[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36351-36353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13190]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2016-035]


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. The records schedules 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 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 6, 
2016. 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 to you 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 that 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

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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).)
    Agencies may not 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 notes 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 the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0023, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains military and civilian personnel visa and passport 
transactions.
    2. Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DAA-
0371-2014-0016, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to the test 
and evaluation of electronic information systems.
    3. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0015, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to 
policies, procedures, and administration of secure facilities for the 
purposes of continuity of operations.
    4. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0033, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Copies of records regarding 
administration and maintenance of critical materials stockpiles.
    5. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2014-0044, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to 
warehouse management of parts used by the nuclear industry, including 
purchase, shipping, tracking, and delivery documents.
    6. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2014-0010, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Master files of an 
electronic information system used by customers to rate products and 
services provided by DoD offices and facilities.
    7. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2016-0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an 
electronic information system used by victims of sexual assault to 
anonymously request help or assistance.
    8. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2016-0004, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an 
electronic information system used to track help or assistance provided 
to victims of sexual assaults.
    9. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2016-0005, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an 
electronic information system used to track inquiries for information 
on sexual assault cases.
    10. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for 
Children and Families (DAA-0292-2016-0015, 2 items, 2 temporary items). 
Records relating to the audit process of the National Child Support 
Program, including audit findings, correspondence, and interim reports.
    11. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2016-0005, 8 items, 8 temporary items). 
Applications for employment authorizations.
    12. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2016-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 
Master files of an electronic information system used to track and 
process applications, petitions, and requests for benefits and 
services.
    13. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DAA-
0170-2015-0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Audit report files.
    14. Department of the Navy, Agency-wide (DAA-NU-2015-0001, 42 
items, 31 temporary items). Records relating to military personnel 
including program planning and management, recruiting, training, 
confinement of prisoners, routine communications traffic, and related 
matters. Proposed for permanent retention are personnel files, 
personnel information system master files, student records, visual 
information, and records relating to policy, personnel accounting, 
awards, casualties, education, review boards, and corrections 
management.
    15. Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps (DAA-0127-
2013-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic 
information system that contains records relating to risk assessments 
of Marine Corps facilities, including asset location, asset names, 
asset missions and risk mitigation planning.
    16. Department of State, Bureau of Counterterrorism (DAA-0059-2014-
0024, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Records include staff program files 
of the Front Office. Proposed for permanent retention are program files 
of the Front Office, including those of the Coordinator and Principal 
Deputy Coordinator.
    17. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration 
(DAA-0399-2014-0001, 8 items, 6 temporary items). Records relating to 
railroad policy and development, including completed and canceled 
project case files, environmental records, maps, subject files, and 
routine analysis records. Proposed for permanent retention are Amtrak 
Board of Directors records and landmark analysis records.
    18. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2016-0003, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records relating to tax return 
preparer registration, renewal, and payment processing.
    19. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration 
(DAA-0015-2016-0004, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records relating to 
health care worker training.
    20. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agency-wide 
(DAA-0255-2015-0001, 6 items, 4 temporary items). Records relating to 
NASA building designs for the headquarters facility and centers located 
throughout the nation, including preliminary design files, drawings, 
and records of cancelled projects. Proposed for permanent retention are 
final design files of

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architecturally, historically, and technologically significant 
facilities.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2016-13190 Filed 6-3-16; 8:45 am]
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