[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34704-34705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14923]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2015-047]


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 agencies to preserve records of continuing 
value in the National Archives of the United States and 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 July 17, 
2015. Once NARA completes appraisal of the records, we will send you a 
copy of the schedule you requested. We usually prepare appraisal 
memoranda that contain additional information concerning the records 
covered by a proposed schedule. You may also request these. If you do, 
we will also provide them once we have completed the appraisal. You 
have 30 days after we send these requested documents in which 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.
    You must cite the control number, which appears in parentheses 
after the name of the agency which submitted the schedule, and a 
mailing address. If you would like an appraisal report, please include 
that in your request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Hawkins, Director, by mail at 
Records Management Services (ACNR); National Archives and Records 
Administration; 8601 Adelphi Road; College Park, MD 20740-6001, by 
phone 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 types of records and submit these schedules for 
NARA's approval. These schedules allow timely transfer

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into the National Archives of historically valuable records and 
authorize agencies to dispose of all other records after the agencies 
no longer need them to conduct 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 
otherwise specified. An item in a schedule is media-neutral when an 
agency may apply the disposition instructions to records regardless of 
the medium in which it has created or maintains the records. 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 agencies may destroy Federal records without the approval of the 
Archivist of the United States. The Archivist grants this approval only 
after a thorough consideration of the records' administrative use by 
the agency of origin, the rights of the Government and of people 
directly affected by the Government's activities, and whether or not 
the records have historical or other value.
    In addition to identifying the Federal agencies and any 
subdivisions requesting disposition authority, this notice lists the 
organizational unit(s) accumulating the records or that the schedule 
has agency-wide applicability (in the case of schedules that cover 
records that may be accumulated throughout an agency), 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), and 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. You may request additional 
information about the disposition process at the addresses above.

Schedules Pending

    1. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2015-0019, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to track professional development training of individuals selected to 
participate in a mentorship program.
    2. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2015-0024, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to manage equipment maintenance and logistics activity at the depot 
level.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2015-0026, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to track maintenance and supply operations for unmanned aircraft 
systems.
    4. Department of Defense, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DAA-0372-
2014-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to manage contract audit operations.
    5. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0038, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Supply procurement and 
classification records.
    6. Department of Defense, National Security Agency (DAA-0457-2015-
0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to staff access to 
data repositories.
    7. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response (DAA-0468-2015-0001, 5 items, 3 temporary 
items). Public health policy background materials, working files, and 
stakeholder engagement records. Proposed for permanent retention are 
official public health policies, plans, final reports, and significant 
public health committee records.
    8. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
(N1-589-12-3, 17 items, 15 temporary items). Records include geological 
and geophysical supporting data, fair market value studies, resource 
assessments, bid appeals, permits, hydrocarbon reserve projections, 
well productions monitoring files, and administrative records. Proposed 
for permanent retention are final maps and interpretive products, 
reserve estimates, and engineering and economic interpretations and 
reports for the analysis and evaluation of Outer Continental Shelf 
minerals and other resources.
    9. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Fair Lending and 
Equal Opportunity (DAA-0587-2014-0003, 14 items, 11 temporary items). 
Records include administrative reports, research materials, training 
materials, and routine enforcement files. Proposed for permanent 
retention are historic enforcement files, external reports, and policy 
documents.
    10. Court Services and Offenders Supervision Agency for the 
District of Columbia, Community Supervision Services (DAA-0562-2013-
0022, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Sex offender registry records.
    11. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2015-0003, 3 items, 3 temporary items). General Records 
Schedule for library records, including administrative records, 
operations records, and inter-library loan records.
    12. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Front Office 
(N1-576-11-2, 8 items, 4 temporary items). Speech files and records 
related to routine financial activities. Proposed for permanent 
retention are significant financial records and files of senior 
leadership, including trip files, briefing books, and emails.
    13. Peace Corps, Office of the Director (DAA-0490-2015-0002, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Records of the Office of Innovation including 
research notes and copies of publications and press releases.

    Dated: June 10, 2015.
Laurence Brewer,
Director, National Records Management Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-14923 Filed 6-16-15; 8:45 am]
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