[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44053-44054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15962]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2016-040]


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 agencies no longer need them 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 August 5, 
2016. Once NARA finishes appraising 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 
records retention periods 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 agency to 
dispose 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 creates or maintains the records. Items included 
in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, are media 
neutral unless the item is expressly limited to a specific medium. (See 
36 CFR 1225.12(e).)
    Agencies may not destroy Federal records without Archivist of the 
United States' approval. The Archivist approves destruction only after 
thoroughly considering 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 when schedules 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, Agricultural Research Service (DAA-
0310-2014-0003, 10 items, 10 temporary items). Correspondence, reports, 
contracts, agreements, and experimental data related to agricultural 
research projects.
    2. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (DAA-0145-2015-
0001, 3 items, 2 temporary items). Records related to the Conservation 
Reserve Program, including correspondence, reports, contract folders, 
and payment documents. Proposed for permanent retention are significant 
case files.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0032, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains records relating to contracts and contractor personnel in 
Germany.
    4. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2012-0002, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records regarding the 
security clearance of individual personnel including interviews, 
assessments, and investigative reports.
    5. Department of Homeland Security, United States Secret Service 
(DAA-0087-2016-0001, 4 items, 4 temporary

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items). Accreditation records relating to an agency training facility 
and courses.
    6. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Fiscal Service (DAA-0425-
2016-0009, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records used to stop 
potentially improper payments by Federal agencies.
    7. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2016-0016, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Case files for corrections to 
agency employee retirement plans.
    8. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Risk Surveillance (DAA-
0180-2014-0001, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Hypothetical fiscal 
projections and reports used to perform market risk analysis.
    9. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2016-0004, 2 items, 2 temporary items). A General Records 
Schedule for continuity and emergency planning records.
    10. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2016-0005, 5 items, 5 temporary items). A General Records 
Schedule for records related to public communications and information 
exchanges between the Federal government, citizens, and stakeholders, 
including routine operational records for public affairs offices, 
public correspondence requiring no formal action, product production 
files, routine media relations records, and routine audiovisual 
records.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2016-15962 Filed 7-5-16; 8:45 am]
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