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including those noted above, may be

found in the Government Printing Office

(GPO) document entitled ‘‘General Wage

Determinations Issued Under The DavisBacon and Related Acts.’’ This

publication is available at each of the 50

Regional Government Depository

Libraries and many of the 1,400

Government Depository Libraries across

the country.

The general wage determinations

issued under the Davis-Bacon and

related Acts are available electronically

by subscription to the FedWorld

Bulletin Board System of the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS) of

the U.S. Department of Commerce at 1–

800–363–2068.

Hard-copy subscriptions may be

purchased from:

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Government Printing Office, Washington,

D.C. 20402, (202) 512–1800

When ordering hard-copy

subscription(s), be sure to specify the

State(s) of interest, since subscriptions

may be ordered for any or all of the

seven separate volumes, arranged by

State. Subscriptions include an annual

edition (issued in January or February)

which includes all current general wage

determinations for the States covered by

each volume. Throughout the remainder

of the years, regular weekly updates are

distributed to subscribers.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 30th day

of November 2000.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (00–140)]

NASA Advisory Committee; Notice of

Establishment

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA).

The Administrator of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

has determined that the establishment

of a Planetary Protection Advisory

Committee is necessary and in the

public interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed upon

NASA by law. This determination

follows consultation with the

Committee Management Secretariat,

General Services Administration.

Name of Committee: Planetary

Protection Advisory Committee.

Purpose and Objective: Primarily to

advise on Agency programs, policies,

plans and other matters pertaining to

NASA’s responsibilities for planetary

protection. These responsibilities for

planetary protection are outlined in

NASA Policy Directive 8020.7E,

‘‘Biological Contamination Control for

Outbound and Inbound Planetary

Spacecraft.’’ The Committee will

provide a forum for advice on

interagency coordination and

intergovernmental planning related to

planetary protection. Additionally, the

Committee will review and recommend

appropriate planetary protection

categorizations for all bodies of the solar

system to which spacecraft will be sent.

Balanced Membership Plans: The

Committee will consist of 15 to 20

members selected to ensure a balanced

representation among industry,

academia, and Government with

recognized knowledge and expertise in

scientific, technological, and

programmatic fields relevant to

planetary protection. These

programmatic fields include:

astrobiology, planetary materials and

environments, engineering risk analysis,

risk management, risk communication,

microbial ecology, molecular biology,

biological containment, science/

technology, science ethics, applicable

law, and public health.

Duration: Continuing.

Responsible NASA Official: Dr. John

D. Rummel, Planetary Protection

Officer, Office of Space Science,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, 300 E Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20546, telephone 202/

358–0702.

Dated: December 4, 2000.

Beth M. McCormick,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

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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 January

22, 2001. 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

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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

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. Department of Agriculture,

Agricultural Marketing Service (N9–

136–01–1, 24 items, 24 temporary

items). Electronic copies of documents

created using electronic mail and word

processing that relate to overall agency

administrative management and to the

programs and activities of the agency’s

Cotton Division, Dairy Division, Fruit

and Vegetable Division, Livestock and

Seed Division, Poultry Division, Science

and Technology Division, Tobacco

Division, and Transportation and

Marketing Division. Included are

electronic copies associated with such

records as correspondence files,

directives, publications, research

studies, purchase program dockets, and

commodity procurement files. This

schedule follows Model 2 as described

in the Supplementary Information

section of this notice. Recordkeeping

copies of these files are included in the

agency’s Records Management

Handbook under file codes 6000–9999.

2. Department of Health and Human

Services, Agency for Healthcare

Research and Quality (N9–510–01–1, 70

items, 70 temporary items). Electronic

copies of documents created using

electronic mail and word processing

that relate to agency administrative and

program activities. Included are

electronic copies associated with such

records as subject files of the

Administrator and Deputy Director,

equal employment opportunity case

files, interagency agreements,

delegations of authority, grant files,

reports to Congress, directives, strategic

planning files, task force and committee

minutes, publications, press releases,

and reading files. This schedule follows

Model 1 as described in the

Supplementary Information section of

this notice in that it adds disposition

instructions for the electronic copies

associated with individual file series of

records. However, it only includes the

titles, not the series descriptions, of the

recordkeeping files. Recordkeeping

copies of these files are included in

Disposition Job N1–510–94–1, which

may be requested in accordance with

the procedures outlined in the Summary

section of this notice.

Dated: November 30, 2000.

Michael J. Kurtz,

Assistant Archivist for Record Services—

Washington, DC.

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