Download Page as PDF Expand All Collapse All Extent 11 folders, approximately 372 pages Summary This collection consists of materials relating to Lois Rice, a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB). It includes memoranda, resumes, correspondence, email, and press releases. The majority of the records produced for this FOIA were from personnel files, which result in many closures related to personal privacy. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2006-1006-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA request 2006-1006-F consists of memoranda, correspondence, reports, forms, notes, articles, and printed emails, regarding Lois D. Rice. Lois Rice served as a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) during the Clinton Administration. In a February 15, 1996 Clinton Administration press release, the PFIAB is described as providing “the President with advice on the objectivity, conduct, management, coordination of activities and effectiveness with which the Intelligence Community is meeting the intelligence needs of the nation.” The majority of the records produced for this FOIA were from personnel files which resulted in many closures related to personal privacy. Biographical Note The President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) was created by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. Executive Order 10656, signed February 6, 1956, created the President’s Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities. Eisenhower believed that this board of respected and knowledgeable citizens could provide him with unbiased and candid appraisals of United States’ intelligence activities. President John Kennedy, by the signing of Executive Order 10938 on May 4, 1961, renamed the Board of Consultants, the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Though the name was changed, the board continued to operate in much the same fashion. Executive Order 11460, signed by President Richard Nixon on March 20, 1969, again changed the name of the PFIAB to the President’s Advisory Intelligence Board. President Jimmy Carter abolished the board in March of 1977. Carter did, however, retain the Intelligence Oversight Board. The IOB was created by President Gerald Ford in 1976 following a post Watergate investigation by Congress into potential illegal activities of the intelligence agencies. The IOB was tasked with reporting potential illegal activities to the Department of Justice for review. As Ford told Congress in 1976, “I believe [the changes] will eliminate abuses and questionable activities on the part of the foreign intelligence agencies while at the same time allowing them to get on with their vital work of gathering and assessing information.” President Ronald Reagan modified the role of the IOB in 1981 and re-established the PFIAB in 1985 by signing Executive Order 12537. President William Jefferson Clinton combined the IOB and the PFIAB, making the IOB a committee rather than an independent organization. President George W. Bush radically modified the role of both the IOB and the PFIAB following the creation of a Director of National Intelligence. The newly named President’s Intelligence Advisory Board was designated to oversee the intelligence collection activities of any Federal agency engaged in the collection of intelligence or the production of intelligence policy. President Barack Obama more clearly defined the role of the PIAB and strengthened the IOB with the passage of Executive Order 13516. Under President Clinton the PFIAB had between eleven and twelve members, by law it could be no more than sixteen, whose terms were established by the President. Members were chosen for their independence, knowledge, and experience. The members of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board serve as unpaid observers of the United States intelligence community. Much of their work is highly secret in nature though Presidents have chosen on occasion to make the Board’s reports, or portions thereof, public. The members of the Board are appointed by the President and the Director serves at the leisure of the President. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records that were responsive to this FOIA were found in the following collections and arranged accordingly: WHORM Subject File – General; White House Staff and Office Files; Automated Records Management System (Email); NSC Emails and NSC Cables. As policy, Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. WHORM Subject and WHORM Alpha files are processed at the document level. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designed by a letter/number combination. A complete listing of the categories with detailed descriptions is provided in our research room. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential Records email. The ARMS dataset is comprised of 6 sub-series of email records called “Buckets.” The buckets include NPR, OPD, POTUS, WHO, CEA, and Default. ARMS emails are arranged chronologically by creation date. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 22) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552 as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Organization Names United States. President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board Processed by Staff Archivist, 2008. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2010-01-20 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2006-1006-F: Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject File – General Category Case Number FG006-14 Scanned: Case Number 174457SS Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Presidential Personnel Rice, Lois D. [OA 19315] Counsel’s Office Schaffner, Jane Rice, Lois Member, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board [CF 1638] Rice, Lois Member PFIAB [CF 1638] Rice, Lois President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board [CF 1638] Security Office Rice, Lois Dickson [CF 1897] Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] Default [OA/ID 1100000] [Lois Rice] [12/18/1996] NSC [OA/ID 125000] [Lois Rice] [01/04/2000 – 01/05/2000] WHO [OA/ID 500000] [Lois Rice] [09/29/1995 – 01/08/2001] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems NSC Emails September 1997-January 2001 (Exchange-Record) [Lois Rice] [10/16/1997-01/05/2001] [OA/ID 620000] NSC Cables January 1995-December 1996 [Lois Rice] [08/02/1996] [OA/ID 510000]