[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21291-21293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08505]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2014-023]


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 May 
15, 2014. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA will 
send a copy of the schedule. NARA staff usually prepare 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 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

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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 Commerce, Economic Development Administration 
(DAA-0378-2014-0009, 7 items, 7 temporary items). Grant award records, 
records relating to operational and program guidance procedures, 
records relating to standard award conditions, research and technical 
assistance files, and national technical assistance reports.
    2. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2013-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 
Records used to facilitate investigations of fraud and abuse.
    3. Department of Homeland Security, Agency-wide (DAA-0563-2013-
0005, 14 items, 2 temporary items). Records of the Department and its 
component agencies including write-in campaign files and non-actionable 
correspondence. Proposed for permanent retention are senior official 
records including annual reports, briefing books, correspondence, 
subject files, policy records, and daily activity records.
    4. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (DAA-0527-
2013-0004, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Prisoner manifest files and 
movement request forms.
    5. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (DAA-0527-
2013-0015, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Asset forfeiture records 
including seized property and evidence registers, process receipt and 
return forms, property case files, and pre-seizure case files.
    6. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (DAA-0527-
2013-0017, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Hiring and personnel records of 
the Judicial Services Division.
    7. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (DAA-0527-
2013-0018, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Administrative policy records. 
Proposed for permanent retention are operational policies.
    8. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (DAA-0527-
2013-0022, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Strategic planning working 
papers. Proposed for permanent retention are published strategic 
planning files.
    9. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (DAA-0527-
2013-0024, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Administrative records of the 
Office of Court Security, including sequestered jury logs.
    10. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (DAA-
0527-2013-0027, 3 items, 1 temporary item). Records of speeches and 
testimony given by agency staff. Proposed for permanent retention are 
records of speeches, testimony, and related background materials of 
high-level agency officials.
    11. Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service (DAA-
0527-2014-0001, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Administrative 
publications. Proposed for permanent retention are mission-related 
publications.
    12. Department of the Navy, Agency-wide (DAA-0024-2013-0002, 3 
items, 1 temporary item). Copies of monthly rosters of enlisted 
personnel. Proposed for permanent retention are monthly Department of 
Navy rosters and legacy microfilm of rosters.
    13. Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps (DAA-0127-
2014-0005, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to manage service and supply requests and the 
availability of equipment and personnel.
    14. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration 
(DAA-0399-2013-0001, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Railroad density data 
sheets. Proposed for permanent retention are railroad density maps.
    15. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2013-0003, 6 items, 6 temporary items). General Records 
Schedule for financial transaction records related to procurement, bill 
payment, and debt collection; accounting for day-to-day financial 
administration; accounting for property, equipment, and other assets; 
cost accounting; and contractor payroll records.
    16. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2013-0007, 15 items, 15 temporary items). General Records 
Schedule for records related to responses to requests for access to 
government information and records related to the protection of 
classified or controlled information from unauthorized disclosure.
    17. Postal Regulatory Commission, Agency-wide (N1-458-12-1, 44 
items, 21 temporary items). Market test and other lesser dockets, 
monthly and quarterly reports, documents not certified into docket 
records, staff assignment memos, and other administrative records that 
do not directly involve formal commission actions. Proposed for 
permanent

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retention are minutes of commission meetings; correspondence files for 
chairman, commissioners, and other high officials; publications; 
research papers and reports; annual compliance determination dockets; 
and other substantive program records.

    Dated: April 8, 2014.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2014-08505 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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