[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24656-24658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09544]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2016-027]


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 May 26, 
2016. Once NARA completes appraisal of the

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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 Appraisal and Agency Assistance 
(ACRA) using one of the following means:
    Mail: NARA (ACRA); 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 Appraisal and Agency Assistance (ACRA); 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 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 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-0161-2015-
0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Commodity Credit Corporation records 
consisting of master files of an electronic information system used to 
support the grain inventory and miscellaneous commodity inventory.
    2. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (DAA-0145-2015-
0012, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic 
information system used to track, process, collect, and report cash 
receipts.
    3. Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DAA-
0371-2014-0006, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records related to awards 
and assignments for agency personnel.
    4. Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DAA-
0371-2014-0008, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records relating to the 
test and evaluation of electronic information systems.
    5. Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DAA-0361-2015-
0005, 9 items, 8 temporary items.) Administrative records common to all 
offices including reference materials, meeting and visit records, 
delegations of authority, and routine correspondence. Proposed for 
permanent retention are high-level correspondence and command oversight 
files.
    6. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0006, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to policy 
letters on administrative operations and services.
    7. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0037, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to quality 
control of system components under agency oversight.
    8. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0040, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to the 
preparation and revision of supply standards.
    9. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0041, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to agency 
oversight of specific Department of Defense standards including 
standardization actions, indexing, plans, and related records.
    10. Department of Energy, Agency-wide (DAA-0434-2015-0013, 2 items, 
2 temporary items). Records related to foreign ownership and 
eligibility determinations of potential contractors.
    11. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for 
Children and Families (DAA-0292-2016-0006, 12 items, 9 temporary 
items). Records related to Federal grant programs, including penalty 
determinations and resolutions, regulation files, briefing materials, 
and court case files. Proposed for permanent retention are final data 
reports, policy files, and publications.
    12. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for 
Children and Families (DAA-0292-2016-0009, 2 items, 1 temporary item). 
Office-level delegations of authority records. Proposed for permanent 
retention are delegations of authority for senior management staff.
    13. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2016-0004, 8 items, 8 temporary items). 
Applications, petitions, and requests for a re-entry permit, refugee 
travel document, or advance parole travel document.
    14. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2016-0011, 10 items, 10 temporary 
items). Applications, petitions, and supporting materials used by 
organizations to apply for authorization to issue certificates to 
health care workers.

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    15. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (DAA-
0065-2015-0001, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Records used to prepare 
briefings for agency executives. Proposed for permanent retention are 
records related to National Security Council meeting participation.
    16. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (DAA-
0065-2015-0006, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to FOIA 
request processing and administration that include general 
administrative files, staff training, a sample of 500 FOIA case files, 
and records related to a 1978 GAO audit, and a case litigated before 
the Supreme Court.
    17. Federal Communications Commission, International Bureau (DAA-
0173-2015-0009, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records include annual 
reports submitted by service providers for international services and 
statistics derived from those reports.
    18. Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau 
(DAA-0173-2016-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records include 
official tariffs and associated documents submitted by local exchange 
carriers.
    19. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2016-0006, 1 item, 1 temporary item). A revision to the 
General Records Schedule for general ethics program records.
    20. Peace Corps, Office of Strategic Partnerships (DAA-0490-2016-
0008, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records of the Office of Gifts and 
Grants Management related to private donations used to fund volunteer 
projects.

Laurence Brewer,
Director, Records Management Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-09544 Filed 4-25-16; 8:45 am]
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