38862 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 121 / Thursday, June 22, 2000 / Notices

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Type of Review: New collection.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration (ETA).

Title: Benefit-Cost Analysis of the

Self-employment Assistance Program

(SEA) for the United States

Unemployment Insurance Program.

OMB Number: 1205–0New.

Form Number: N/A.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Number of Respondents: 1,200.

Total Annual Responses: 1,200.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

Minutes.

Total Burden: 300 Hours.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: $0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: The information

collected is necessary to perform the

benefit-cost analysis of the Selfemployment Assistance Program. This

study will assess impacts of the program

on society, employers, participants,

non-participants, and the government

sectors. This study also will show how

the states serve SEA participants and

the use of funds allocated to the

program.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–15796 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Records Schedules for Electronic

Copies Previously Covered by General

Records Schedule 20; 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.

This request for comments pertains

solely to schedules for electronic copies

of records created using word

processing and electronic mail where

the recordkeeping copies are already

scheduled. (Electronic copies are

records created using word processing

or electronic mail software that remain

in storage on the computer system after

the recordkeeping copies are produced.)

These records were previously

approved for disposal under General

Records Schedule 20, Items 13 and 14.

The agencies identified in this notice

have submitted schedules pursuant to

NARA Bulletin 99–04 to obtain separate

disposition authority for the electronic

copies associated with program records

and administrative records not covered

by the General Records Schedules.

NARA invites public comments on such

records schedules, as required by 44

U.S.C. 3303a(a). To facilitate review of

these schedules, their availability for

comment is announced in Federal

Register notices separate from those

used for other records disposition

schedules.

DATES: Requests for copies must be

received in writing on or before August

7, 2000. On request, NARA will send a

copy of the schedule. NARA staff

usually prepare appraisal

memorandums concerning a proposed

schedule. These, too, may be requested.

Requesters will be given 30 days to

submit comments.

Some schedules submitted in

accordance with NARA Bulletin 99–04

group records by program, function, or

organizational element. These schedules

do not include descriptions at the file

series level, but, instead, provide

citations to previously approved

schedules or agency records disposition

manuals (see Supplementary

Information section of this notice). To

facilitate review of such disposition

requests, previously approved schedules

or manuals that are cited may be

requested in addition to schedules for

the electronic copies. NARA will

provide the first 100 pages at no cost.

NARA may charge $.20 per page for

additional copies. These materials also

may be examined at no cost at the

National Archives at College Park (8601

Adelphi Road, College Park, MD).

ADDRESSES: To request a copy of any

records schedule identified in this

notice, write to the Life Cycle

Management Division (NWML),

National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA), 8601 Adelphi

Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001.

Requests also may be transmitted by

FAX to 301–713–6852 or by e-mail to

records.mgt@arch2.nara.gov.

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 and/or copies of

previously approved schedules or

manuals should so indicate in their

request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marie Allen, Director, Life Cycle

Management Division (NWML),

National Archives and Records

Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road,

College Park, MD 20740–6001.

Telephone: (301) 713–7110. E-mail:

records.mgt@arch2.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 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

the records to conduct its business.

Routine administrative records common

to most agencies are approved for

disposal in the General Records

Schedules (GRS), which are disposition

schedules issued by NARA that apply

Government-wide.

On March 25, 1999, the Archivist

issued NARA Bulletin 99–04, which

told agencies what they must do to

schedule electronic copies associated

with previously scheduled program

records and certain administrative

records that were previously scheduled

under GRS 20, Items 13 and 14. On

December 27, 1999, the Archivist issued

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NARA Bulletin 2000–02, which

suspended Bulletin 99–04 pending

NARA’s completion in FY 2001 of an

overall review of scheduling and

appraisal. On completion of this review,

which will address all records,

including electronic copies, NARA will

determine whether Bulletin 99–04

should be revised or replaced with an

alternative scheduling procedure.

However, NARA will accept and

process schedules for electronic copies

prepared in accordance with Bulletin

99–04 that are submitted after December

27, 1999, as well as schedules that were

submitted prior to this date.

Schedules submitted in accordance

with NARA Bulletin 99–04 only cover

the electronic copies associated with

previously scheduled series. Agencies

that wish to schedule hitherto

unscheduled series must submit

separate SF 115s that cover both

recordkeeping copies and electronic

copies used to create them.

