[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17856-17858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08459]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-2018-034]
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 24,
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
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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, Farm Service Agency (DAA-0145-2017-
0025, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Case files documenting the disposal of
excess or surplus property owned by the Federal government.
2. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (DAA-0145-2017-
0027, 10 items, 10 temporary items). Routine administrative records
documenting the agency's leasing activities. Included are requests for
leasing space, solicitation records, negotiation documents, successful
offers and unsuccessful offers, approval documentation, and award
notification files.
3. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense (DAA-
0330-2013-0012, 43 items, 41 temporary items). Department of Defense
Education Activity records related to the operation of elementary,
secondary, and graduate schools, including student, faculty,
instructional, and administrative records. Proposed for permanent
retention are records related to research and instruction about
uniquely military medical conditions and treatments.
4. Department of Defense, Defense Security Service (DAA-0446-2016-
0001, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records of an electronic information
system used to track and mitigate potential threats to facilities and
personnel, including contact information, military history information,
and publicly available electronic information.
5. Department of Defense, Defense Security Service (DAA-0446-2017-
0001, 9 items, 9 temporary items). Records relating to the security of
defense contractor facilities including security clearance of the
facilities, cancellation of clearances, security agreements, and
related administrative actions.
6. Department of Defense, Defense Security Service (DAA-0446-2017-
0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records relating to Congressional
inquiries including correspondence, copy of requests, responses,
reports, and other documents.
7. Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DAA-
0374-2017-0017, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an
electronic information system used for tracking and managing travel
information for personnel outside the United States, including travel
requests, incidental files, and related administrative actions.
8. Department of Energy, Agency-wide (DAA-0434-2018-0001, 1 item, 1
temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used
to track and manage electronic service requests, software installation,
and hardware repair.
9. Department of the Interior, Agency-wide (DAA-0048-2015-0003, 23
items, 18 temporary items). Natural resource planning and development
case files containing operational mission records related to fish and
wildlife species management; critical habitat designations; assessment
reports; surveys; Federal onshore and offshore production audits and
inspections; energy lease applications and issued leases; energy
resource analysis and evaluations; land use planning and activities;
permits; land title operational and realty; wild horse and burro
adoptions; reciprocal use and license agreements; land status; water
analysis and water use permitting; non-historic water and power
projects and facility records; and water project, engineering, and
water quality records. Proposed for permanent retention are final
studies and reports related to mission programs and activities such as
the Endangered Species Act and fish and wildlife management and
planning files; energy and mineral final financial reports and
summaries; mineral lease case history files; land use management plans
and reports requiring agency authorization; historic water and power
projects; and water resources and delivery records.
10. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (DAA-0058-
2017-0011, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Alert notification system
records.
11. National Indian Gaming Commission, Office of the Commission
(DAA-0600-2017-0001, 17 items, 10 temporary items). Records include
routine operational or administrative correspondence, internal audit
records, tribal self-regulation annual submissions, agency agreements,
consultation files, and related working files. Proposed for permanent
retention are official correspondence and daily schedule of activities
for the Chairperson, Commissioners, and Chief of Staff; Commission
meeting and decisional files; organizational structure and strategic
planning files; final official policies and procedures; tribal self-
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regulation decisional documents; and advisory committee final reports.
12. National Indian Gaming Commission, Office of General Counsel
(DAA-0600-2017-0002, 12 items, 9 temporary items). Records include
internal or non-substantive legal opinions, withdrawn ordinances,
operational or administrative correspondence, administrative litigation
case files, master files of two case file tracking systems, and related
working files. Proposed for permanent retention are significant legal
opinions, ordinance decisional files, and enforcement action files.
13. Office of Personnel Management, Agency-wide (DAA-0478-2017-
0012, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Assessment and evaluation project
files documenting the development of assessments to evaluate
organizations and develop applicant tests.
14. Office of Personnel Management, Agency-wide (DAA-0478-2018-
0002, 6 items, 6 temporary items). Records related to internal and
external oversight and audit of human capital laws and regulations.
15. Peace Corps, Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Selection
(DAA-0490-2017-0009, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Records of the
Associate Director including routine administrative files. Proposed for
permanent retention are significant program records including reports,
strategic plans, and program guidance.
Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2018-08459 Filed 4-23-18; 8:45 am]
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