[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16236-16237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06439]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2017-032]


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 they no longer need to conduct agency business. NARA 
invites public comments on such records schedules.

DATES: NARA must receive requests for copies in writing by May 3, 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: NARA publishes notice in the Federal 
Register for records schedules they no longer need to conduct agency 
business. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules, as 
required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
    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)

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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 Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2015-0007, 7 items, 7 temporary items). Personnel 
records related to position reviews, retirement eligibility reviews, 
employee awards, non-hire applicant medical examinations, performance 
reviews for appointees, litigation case files regarding staffing, and 
related materials.
    2. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2017-0002, 19 items, 17 temporary 
items). Forms establishing parental eligibility for international 
adoptions and classifying prospective adoptees as relatives, and 
supporting documentation, when application is approved but no adoption 
petition is filed; when approved but the adoption is returned without 
visa issuance; when denied; when abandoned; when administratively 
closed; when withdrawn; when terminated; when rejected for incorrect 
fees or non-sufficient funds, and when incomplete or missing 
signature(s). Proposed for permanent retention are adoption forms when 
approved and used to support the adoption petition.
    3. Department of Justice, Agency-wide (DAA-0060-2017-0006, 1 item, 
1 temporary item). Records collected for the purpose of access to 
potential witness or affiant impeachment information.
    4. Department of Justice, Agency-wide (DAA-0060-2017-0007, 1 item, 
1 temporary item). Records documenting compliance with preservation 
obligations levied by an oversight entity such as Congress, a special 
counsel, or an Inspector General.
    5. Department of Justice, Agency-wide (DAA-0060-2017-0008, 1 item, 
1 temporary item). Records relating to managing a formal mentoring 
program, but not about individuals in the program.
    6. Central Intelligence Agency, Agency-wide (N1-263-13-1, 7 items, 
7 temporary items). Included are records related to human resources, 
employee medical files, information management, intelligence collection 
and operations, and security records.
    7. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2017-0005, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Addition to a General 
Records Schedule of administrative claims both by the United States and 
against the United States.
    8. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2017-0006, 31 items, 31 temporary items). A revised General 
Records Schedule for records related to security, including routine 
administrative functions, facility and physical security, personnel 
security, and insider threat records.
    9. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2017-0007, 18 items, 18 temporary items). A revised General 
Records Schedule for records related to employee management, including 
workforce and succession planning, employee incentive awards, 
employment eligibility verification, Official Personnel Folders, 
performance management, official passports, volunteer service, and 
skill set records.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2017-06439 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am]
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