[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80851-80853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32314]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
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 no longer needed for current Government
business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing
value in the National Archives of the United States and the
destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking
administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published
for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not
previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of
records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments
on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
DATES: Requests for copies must be received in writing on or before
January 24, 2011. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA
will send a copy of the schedule. NARA staff usually prepare appraisal
memorandums that contain additional information concerning the records
covered by a proposed schedule. These, too, may be requested and will
be provided once the appraisal is completed. Requesters will be given
30 days to submit comments.
ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of any records schedule identified in
this notice by contacting the Life Cycle Management Division (NWML)
using one of the following means:
Mail: NARA (NWML), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
E-mail: [email protected].
FAX: 301-837-3698.
Requesters must cite the control number, which appears in
parentheses after the name of the agency which submitted the schedule,
and must provide a mailing address. Those who desire appraisal reports
should so indicate in their request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurence Brewer, Director, Life Cycle
Management Division (NWML), National Archives and Records
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Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Telephone: 301-837-1539. E-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
retention periods for records and submit these schedules for NARA's
approval, using the Standard Form (SF) 115, Request for Records
Disposition Authority. These schedules provide for the timely transfer
into the National Archives of historically valuable records and
authorize the disposal 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
specified otherwise. An item in a schedule is media neutral when the
disposition instructions may be applied to records regardless of the
medium in which the records are created and maintained. Items included
in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, are media
neutral unless the item is limited to a specific medium. (See 36 CFR
1225.12(e).)
No Federal records are authorized for destruction without the
approval of the Archivist of the United States. This approval is
granted only after a thorough consideration of their administrative use
by the agency of origin, the rights of the Government and of private
persons directly affected by the Government's activities, and whether
or not they have historical or other value.
Besides identifying the Federal agencies and any subdivisions
requesting disposition authority, this public notice lists the
organizational unit(s) accumulating the records or indicates agency-
wide applicability in the case of schedules that cover records that may
be accumulated throughout an agency. This notice 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). It also 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 too
includes information about the records. Further information about the
disposition process is available on request.
Schedules Pending:
1. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (N1-
310-11-1, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Master files of electronic
information systems containing information related to agricultural
research projects of the mid-Atlantic area, including an integrated
farm system model, a dairy greenhouse gas model, and a system that
tracks germplasm collections.
2. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and
Technology (N1-167-09-3, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Records of the
Technology Innovation Program, including project narratives, drawings,
correspondence, budget information, project impact reviews, periodic
reports, and project assessments.
3. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (N1-
138-10-4, 10 items, 10 temporary items). Records related to power
transmission providers and utilities, including correspondence, tax
information, administrative reports, management planning, and
delegations of authority.
4. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration (N1-201-
10-1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic
information system used to track property, assets, and related work
orders for maintenance, labor and materials, parts, and other related
information.
5. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (N1-440-09-3, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files
of an electronic information system used to monitor and improve
utilization and quality of care for Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries.
6. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (N1-440-10-5, 10 items, 8 temporary items). Records
of the senior leadership, including calendars, telephone logs, meeting
requests, speech files, conference and public hearing files, briefing
books and routine correspondence. Proposed for permanent retention are
decision documents, final reports, and substantive correspondence.
7. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (N1-567-11-1, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an
electronic information system containing information on a backlog of
unresolved immigration surety bonds to facilitate discharging or
collecting the bonds.
8. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (N1-22-08-
1, 4 items, 3 temporary items). Master files of an electronic
information system used to track and present photographs, videos, and
other electronic records documenting fish and wildlife activities.
9. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (N1-60-09-32, 2
items, 1 temporary item). Inputs of an electronic information system
used for voting redistricting activities. Proposed for permanent
retention are the master files containing census and geographic
information system data used to map proposed changes to voting
districts for analysis under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
10. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
10-30, 2 items, 2 temporary items). Inputs and master files of an
electronic information system used to track police training given to
state and local law enforcement officers.
11. Department of Justice, National Drug Intelligence Center (N1-
523-10-01, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Public Web site content
describing the mission and activities of the National Drug Intelligence
center, including materials derived from primary intelligence products.
12. Department of Justice, U.S. Trustee Program (N1-60-09-73, 1
item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information
system used to track appointments of bankruptcy trustees and general
case identification.
13. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
(N1-59-10-10, 4 items, 4 temporary items). Records of the Office of
Public Affairs (EAP/P), including press guidance files, speaker
biographies, public remarks by EAP officials, and Voice of America
editorials submitted to EAP/P for comment.
14. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
(N1-406-09-23, 21 items, 21 temporary items). Records of the Federal
Aid Division, including highway bridge and tunnel correspondence,
designs and plans, geotechnical and hydraulic files, testing of
materials, policies and procedures, program files, records of
inspections, construction cost files, coordination records, and bridge
and tunnel failure records maintained by the field offices.
15. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
(N1-406-09-22, 10 items, 10 temporary
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items). Records of the Federal Aid Research and Technology program,
including planning research files, asphalt and pavement research files,
statewide contract files, delineation files, recycling and reuse
records, transportation pooled fund studies, and local technical
assistance program records.
16. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-10-
14, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Template forms used by taxpayers to
update changes related to their filed credit card information.
17. Social Security Administration, Agency-wide (N1-47-10-2, 5
items, 5 temporary items). Content and management records associated
with the agency's internal and external Web sites.
Dated: December 17, 2010.
Michael J. Kurtz,
Assistant Archivist for Records Services--Washington, DC.
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