(2006-1010-F) Robert Hermann - PFIAB

7 folders, approximately 169 pages

This collection consists of memoranda, press releases, forms, correspondence, articles, cables, and email concerning Robert Hermann. Hermann was a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB). A considerable amount of this collection is from the personnel files of Hermann, nearly all of which are closed for personal privacy.

The materials in FOIA 2006-1010-F are a selective, not necessarily all-inclusive body of documents responsive to the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA request 2006-1010-F contains memoranda, forms, reports, correspondence, articles and emails concerning Robert Hermann. Robert Hermann was a member of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) during the Clinton Administration. Prior to his appointment to PFIAB, his career included technology and intelligence related positions in both the public and the private sector. Mr. Hermann has published and been referenced in numerous articles discussing applications of technology for the defense industry. Many of the records deemed responsive to this FOIA request came from personnel files and were closed for reasons of personal privacy.

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Records responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files; Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records 2006-1010-F Clinton Library’s web site http://www.clintonlibrary.gov 2 Management System (ARMS) Emails; Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project (TRP) Emails. As policy, Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual folders 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. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) Email 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. The Tape Restoration Project (TRP) is a database consisting of restored emails from the Automated Records Management System from July 1994 through June of 2000. The TRP is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential record email. The TRP 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.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) 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.

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).

United States. President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

Hermann, Robert E., 1929-

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2006-1010-F:
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Counsel’s Office
Cliff Mauton
Hermann, Robert J. [OA/ID CF 1895]
Schaffner
Hermann, Robert [OA/ID CF 1611]
Hermann, Robert [OA/ID CF 1637]
Security Office
Hermann, Robert Jay [OA/ID CF 1887]
Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails
NSC 1994/08 – 1999/12 [OA/ID 125000]
[12/01/1998 – 09/27/1999]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[09/29/1995 – 12/11/2000]
Clinton Presidential Records: TRP Emails
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[09/15/1998]