[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11232-11233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04235]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2015-030]


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 National Archives of the United States to 
preserve records of continuing value and agencies to destroy, after a 
specified period, records lacking administrative, legal, research, or 
other value. NARA publishes notice 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: NARA must receive requests for copies in writing by April 1, 
2015. Once NARA has completed appraisal of the records is completed, we 
will send you a copy of the schedule. NARA staff usually prepare 
appraisal memoranda that contain additional information concerning the 
records covered by a proposed schedule. You may also request these, and 
we will provide them once we have completed the appraisal. 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. If you would also like the 
appraisal reports, please say so in your request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Hawkins, Director, Records 
Management Services (ACNR), by mail at: National Archives and Records 
Administration; 8601 Adelphi Road; College Park, MD 20740-6001, by 
telephone at 301-837-1799, or by email at [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 timely transfer into the National 
Archives of historically valuable records and authorize 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 Defense, National Reconnaissance Office; 
Department of Defense, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; 
Department of Defense, National Security Agency (N1-525-13-1, 5 items, 
5 temporary items). Routine budget, finance, contracts, and procurement 
records associated with a multi-mission ground station.

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    2. Department of Defense, National Reconnaissance Office; 
Department of Defense, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; 
Department of Defense, National Security Agency (N1-525-13-2, 4 items, 
4 temporary items). Routine human resources records associated with a 
multi-mission ground station.
    3. Department of Defense, National Reconnaissance Office; 
Department of Defense, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; 
Department of Defense, National Security Agency (N1-525-14-2, 3 items, 
3 temporary items). Project files and routine information technology 
records associated with a multi-mission ground station.
    4. Department of Defense, National Reconnaissance Office; 
Department of Defense, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; 
Department of Defense, National Security Agency (N1-525-14-3, 11 items, 
11 temporary items). Routine environmental safety, health and wellness, 
facilities, and logistics records associated with a multi-mission 
ground station.
    5. Department of Defense, National Reconnaissance Office; 
Department of Defense, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; 
Department of Defense, National Security Agency (N1-525-14-4, 7 items, 
7 temporary items). Routine physical security records and information 
security records associated with a multi-mission ground station.
    6. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
Administration (DAA-0560-2013-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master 
files of an electronic information system used to track the collection 
and disposal of hazardous materials collected at screening checkpoints.
    7. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
Administration (DAA-0560-2013-0004, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master 
files of an electronic information system used to track occupational 
health information.
    8. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
Administration (DAA-0560-2013-0009, 2 items, 2 temporary items). 
Records related to performance audits at screening locations.
    9. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives (DAA-0436-2012-0005, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master 
files and outputs of an electronic information system used to process 
background checks for firearms purchases.
    10. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
and Explosives (DAA-0436-2012-0009, 2 items, 2 temporary items). 
Records related to the importation of firearms and ammunition.
    11. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
and Explosives (DAA-0436-2012-0010, 9 items, 9 temporary items). 
Records related to firearms registration and taxation. Records also 
include master files and outputs of electronic information systems used 
in the administration of a firearms registration program.
    12. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
and Explosives (DAA-0436-2012-0011, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Master 
files and outputs of an electronic information system used to manage 
investigative case files.
    13. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (N1-59-11-
13, 7 items, 7 temporary items). Records of the Office of 
Investigations and Counterintelligence including assessments, reports, 
administrative files, and investigative case files.
    14. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration 
(DAA-0406-2013-0001, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Experimental project 
files and test and evaluation project files.
    15. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration 
(DAA-0406-2014-0001, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Content records of 
agency social networking Web sites.
    16. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration 
(DAA-0406-2014-0002, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Loan and grant files.
    17. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration (DAA-0557-2013-0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master 
files of an electronic information system used to track safety 
performance and compliance histories.
    18. Export-Import Bank of the United States, Agency-wide (DAA-0275-
2015-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Compliance documents, final 
agreements, and other transaction records.
    19. Federal Communications Commission, Office of Media Relations 
(DAA-0173-2015-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Content records of 
agency social networking Web sites.
    20. James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Agency-wide (N1-
508-15-1, 17 items, 8 temporary items). Routine and uncaptioned 
photographs, compliance reports, fellowship applications, 
administrative files, recipient financial records, and Web site 
records. Proposed for permanent retention are records of executive 
leadership, publications, news releases, video recordings, and event 
photographs.
    21. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2014-0002, 20 items, 20 temporary items). General Records 
Schedule for employee acquisition records including classification 
standards, position descriptions, classification appeals, job vacancy 
case files and application packages, interview records, political 
appointment records, special hiring authority program records, and pre-
appointment records.
    22. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2015-0002, 3 items, 3 temporary items). General Records 
Schedule for classified information nondisclosure agreements and files 
relating to the inadvertent release of privileged information to 
unauthorized parties.
    23. Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas 
Transportation Projects, Agency-wide (N1-596-15-1, 9 items, 4 temporary 
items). Records include correspondence, policy memorandums, and pilot 
project files. Proposed for permanent retention are records of the 
executive leadership, white papers, speeches, publications, and public 
presentations.

    Dated: February 23, 2015.
Paul M. Wester Jr.,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2015-04235 Filed 2-27-15; 8:45 am]
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