Notice2021-25762
Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments
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Published
November 26, 2021
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National Archives and Records Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 225 (Friday, November 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67498-67499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25762]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-21-0019; NARA-2022-014]
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 <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> 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 responses on the schedules listed in this
notice by January 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: To view a records schedule in this notice, or submit a
comment on one, use the following address: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NARA-21-0019/document">https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NARA-21-0019/document</a>. This is a direct link to the schedules
posted in the docket for this notice on <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>. You may submit
comments by the following method:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. On
the website, enter either of the numbers cited at the top of this
notice into the search field. This will bring you to the docket for
this notice, in which we have posted the records schedules open for
comment. Each schedule has a `comment' button so you can comment on
that specific schedule. For more information on <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> and on
submitting comments, see their FAQs at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/faq">https://www.regulations.gov/faq</a>.
Due to COVID-19 building closures, we are currently temporarily not
accepting comments by mail. However, if you are unable to comment via
<a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>, you may email us at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#592b3c282c3c2a2d772a3a313c3d2c353c1937382b38773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="52203723273721267c21313a3736273e37123c3320337c353d24">[email protected]</span></a> for
instructions on submitting your
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comment. You must cite the control number of the schedule you wish to
comment on. You can find the control number for each schedule in
parentheses at the end of each schedule's entry in the list at the end
of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Keravuori, Regulatory and
External Policy Program Manager, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dfadbab8aab3beabb6b0b180bcb0b2b2bab1abac9fb1beadbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="75071012001914011c1a1b2a161a1818101b0106351b1407145b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>. For information about records schedules,
contact Records Management Operations by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#04766175716177702a77676c6160716861446a6576652a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e6c7b6f6b7b6d6a306d7d767b7a6b727b5e707f6c7f30797168">[email protected]</span></a> 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 <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>
portal, you may contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#52203723273721267c21313a3736273e37123c3320337c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47352236322234336934242f2223322b22072926352669202831">[email protected]</span></a> 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 <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>
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 <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs">https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs</a>, 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 Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency,
Records of the Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (DAA-0371-
2021-0001).
2. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense,
Records of the Trusted Capital Digital Marketplace (DAA-0330-2021-
0007).
3. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, SMART
Information Management System (DAA-0330-2021-0009).
4. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Science Affairs, Consolidated Schedule (DAA-0059-
2019-0006).
5. Department of State, Office of Management, Consolidated Schedule
for the Records of the Office of Foreign Missions (DAA-0059-2020-0024).
Laurence Brewer,
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government.
[FR Doc. 2021-25762 Filed 11-24-21; 8:45 am]
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