[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67296-67297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26410]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-19-0017; NARA-2020-011]
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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
publishes notice of certain Federal agency requests for records
disposition authority (records schedules). We publish notice in the
Federal Register and on regulations.gov for records schedules in which
agencies propose to dispose of records they no longer need to conduct
agency business. We invite public comments on such records schedules.
DATES: NARA must receive comments by January 23, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods.
You must cite the control number, which appears on the records schedule
in parentheses after the name of the agency that submitted the
schedule.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Records Appraisal and Agency Assistance (ACR);
National Archives and Records Administration; 8601 Adelphi Road;
College Park, MD 20740-6001
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Records Management Operations by email
at [email protected], by mail at the address above, or by phone
at 301-837-1799.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comment Procedures
We are publishing notice of records schedules in which agencies
propose to dispose of records they no longer need to conduct agency
business. We invite public comments on these records schedules, as
required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a), and list the schedules at the end of
this notice by agency and subdivision requesting disposition authority.
In addition, this notice lists the organizational unit(s)
accumulating the records or states that the schedule has agency-wide
applicability. It also provides the control number assigned to each
schedule, which you will need if you submit comments on that schedule.
We have uploaded the records schedules and accompanying appraisal
memoranda to the regulations.gov docket for this notice as ``other''
documents. Each records schedule contains a full description of the
records at the file unit level as well as their proposed disposition.
The appraisal memorandum for the schedule includes information about
the records.
We will post comments, including any personal information and
attachments, to the public docket unchanged. Because comments are
public, you are responsible for ensuring that you do not include any
confidential or other information that you or a third party may not
wish to be publicly posted. If you want to submit a comment with
confidential information or cannot otherwise use the regulations.gov
portal, you may contact [email protected] for instructions on
submitting your comment.
We will consider all comments submitted by the posted deadline and
consult as needed with the Federal agency seeking the disposition
authority. After considering comments, we will post on regulations.gov
a ``Consolidated Reply'' summarizing the comments, responding to them,
and noting any changes we have made to the proposed records schedule.
We will then send the schedule for final approval by the Archivist of
the United States. You may elect at regulations.gov to receive updates
on the docket, including an alert when we post the Consolidated Reply,
whether or not you submit a comment. If you have a question, you can
submit it as a comment, and can also submit any concerns or comments
you would have to a possible response to the question. We will address
these items in consolidated replies along with any other comments
submitted on that schedule.
We will post schedules on our website in the Records Control
Schedule (RCS) Repository, at https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs, after the Archivist approves them. The RCS contains all schedules
approved since 1973.
Background
Each year, Federal agencies create billions of records. To control
this accumulation, agency records managers
[[Page 67297]]
prepare schedules proposing retention periods for records and submit
these schedules for NARA's approval. Once approved by NARA, records
schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records
when no longer needed for current Government business. The records
schedules authorize agencies to preserve records of continuing value in
the National Archives or to destroy, after a specified period, records
lacking continuing administrative, legal, research, or other value.
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.
Agencies may not destroy Federal records without the approval of
the Archivist of the United States. The Archivist grants this approval
only after thorough consideration of 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. Public review and
comment on these records schedules is part of the Archivist's
consideration process.
Schedules Pending
1. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Agency, Audits and
Investigations (DAA-0572-2019-0001).
2. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
Health, Management Support Records (DAA-0443-2019-0005).
3. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health, Commissioned Corps Officers Records (DAA-0514-
2018-0001).
4. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security
Administration, Program Management Files (DAA-0560-2019-0001).
5. Department of Justice, Office of Policy and Legislation, Policy
and Legislation Records (DAA-0060-2018-0005).
Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2019-26410 Filed 12-6-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7515-01-P