(2021-0470-F Segment 2) White House Website - Welcome to the White House - Source Code and Resources

8 folders, approximately 139 pages

This collection consists of records related to the Clinton Administration website’s source code, resources, and web team. The collection consists of images specs for the Next Gen website, inventories concerning website development, schemas for web design, and talking points for web team meetings. Correspondence and supporting articles concern the web team and the electronic mail handling system, the White House publications server, and 404 error messages. Printed slides concern the website’s content management and servers.

The materials in FOIA 2021-0470-F (Segment 2) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. 

This collection contains records related to the Clinton Administration website’s source code, resources, and web team. The collection contains images specs for the Next Gen website, inventories concerning website development, schemas for web design, and talking points for web team meetings.  Correspondence and supporting articles concern the web team and the electronic mail handling system, the White House publications server, and 404 error messages. Printed slides concern the website’s content management and servers.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton 
Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files and Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files. 

The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series created to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/number combination. 

Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity.

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. 

FOIA 2021-0470-F (Segment 2) includes WHORM records from these subject codes:

FG006-01        White House Office

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 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).

Staff Archivist, 2024. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2021-0470-F (Segment 2): 

Box 1 

Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File 
Category         Case Number 
FG006-01        440656

Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files 
Chief of Staff
    Panetta, Leon; Bowles, Erskine
        [January 28, 1998 – Talking Points for Web Team meeting with Kevin Moran] [loose]
            [OA/ID 15119]
Communications
    Sinoway, Linda
        [CTGi’s White House Tech Schema] [OA/ID 20220]
        [Next Gen Image Specs] [OA/ID 20220]
        [Pubs Server] [OA/ID 20221]
        [Stats / 404 Project] [OA/ID 20221]
        [Web Layer Description] [OA/ID 20220]
Correspondence
    Presidential E-Mail
        [Email to Web Team] [OA/ID 20063]