Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments

Citation84 FR 64111
Record Number2019-25170
Published date20 November 2019
SectionNotices
CourtNational Archives And Records Administration
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 64111]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-25170]
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                NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
                [NARA-19-0016; NARA-2020-008]
                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 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 6, 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 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 Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
                and Explosives, National Integrated Ballistic Information Network
                System Records (DAA-0436-2018-0004).
                 2. Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Judicial
                Services Office, Subject Files (DAA-0116-2019-0005).
                Laurence Brewer,
                Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
                [FR Doc. 2019-25170 Filed 11-19-19; 8:45 am]
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