Notice2026-10901
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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Published
June 1, 2026
Issuing agencies
National Archives and Records Administration
Abstract
NARA is proposing to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew two information collections. The first renewal information collection is prepared by companies and organizations that wish to digitize archival holdings with privately-owned equipment. The second renewal information collection is used when veterans, dependents, and other authorized individuals request information from or copies of documents in military personnel, military medical, and dependent medical records. We invite you to comment on this proposed information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32455-32456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10901]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
[NARA-2026-019]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: NARA is proposing to request that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) renew two information collections. The first renewal
information collection is prepared by companies and organizations that
wish to digitize archival holdings with privately-owned equipment. The
second renewal information collection is used when veterans,
dependents, and other authorized individuals request information from
or copies of documents in military personnel, military medical, and
dependent medical records. We invite you to comment on this proposed
information collection.
DATES: We must receive written comments on or before July 31, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Paperwork Reduction Act Comments (MC);
National Archives and Records Administration; 8601 Adelphi Road Room
4100; College Park, MD 20740-6001 or email comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d3b322f302e1d333c2f3c733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53353c213e20133d3221327d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Kristin Phillips by telephone
at 616-254-0405 with requests for additional information or copies of
the proposed information collection and supporting statement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), we invite the public and other Federal agencies
to comment on proposed information collections. The comments and
suggestions should address one or more of the following points: (a)
whether we need the proposed information collection to properly perform
our agency functions; (b) our estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection and its accuracy; (c) ways we could enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information we collect; (d) ways
we could minimize the burden on respondents of collecting the
information, including through information technology; and (e) whether
this collection affects small businesses. We will summarize any
comments you submit and include the summary in our request for OMB
approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.
In this notice, we solicit comments concerning the following
information collections:
1. Title: Request to Digitize Records.
OMB number: 3095-0017.
Agency form number: None.
Type of review: Regular.
Affected public: Companies and organizations that wish to digitize
archival holdings in the National Archives of the United States or a
Presidential library for micropublication.
Estimated number of respondents: 10.
Estimated time per response: 5 hours.
Frequency of response: On occasion (when respondent wishes to
request permission to digitize records).
Estimated total annual burden hours: 50.
Abstract: The information collection is prescribed by 36 CFR
1254.92. The collection is prepared by companies and organizations that
wish to digitize archival holdings with privately-owned equipment. NARA
uses the information to determine whether the request meets the
criteria in 36 CFR 1254.100, to evaluate the records for digitization,
and to schedule use of the limited space available for digitizing.
2. Title: Forms Relating to Military Service Records.
OMB number: 3095-0039.
Agency form number: NA Forms 13036, 13042, 13055, 13075, and 13177.
Type of review: Regular.
Affected public: Veterans, their authorized representatives, state
and local governments, and businesses.
Estimated number of respondents: 79,800.
Estimated time per response: 5 minutes.
Frequency of response: On occasion (when respondent wishes to
request information from a military personnel, military medical, and
dependent medical record).
Estimated total annual burden hours: 6,650 hours.
Abstract: In accordance with rules issued by the Department of
Defense (DOD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS, U.S. Coast
Guard), the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) of the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) administers military
personnel and medical records of veterans after discharge, retirement,
and death. In addition, NPRC administers the medical records of
dependents of service personnel. When veterans, dependents, and other
authorized individuals request information from or copies of documents
in military personnel, military medical, and dependent medical records,
they must provide on forms or in letters certain information about the
veteran and the nature of the request. A major fire at the NPRC on July
12, 1973, destroyed numerous military records. If individuals' requests
involve records or information from records that may have been lost in
the fire, requesters may be asked to complete NA Form 13075,
Questionnaire about Military Service, or NA Form 13055, Request for
Information Needed to Reconstruct Medical Data, so that NPRC staff can
search alternative sources to reconstruct the requested information.
Requesters who ask for medical records of dependents of service
personnel and hospitalization records of military personnel are asked
to complete NA Form 13042, Request for Information Needed to Locate
Medical Records, so that NPRC staff can locate the desired records.
Certain types of information contained in military personnel and
medical records are restricted from disclosure unless the veteran
provides a more specific release authorization than is normally
required. Veterans are asked
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to complete NA Form 13036, Authorization for Release of Military
Medical Patient Records, to authorize release to a third party of a
restricted type of information found in the desired record. For those
who have already made a request, and want to check the status, they can
use NA Form 13177, Check the Status of a Clinical & Medical Treatment
Records Request.
Gulam Shakir,
Executive for Information Services/CIO.
[FR Doc. 2026-10901 Filed 5-29-26; 8:45 am]
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