[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40170-40171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17923]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2017-060]


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 
25, 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 Education, Federal Student Aid (DAA-0441-2016-
0001, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Master files of an electronic 
information system relating to the administration of Federal student 
loan accounts.
    2. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection (DAA-0568-2017-0013, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files 
of an electronic information system used to detect radiation in 
shipments and other conveyances arriving in U.S. ports.
    3. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2015-0015, 3 items, 2 temporary items). Records 
related to detention center inspections and sexual abuse prevention 
policy development. Proposed for permanent retention are national 
detention center standards.
    4. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2017-0002, 6 items, 6 temporary items). Master 
files of an electronic information system used to manage immigration 
status inquiries and responses involving Federal, state, local, tribal, 
and international criminal justice agencies.
    5. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (DAA-0567-2017-0008, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records 
related to national detention center standards development and 
implementation.
    6. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, Agency-wide (DAA-
0220-2017-0013, 9 items, 3 temporary items). Records related to 
Commission meetings, hearings, the Commissioner's report, working 
papers, and daily staff activities. Proposed for permanent retention 
are records documenting public input, meeting materials, and the final 
Commissioner's report.
    7. National Archives and Records Administration, Research Services 
(N2-456-16-1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records of the Defense Mapping 
Agency including digital database files and digital radar landmass 
simulation files. These records were accessioned to the National 
Archives without the required documentation to access/use data. The 
records are unreadable and thus lack sufficient historical value to 
warrant continued preservation.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2017-17923 Filed 8-23-17; 8:45 am]
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