[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61336-61337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27804]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

[NARA-2018-012]


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 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 January 26, 
2018. 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

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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, Rural Development Agency (DAA-0572-
2017-0001, 10 items, 10 temporary items). Records relating to Single 
Family Housing Programs. Included are field activity reports, routine 
studies, loan application information, and financial documents for 
affordable housing for low income rural residents.
    2. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Agency (DAA-0572-
2017-0008, 10 items, 10 temporary items). Rural Business Cooperative 
Service records. Included are field activity reports, routine studies, 
loan application information, and capital investment documents for 
business programs in rural areas.
    3. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2015-0016, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Records related to civilian academic papers used in 
support of technical research projects.
    4. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2016-0070, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to maintain applicant and interview information.
    5. Department of the Army, Agency-wide (DAA-AU-2017-0014, 1 item, 1 
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used 
to maintain acquisitions information.
    6. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2017-0013, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an 
electronic information system for tracking location and condition of 
weapons systems.
    7. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2016-0010, 5 items, 3 temporary items). Items related to the 
processing of awards recommendations. Proposed for permanent retention 
are awards case files.
    8. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary 
(DAA-0468-2018-0001, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Agency-wide policy 
and precedent reference files including directives case history files. 
Included are copies of operating procedures, staff level memoranda, 
documents duplicated in the official policy files, background materials 
on final issuances, and drafts of comments.
    9. Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 
(DAA-0271-2017-0002, 12 items, 9 temporary items). Office records 
common throughout the program, including program subject files, 
claimant's correspondence, training records, accountability review 
records, quarterly rehabilitation reports, administrative directives, 
legal and legislative files, and work measurement reports. Proposed for 
permanent retention are record copies of publications and studies, 
directives, and published studies required by law or requested by 
Congress.
    10. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration 
(DAA-0406-2017-0001, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Outputs of an 
electronic information system used to inventory all tunnels on public 
roads. Proposed for permanent retention are system master files.
    11. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2016-0018, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Small Business and Self-Employed 
Collections records to include installment agreements set up by 
taxpayers to pay off tax balances.
    12. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2017-0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Copies of records relating to tax 
fraud cases and documents created to review the cases.
    13. Federal Maritime Commission, Office of the General Counsel 
(DAA-0358-2017-0006, 7 items, 7 temporary items). Records relating to 
routine case files and legislative affairs.
    14. National Archives and Records Administration, Research Services 
(N2-134-17-1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Interstate Commerce Commission 
(I.C.C.) Operating Division Formal Dockets, 1887--1924, other than 
those covering important or controversial cases containing 
documentation that supplements the printed decisions. These records 
were accessioned to the National Archives but lack sufficient 
historical value to warrant continued preservation.
    15. Peace Corps, Office of Global Operations (DAA-0490-2017-0008, 1 
item, 1 temporary item). Records of an electronic information system 
used to track volunteer applications, demographics, and language 
testing results.

Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2017-27804 Filed 12-26-17; 8:45 am]
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