[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90387-90388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29867]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2017-012]


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 January 13, 
2017. 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 
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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, Office of the Secretary (DAA-0016-
2016-0003, 3 items, 2 temporary items). Case files related to 
scientific integrity and research misconduct, including written 
allegations, correspondence, copies of research records, case 
summaries, determinations, notifications, and decisional letters. 
Proposed for permanent retention are case files of historical value.
    2. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2011-0001, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to track the movement of supplies and equipment.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0008, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to correct supply discrepancies.
    4. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0050, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system that 
contains resource planning and financial management data.
    5. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0056, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to process access requests for individual military personnel records.
    6. Department of Defense, National Guard Bureau (DAA-0168-2016-
0001, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Records relating to biographical 
information on agency leadership and spouses. Proposed for permanent 
retention are biographies of general officers.
    7. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2016-0014, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an 
electronic information system used to manage human resource activities 
of the Military Health System for contractors and volunteers.
    8. Department of Energy, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (DAA-
0434-2015-0009, 74 items, 66 temporary items). Records relating to 
environmental health and safety including routine correspondence, 
safety checks, protective equipment, leak tests, alarm systems, 
equipment inspection, and related matters. Proposed for permanent 
retention are records relating to archaeology, environmental 
monitoring, radiological protection, waste shipments, radiological 
training, site closures, and incidents.
    9. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Energy (DAA-0434-
2016-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to oil shale 
research created by the former Laramie Project Office including 
engineering drawings, maps, special events and activities at the site, 
employee activities, ancillary mining operations, routine 
correspondence, and related records.
    10. Department of the Navy, Agency-wide (DAA-NU-2015-0009, 30 
items, 21 temporary items). Records relating to ship designs and 
materials management records including routine correspondence, 
construction records, examinations, ship surveillance, equipment 
modifications, and related matters. Proposed for permanent retention 
are records relating to policy, planning, master technical reports and 
manuals, ship system planning, ship drawings, weight and moment 
changes, inclining studies, and ship photographs.
    11. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2016-0016, 3 items, 3 temporary items). General Records 
Schedule for general administrative records including the day-to-day 
administrative records maintained, non-recordkeeping copies of 
electronic records, and records related to non-mission related internal 
agency committees.
    12. National Mediation Board, Agency-wide (DAA-0013-2015-0002, 9 
items, 4 temporary items). Routine program and administrative records 
including litigation case files, arbitration files, and housekeeping 
and general administrative files. Proposed for permanent retention are 
Presidential Emergency Board reports and case files, official published 
board actions, mediation case files, representation case files, and 
significant litigation case files.
    13. Peace Corps, Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Selection 
(DAA-0490-2016-0004, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records include 
fingerprint cards and recruiting records.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2016-29867 Filed 12-13-16; 8:45 am]
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