[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37468-37470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16890]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2017-059]


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 September 
11, 2017. Once NARA finishes appraising

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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) 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 Marketing Service (DAA-
0136-2017-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Case files of plant variety 
protection records, including certificates issued for intellectual 
protection and patents for new plant varieties.
    2. Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DAA-0361-2017-
0005, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Records relating to the disposal of 
government property including contracts, bid sheets, correspondence, 
waivers, vouchers, and similar documents.
    3. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2015-0012, 9 items, 8 temporary items). Records 
of office self-inspections, external party non-disclosure agreements, 
and investigations or inspections of security programs, routine 
employee misconduct, mismanagement allegations, detention facility 
safety, and ICE employees testifying in criminal trials. Proposed for 
permanent retention are significant employee misconduct case files.
    4. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2017-0001, 10 items, 10 temporary items). Master 
files of an electronic information system used to process, track, and 
store information about aliens who remain in the United States after 
receiving a final order of removal, deportation, or exclusion.
    5. Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services (DAA-0566-2017-0011, 8 items, 7 temporary items). 
Applications for asylum and cancellation of removal, and supporting 
documentation, when rejected for incorrect fees or non-sufficient 
funds, when having incomplete or missing signature(s), when abandoned, 
when denied, when terminated, when administratively closed, and when 
withdrawn. Proposed for permanent retention are applications for asylum 
and cancellation of removal, and supporting documentation, when 
approved.
    6. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
(DAA-0318-2017-0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Intermediate-stage 
graphic image materials, such as printing plates and glass plate 
negatives, produced to enable the manufacture of currency and other 
products.
    7. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration 
(DAA-0015-2017-0001, 5 items, 5 temporary items). Records related to 
call centers and hotlines, including recorded calls, chat and texts, 
referrals, and follow-ups.
    8. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration 
(DAA-0015-2017-0002, 7 items, 7 temporary items). Records related to 
compliance audits, self-assessments, and training for privacy and 
freedom of information programs at agency facilities.
    9. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agency-wide (DAA-
0255-2017-0010, 6 items, 6 temporary items). Records of the Export 
Control Office, including administration records, case records, 
transaction records, and shipping information.
    10. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2017-0008, 6 items, 6 temporary items). General Records 
Schedule for records of three areas of agency accountability: Internal 
controls, mandatory reporting on administrative functions to external 
agencies, and interaction with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel 
concerning allegations

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and claims that fall under its jurisdiction.
    11. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2017-0010, 20 items, 20 temporary items). General Records 
Schedule for records related to occupational and non-occupational 
health including occupational injury and illness program records, 
occupational health and safety training, workplace environmental 
monitoring and exposure, Safety Data Sheets, individual medical case 
files, non-occupational health and wellness program records, Employee 
Assistance Program (EAP) counseling, Drug-free Workplace Program 
records, and clinic scheduling.
    12. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2017-0011, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Update to General 
Records Schedule for employee acquisition records adding job applicant 
drug test records.
    13. National Archives and Records Administration, Government-wide 
(DAA-GRS-2017-0012, 5 items, 5 temporary items). General Records 
Schedule for records of rulemaking, agency copies of Federal Register 
notices, and agency input into the unified agenda.
    14. Office of Personnel Management, Agency-wide (DAA-0478-2017-
0007, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records related to merit system 
accountability and compliance including strategic plans, policies, 
procedures, and general reports.
    15. United States Agency for International Development, Office of 
Security (DAA-0286-2017-0001, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master files 
of an electronic information system used to vet funding requests by 
individuals, businesses, and organizations.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2017-16890 Filed 8-9-17; 8:45 am]
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