[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16237-16238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06524]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2017-034]


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

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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 Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2015-0002, 2 items, 2 temporary items). 
Records related to general administration of various agency programs, 
including working files, correspondence, and agreements.
    2. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2015-0004, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 
Records related to financial and pricing aspects of agency programs, 
including medical claims, checks, billing, grants, and financial 
reports.
    3. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2015-0006, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 
Records related to enrollment processes and activities of agency 
programs.
    4. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2015-0007, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 
Records related to participants and beneficiaries of agency programs.
    5. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2015-0008, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 
Records related to providers participating in agency programs, 
including records of health plans and provider registration processes.
    6. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2015-0011, 3 items, 1 temporary item). 
Records related to routine public outreach and engagement, including 
training records, grant records, and Web site content. Proposed for 
permanent retention are press releases, news releases, formal education 
products, and photographs related to activities of senior officials and 
agency events.
    7. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2015-0012, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 
Records related to program integrity and compliance, including program 
review files, surveys, action plans, and hotline records.
    8. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2015-0010, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Records 
to include case files in which no further action is taken regarding 
detainee medical, facility, and general civil rights complaints; 
language access documents; and materials about minority intern staffing 
initiatives.
    9. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2017-0005, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master file 
of an electronic information system used for tracking air and ground 
transit and status of detainee enforcement and removal operations.
    10. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2017-0007, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master file 
of an electronic information system used for interdepartmental and 
intradepartmental information sharing and to support biometric 
interoperability.
    11. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2017-0007, 17 items, 16 temporary 
items). Applications for long-term employment-based benefits when 
approved but not used; for short-term employment-based benefits when 
approved; and for all other employment-based benefits when denied, 
abandoned, withdrawn, terminated, administratively closed, rejected for 
incorrect fees or non-sufficient funds, or incomplete or missing 
signature(s). Proposed for permanent retention are applications for 
long-term employment-based benefits when approved and used.
    12. National Archives and Records Administration, Research Services 
(N2-469-16-1, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records of the United States 
Agency for International Development including accessioned records 
covered by the General Records Schedule and reference copies of 
publications duplicated in other accessioned records. These records 
were accessioned to the National Archives but lack sufficient 
historical value to warrant their continued preservation.
    13. Office of Management and Budget, Resource Management Offices 
(DAA-0051-2015-0001, 7 items, 5 temporary items). Records relating to 
the process of review, oversight and preparation for the President's 
budget including materials used to assemble the final budget 
submission. Proposed for permanent retention are publications, budget 
submissions, justifications, and strategic plans from agencies.
    14. United States Judiciary, Judicial Conference of the United 
States (DAA-0516-2016-0001, 35 items, 25 temporary items). Records of 
the Federal Judicial Center related to program development, judicial 
history and research, education and training, internal and external 
publications, and international judicial relations. Proposed for 
permanent retention are records of the Federal Judicial Center 
including high level correspondence, records setting policy and program 
direction, publications and educational products, and historical data 
related to workload and the development of the judiciary.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2017-06524 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am]
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