In developing SF 115s for the

electronic copies of scheduled records,

agencies may use either of two

scheduling models. They may add an

appropriate disposition for the

electronic copies formerly covered by

GRS 20, Items 13 and 14, to every item

in their manuals or records schedules

where the recordkeeping copy has been

created with a word processing or

electronic mail application. This

approach is described as Model 1 in

Bulletin 99–04. Alternatively, agencies

may group records by program,

function, or organizational component

and propose disposition instructions for

the electronic copies associated with

each grouping. This approach is

described as Model 2 in the Bulletin.

Schedules that follow Model 2 do not

describe records at the series level.

For each schedule covered by this

notice the following information is

provided: Name of the Federal agency

and any subdivisions requesting

disposition authority; the organizational

unit(s) accumulating the records or a

statement that the schedule has agencywide applicability in the case of

schedules that cover records that may be

accumulated throughout an agency; the

control number assigned to each

schedule; the total number of schedule

items; the number of temporary items

(the record series proposed for

destruction); a brief description of the

temporary electronic copies; and

citations to previously approved SF

115s or printed disposition manuals that

scheduled the recordkeeping copies

associated with the electronic copies

covered by the pending schedule. If a

cited manual or schedule is available

from the Government Printing Office or

has been posted to a publicly available

Web site, this too is noted.

Further information about the

disposition process is available on

request.

Schedules Pending

1. Federal Communications

Commission, Office of Managing

Director, (N9–173–00–6, 1 item, 1

temporary item). Electronic copies of

records created using electronic mail

and word processing accumulated by

the Office of Managing Director.

Included are electronic copies of records

relating to such matters as formal

hearings before the Commission, rulemaking proceedings, budget estimates

and justifications, agency publications,

and Commission meetings. This

schedule follows Model 2 as described

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this notice. Recordkeeping

copies of these files are included in

Disposition Job Numbers NC1–173–82–

2, NC1–173–82–6, NC1–173–83–1,

NC1–173–85–6, N1–173–87–2, N1–173–

87–7, N1–173–90–4, and N1–173–91–2.

Dated: June 15, 2000.

Geraldine Phillips,

Acting Assistant Archivist for Record

Services—Washington, DC.

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BILLING CODE 7515–01–P

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Advisory Committee for Computer and

Information Science and Engineering;

Committee of Visitors; Notice of

Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Advisory Committee for Computer

and Information Science and Engineering

(1115).

Date and Time: July 6–7, 2000—8:30–5:00

p.m. each day.

Place: Room 1150, NSF, and 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Arlington, VA.

Type of Meeting: Part-Open—(see Agenda,

below).

Contact Person: Dr. Michael Evangelist,

Division Director, Computer-Communication

Research, National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.

Telephone: (703) 306–1910.

Minutes: Meeting minutes may be obtained

by contacting the person listed above.

Purpose of Meeting: To carry out

Committee of Visitors (COV) review,

including program evaluation, GPRA

assessments, and access to privileged

materials.

Agenda

Closed: July 6—To review the merit review

processes covering funding decisions made

during the immediately preceding three fiscal

year of the Computer-Communications

Research Division.

Open: July 7—To assess the results of NSF

program investments in the ComputerCommunications Division. This shall involve

a discussion and review of results focused on

NSF and grantee outputs and related

outcomes achieved or realized during the

preceding three fiscal years. These results

may be based on NSF grants or other

investments made in earlier years.

Reason for Closing: During the closed

session, the Committee will be reviewing

proposal actions that will include privileged

intellectual property and personal

information that could harm individuals if

they are disclosed. If discussions were open

to the public, these matters that are exempt

under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the

Government in the Sunshine Act would be

improperly disclosed.

Dated: June 19, 2000.

Karen York,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–15823 Filed 6–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel in

Bioengineering and Environmental

Systems: Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463. as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Bioengineering and Environmental Systems

(1189).

Date and time: July 25–26, 2000; 8:00 a.m.–

5:00 p.m.

Place: Room 380, National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,

VA.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: A. Frederick Thompson,

Program Director, Division of Bioengineering

and Environmental Systems, National

Science Foundation; 4201 Wilson Boulevard;

Arlington, Virginia 22230; Telephone: (703)

306–1318.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate

Environmental Technology Engineering

‘‘New Technologies for the Environment’’

proposals as part of the selection process for

awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5