaster recovery 
backup tapes was published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2013 (78 
FR 125, p. 39016), and contains a detailed description of this issue. 
NARA received no comments on the proposed notice, and is therefore 
proceeding with this notice of final agency action.

DATES: This notice will be effective and the disposal will occur on or 
after February 18, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director of Presidential Libraries 
Susan K. Donius; National Archives and Records Administration, Suite 
2200; 8601 Adelphi Road; College Park, Maryland 20740-6001; by 
telephone at 301-837-3250; by fax to 301-837-3199; or by email to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NARA published a ``Presidential Records Act 
notice of Proposed Disposal of George H.W. Bush and Clinton 
Administration Electronic Backup Tapes'' on June 28, 2013, in the 
Federal Register (78 FR 125) for a 45 day comment period. NARA received 
no written comments.
    NARA has determined that further retention of these disaster 
recovery backup tapes is not warranted. The Presidential and Federal 
electronic mail with attachments, pager, and calendar records residing 
on these backup tapes were previously restored and NARA will 
permanently retain those Presidential and Federal records on a 
different set of electronic media. Because the backup tapes proposed 
for disposal were made for disaster recovery purposes and the 
restoration project was completed in 1996, NARA is following the normal 
disposal processes established in General Records Schedules 20 and 24 
for Federal record backup tapes.
    NARA will proceed to dispose of 22,907 All-In-One backup tapes 
created during the George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administrations by OA 
staff as specified in the February 18, 2014 of this notice, because 
NARA has determined that they lack sufficient administrative, 
historical, informational, or evidentiary value. This notice 
constitutes NARA's final agency action pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 
2203(f)(3).

    Dated: December 16, 2013.
David S. Ferriero,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2013-30371 Filed 12-19-13; 8:45 am]
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