77 FR 138 pgs. 42339-42340 - Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
Type: NOTICEVolume: 77Number: 138Pages: 42339 - 42340
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-17443 Filed 7-17-12; 8:45 am]
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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.
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 August 17, 2012. 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 Records Management Services (ACNR) using one of the following means:
Mail: NARA (ACNR), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Email: request.schedule@nara.gov.
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:
Margaret Hawkins, Director, National Records Management Program (ACNR), National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Telephone: 301-837-1799. Email: request.schedule@nara.gov.
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 Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (DAA-0440-2012-0009, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system used to review national coverage determinations of claimants from clinical trials.
2. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service (DAA-0513-2012-0005, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system containing data on educational loan repayments for agency employees.
3. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service (DAA-0513-2012-0007, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files of an electronic information system containing audit tracking data.
4. Department of Justice, Civil Division (DAA-0060-2011-0018, 2 items, 1 temporary item). Informational copies of data printed or extracted from an electronic information system used to manage case-related information in the litigating section. Proposed for permanent retention are the master files.
5. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DAA-0059-2011-0011, 3 items, 3 temporary items). Records of the Office of Domestic Operations, including requests for action, information memorandums, interagency and intra-agency agreements, and copies of Congressional inquiry responses and testimony.
6. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (N1-425-09-3, 9 items, 7 temporary items). Records of financial reporting and accounting. Proposed for permanent retention are significant policy files and consolidated reports.
7. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (N1-58-11-10, 7 items, 7 temporary items). Master files and system documentation of electronic information systems used to deliver and track staff training.
8. Federal Trade Commission, Agency-wide (N1-122-98-2, 8 items, 5 temporary items). Background materials of industry-wide investigations, mergers, acquisitions, and other projects; economic studies of the optometry and insurance industries; and litigation file duplicates.
Proposed for permanent retention are investigation indices, history sheets with case file abstracts, and congressional legislation files.
9. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agency wide (DAA-0255-2012-0003, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records supporting the existence, ownership, value, disposition, and accounting classification of real and personal property assets. Included are copies of general accounting ledgers, expenditure accounting posting and control files, and records documenting acquisition of real property.
Dated: July 10, 2012.
Paul M. Wester, Jr.
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2012-17443 Filed 7-17-12; 8:45 am]
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