[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62114-62115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26300]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2016-001]


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 for 
what to do with records when agencies no longer need them for current 
Government business. The instructions 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 
in the Federal Register for records schedules in which agencies propose 
to destroy records not previously authorized for disposal or to 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 November 16, 
2015. Once NARA appraises 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 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 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 
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 specifically 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 private 
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 lists 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 also 
includes information about the records. You may request additional 
information about the disposition process at the addresses above.

Schedules Pending

    1. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (DAA-0145-2014-
0001, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records related to a crop disaster 
assistance program, including applications, payment documents, spot 
check reports, correspondence, and other related documentation.
    2. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2015-0031, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains aviation maintenance records relating to component repairs, 
removals, and installations.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2015-0032, 3 items, 
3 temporary items). Records related to medical research involving 
laboratory animal subjects, including protocols and care and treatment 
files.
    4. Department of Commerce, Inspector General Office (DAA-0040-2015-
0002, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Working papers for Inspector General 
reports to Congress. Proposed for permanent retention are the Inspector 
General reports.
    5. Department of Defense, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 
(DAA-

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0537-2015-0002, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Raw commercial imagery not 
used in an agency product.
    6. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service 
(DAA-0513-2015-0009, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Case files for 
reviewing grant research protocols and records of meetings of the 
Institutional Review Board.
    7. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives (DAA-0436-2015-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Internal 
communication log files.
    8. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (DAA-
0065-2015-0004, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an 
electronic information system used to track requests for information 
from facial comparison search requests.
    9. Department of Justice, Office of Legislative Affairs (DAA-0060-
2013-0010, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Copies of bills, reports, 
testimony, and other correspondence supporting the Department's 
communications on proposed legislation. Proposed for permanent 
retention are final position statements.
    10. Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps (DAA-0127-
2015-0007, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to track and manage drill requirements for the 
Marine Corps Reserve.
    11. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2015-0003, 6 items, 6 temporary items). Tax practitioner enrollment 
records including case files, applications, correspondence, and related 
materials.
    12. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement 
(DAA-0180-2015-0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Summary information of 
closed cases.
    13. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and 
Budget (DAA-0051-2015-0014, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records of the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs including documentation 
related to routine regulatory review and the Paperwork Reduction Act.
    14. Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau 
(DAA-0173-2015-0004, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Filings of proposed 
changes in depreciation rates from local exchange carriers.
    15. Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau 
(DAA-0173-2015-0007, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Annual survey data of 
fixed voice and broadband service rates offered to consumers in urban 
areas.
    16. National Archives and Records Administration, Research Services 
(N2-208-15-1, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Records of the Office of War 
Information which are fragmentary, duplicative, or low-level in nature. 
These records were accessioned to the National Archives but lack 
sufficient historical value to warrant continued preservation.
    17. Peace Corps, Office of Strategic Partnerships (DAA-0490-2014-
0002, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records of the Office of Gifts and 
Grants Management including donor files, marketing materials, and 
working files.
    18. Peace Corps, Agency-wide (DAA-0490-2015-0004, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Documentation related to personal service contracts 
for workers at overseas posts.
    19. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 
Agency-wide (N1-148-15-2, 20 items, 4 temporary items). Records include 
general program correspondence; Web site content, design, management, 
and technical operations files; and routine and uncaptioned 
photographs. Proposed for permanent retention are files documenting the 
commission's establishment, organization, directives, charters, and 
policy documents; records of the chairman, commissioners, and executive 
director; and other records such as reports to Congress, meeting files, 
publications, news releases, photographs, historically significant 
litigation case files, and records related to public meetings.

    Dated: October 5, 2015.
Laurence Brewer,
Director, National Records Management Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-26300 Filed 10-14-15; 8:45 am]
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