(2020-0143-S) Deborah Akel

39 folders, approximately 3,201 pages

This collection consists of records highlighting Daily Talking Points (a one-page summary of the President’s message event of the day),the redesign and maintenance of the White House’s website, weekly amplifications reports, and Earth Day briefing materials. The collection contains memoranda, emails, fact sheets, articles, talking.

Deborah Akel served as Special Assistant for Communications in the Office of Communications from 1999-2001. Akel’s primary job was to create Daily Talking Points (a one-page summary of the President’s message event of the day). The talking points were used as an amplification tool for the President’s message and a briefing tool for the reader. She also worked on the redesign and maintenance of the White House’s website, created weekly amplifications reports, and put together Earth Day briefing materials. The records include memorandums, emails, fact sheets, articles, talking points, faxes, reports, Q&As, notes, and a VHS tape.

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Records of this series were found in Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Communications. This series is arranged alphabetically.

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.

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 (17 U.S.C. Chapter 1) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

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, 2019. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

Following is a list of folders processed:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Communications
Akel, Deborah
Amplification Packets [Folder 1] [1] [OA/ID 23220]
Amplification Packets [Folder 1] [2] [OA/ID 23220]
Amplification Packets [Folder 2] [1] [OA/ID 23220]
Amplification Packets [Folder 2] [2] [OA/ID 23220]
Budget Bills [OA/ID 23220]
CTBT [Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty] [OA/ID 23220]
Daily Talking Points 1998 [1] [OA/ID 23220]
Daily Talking Points 1998 [2] [OA/ID 23220]
Daily Talking Points - 4/99-12/99 [OA/ID 23220]
Box 2
Daily Talking Points 2000 [OA/ID 23220]
Delta New Markets [1] [OA/ID 23220]
Delta New Markets [2] [OA/ID 23220]
Earth Day [1] [OA/ID 23221]
Earth Day [2] [OA/ID 23221]
E-rate Connecting Kids and Communities to the Future [Report] [OA/ID 23221]
E-rate Information Packet, May 11, 1999 [OA/ID 23221]
HRC Box – SOTU [State of the Union] [OA/ID 23220]
Job Information [OA/ID 23220]
Lewis and Clark / Monuments [OA/ID 23220]
Millennium Events [OA/ID 23220]
Moment of Remembrance [OA/ID 23220]
OMB [Office of Management and Budget] Talking Points 1/4/97 [OA/ID 23220]
Box 3
Op-eds and Letters to the Editor [OA/ID 23220]
Poverty Speech [OA/ID 23220]
SOTU [State of the Union] [OA/ID 23220]
State-by-State Accomplishment [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 23221]
State-by-State Accomplishment [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 23221]
State-by-State Accomplishment [Binder] [3] [OA/ID 23221]
Team Harmony [OA/ID 23220]
The President’s Plan to Modernize and Strengthen Medicare, July 2, 1999
[Report] [OA/ID 23221]
The Week Ahead 1999-2000 [OA/ID 23220]
[Video] [OA/ID 23221]
Videos [OA/ID 23220]
Web Advisory Board [OA/ID 23220]
Web Launch [OA/ID 23220]
Web Redesign [OA/ID 23220]
Web Site [OA/ID 23220]
Weekly Amplification Reports [OA/ID 23220]
Box 4
World Aids Day Report [OA/ID 23220]