96-27090. Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 55017-55018]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-27090]
    
    
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    NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
    
    
    Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
    
    AGENCY: Office of Records Administration, National Archives and Records 
    Administration.
    
    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). Records 
    schedules identify
    
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    records of sufficient value to warrant preservation in the National 
    Archives of the United States. Schedules also authorize agencies after 
    a specified period to dispose of records lacking administrative, legal, 
    research, or other value. Notice is published for records schedules 
    that (1) propose the destruction of records not previously authorized 
    for disposal, or (2) reduce the retention period for records already 
    authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments on such 
    schedules, as required by 44 USC 3303a(a).
    
    DATES: Request for copies must be received in writing on or before 
    December 9, 1996. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA 
    will send a copy of the schedule. The requester will be given 30 days 
    to submit comments.
    
    ADDRESSES: Address requests for single copies of schedules identified 
    in this notice to the Records Appraisal and Disposition Division (NIR), 
    National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD 20740. 
    Requesters must cite the control number assigned to each schedule when 
    requesting a copy. The control number appears in the parentheses 
    immediately after the name of the requesting agency.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year U.S. Government agencies create 
    billions of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. In 
    order to control this accumulation, agency records managers prepare 
    records schedules specifying when the agency no longer needs the 
    records and what happens to the records after this period. Some 
    schedules are comprehensive and cover all the records of an agency or 
    one of its major subdivisions. These comprehensive schedules provide 
    for the eventual transfer to the National Archives of historically 
    valuable records and authorize the disposal of all other records. Most 
    schedules, however, cover records of only one office or program or a 
    few series of records, and many are updates of previously approved 
    schedules. Such schedules also may include records that are designated 
    for permanent retention.
        Destruction of records requires the approval of the Archivist of 
    the United States. This approval is granted after a thorough study of 
    the records that takes into account 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 historical or 
    other value.
        This public notice identifies the Federal agencies and their 
    subdivisions requesting disposition authority, includes the control 
    number assigned to each schedule, and briefly describes the records 
    proposed for disposal. The records schedule contains additional 
    information about the records and their disposition. Further 
    information about the disposition process will be furnished to each 
    requester.
    
    Schedules Pending
    
        1. Department of the Air Force (N1-AFU-96-29). Medical diagnostic 
    records relating to special cardiographic procedures.
        2. Department of the Air Force (N1-AFU-97-1). Authorization for 
    early disposal of short-term temporary records due to closure of Reese 
    Air Force Base and other bases.
        3. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug 
    Administration (N1-088-96-3). Update of comprehensive schedule of 
    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
        4. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging 
    (N1-439-96-2). Pre-conference reporting system of the White House 
    Conference on Aging.
        5. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (N1-65-
    96-2). Elimination from the FBI retention plan of duplicative and/or 
    unneeded general criteria for selection of excepted case files.
        6. Department of State, Bureau of Administration (N1-59-96-17). The 
    publication Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts.
        7. Department of State (N1-59-96-29). International Merchant 
    Purchase Authorization Card (IMPAC) files for all bureaus and offices 
    except Office of Finance.
        8. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser (N1-76-96-2). 
    Source documentation collected in preparation of U.S.-Iran claims.
        9. Environmental Protection Agency (N1-412-96-4). Source data files 
    relating to in-house radiological research.
        10. Federal Communications Commission (N1-173-96-1). Reduction in 
    retention period for congressional correspondence.
        11. National Archives and Records Administration (N1-64-96-2). 
    Updates to the NARA comprehensive records disposition schedule.
        12. Panama Canal Commission (N1-185-96-7). Audiovisual records 
    pertaining to routine administration functions.
        13. Social Security Administrative (N1-047-96-4). Referral and 
    monitoring agency records of beneficiary treatments for alcohol and 
    drug addiction.
    
        Dated: October 10, 1996.
    James W. Moore,
    Assistant Archivist for Records Administration.
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Document Information

Published:
10/23/1996
Department:
National Archives and Records Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request for comments.
Document Number:
96-27090
Dates:
Request for copies must be received in writing on or before December 9, 1996. Once the appraisal of the records is completed, NARA will send a copy of the schedule. The requester will be given 30 days to submit comments.
Pages:
55017-55018 (2 pages)
PDF File:
96-27090.pdf