Expand All Collapse All Extent 244 folders, approximately 6,970 pages Summary This collection consists of records from George Stephanopoulos’ files relating to communications and press strategy. Mr. Stephanopoulos began serving as de facto Press Secretary at the White House giving the daily press briefings. Later in 1993, he became the White House Communications Director and later became Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Strategy. In 1995, he was Senior Advisor to the President and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Policy. The Subject Files and the Chief of Staff files contain correspondence, memos, notes, speeches, talking points and press clippings. These records include material on affirmative action, budget, community empowerment, education, economy, human radiation experiments, taxes, and trade. The Communication files contain daily briefings and are arranged numerically. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2011-0582-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. George Stephanopoulos was the Communications Director for Bill Clinton during the 1992 Presidential Campaign. After the campaign he began serving as de facto Press Secretary at the White House giving the daily press briefings. In 1993 he became the White House Communications Director and then became Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Strategy. In 1995 he was Senior Advisor to the President and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Policy. In December 1996 George resigned from the Clinton Administration. He went on to become a political analyst for ABC News. As of 2017, he serves as a correspondent on the shows This Week, World News Tonight, and Good Morning America. This collection consists of records from the files of George Stephanopoulos that relate to communications and press strategies. The Subject Files and the Chief of Staff files contain correspondence, memos, notes, speeches, talking points and press clippings. These records contain material on affirmative action, budget, community empowerment, education, economy, human radiation experiments, taxes, and trade. The Communication files contain daily briefings and are arranged chronologically. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement 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. WHORM files are processed at the document level; whereas, 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 2011-0582-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: AT Atomic – Nuclear Energy BE Business - Economics CM014 Commodities - Tobacco CO023 Countries – Bosnia and Herzegovina FE002-01 Federal Government – Presidential Powers – Succession – Term of Office FI004 Finance – Budget - Appropriations HE008 Health – Radiological Health - Radon HS Housing LA Labor Management (Non-Government) LA002 Labor Management (Non-Government) – Conditions – Employment - Unemployment PL Political Affairs PL005-04 Political Affairs – Republican Party PR015 Public Relations - Publicity PU Publications RM Religious Matters SP Speeches TA Trade WE Welfare. Access 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. 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 (17 U.S.C. Chapter 1) 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). Processed by Staff Archives Specialist, 2016. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2017-09-22 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2011-0582-F: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File Category Case Number AT 127488 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File (continued) BE 177398SS CM014 125797 CO023 120633 FE002-01 117836 FI004 053210SS HE008 142422 HS 062382 HS 177950SS LA 096171 LA002 107738 PL 103823 PL 160331SS PL005-04 143793 PR015 107395 PR015 121156 PR015 142971 PR015 156940 PR015 212130 PR015 235344 PR015 235725 PU 090056SS RM 118879 SP 086615 TA 118816 WE 116520SS Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Chief of Staff Stephanopoulos, George 472 Working Group/Post-Election Legislative Strategy Framework 10/19/94 [OA/ID 5186] Abortion [OA/ID 8028] Abortion and Democratic Platform [OA/ID 8036] Abortion and HR 1833 [OA/ID 8032] Abortion Funding Policy – Bureau of Prisons [OA/ID 5846] Affirmative Action [OA/ID 6409] Affirmative Action [OA/ID 8025] Box 2 Affirmative Action [OA/ID 8032] Affirmative Action [OA/ID 8033] Alice M. Rivlin – The Defense Message [OA/ID 8033] American Legion Q and A [Questions and Answers] [OA/ID 8032] Americorps/National Service [OA/ID 5848] Anti-Terrorism [OA/ID 8034] Aram I – Catholicos of Cilicia [OA/ID 8037] Armenia [OA/ID 5846] Armenia [OA/ID 8028] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Assisted Suicide Cases [OA/ID 8037] Barney Frank [OA/ID 8037] Barbara Walters 20/20 [OA/ID 8028] Baseball [OA/ID 8033] Black Church Burnings [OA/ID 8036] Bosnia [OA/ID 5761] Brainstorming/White House Message Operation/Meetings [OA/ID 8036] Budget [OA/ID 5186] Budget [OA/ID 5848] Budget [OA/ID 8033] Budget [1] [OA/ID 8034] Budget [2] [OA/ID 8034] Box 3 Budget 1995 [OA/ID 5187] Budget 1996/Appropriations FY 1997 [OA/ID 8032] Budget Amplification Press Strategy [OA/ID 8034] Budget Strategy [OA/ID 6408] Budget Working Group [OA/ID 5848] Budget Working Group [OA/ID 6049] Cabinet Affairs – Kitty Higgins, Jennifer O’Connor, Steve Silverman [OA/ID 8036] Cabinet Affairs – Kitty Higgins – Steve Silverman [OA/ID 8033] Cabinet Briefing April 6, 1995 [OA/ID 5682] Campaign Finance Reform [OA/ID 8035] Catholic Media Roundtable [OA/ID 8036] China- MFN [Most Favored Nation] [OA/ID 8033] Cisneros – HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Funding [OA/ID 8033] Common Sense Legal Reform Act [OA/ID 5848] Community Banking Proposal [OA/ID 7638] Conference of States [OA/ID 8033] Congressman Mike Ward/Naval Ordnance Station Louisville [OA/ID 6409] Crime Executive Orders [OA/ID 8035] Daily Press Guidance – November 22, 1995 [OA/ID 6409] David Kusnet RE: Labor Day/Back to School Period [OA/ID 8036] Democratic Ethnic Strategy Meeting – 10/09/1995 [OA/ID 8034] DOD [Department of Defense] Appropriations Bill FY 1997 [OA/ID 8036] DOJ [Department of Justice] – Motor Voter Act [OA/ID 5848] DOJ [Department of Justice] Proposed Constitutional Amendment for Crime Victims [OA/ID 8036] DOJ [Department of Justice] School Prayer/Religion [OA/ID 8035] DoL [Department of Labor] Reich – High Performance Workplaces [OA/ID 8036] Dole [OA/ID 8033] Draft/Test of Carefully Tailored – Minority Programs [OA/ID 8035] Box 4 Earned Income Tax Credit [OA/ID 6049] Economic Meeting [OA/ID 5187] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Economics [OA/ID 5848] Economy, The [OA/ID 7638] Education [OA/ID 6409] Education/College [OA/ID 8033] Education – Leslie Thornton [OA/ID 8032] Election Night Phone Calls [OA/ID 5848] Empowerment Zones [OA/ID 8028] ENDA – Employment Non-Discrimination Act [OA/ID 8034] Environmental Game Plan/Issues [OA/ID 5848] EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] – Calendar – Health and Safety Working Group [OA/ID 8036] Executive Order on Empowerment Contracting [OA/ID 8037] Forbes CEO [Chief Executive Officer] Forum [OA/ID 5682] Gasoline Prices [OA/ID 8035] Gay Adoption [OA/ID 8036] Gay/Lesbian – Homosexual Issues [OA/ID 5761] Gaynor McCown – Education Report [OA/ID 8036] George Soros – NSC [National Security Council] #9605572 [OA/ID 8025] GS [George Stephanopoulos] Press Calls/Spin/Interviews [OA/ID 8028] Box 5 Health Care [OA/ID 5187] Health Care [OA/ID 5848] Henry Cisneros – HUD [Housing and Urban Development] Memos [OA/ID 5846] HHS [Health and Human Services] – Maryland Waiver [OA/ID 8036] HHS [Health and Human Services] – Shalala – Incremental Health Reform [OA/ID 8034] Hollywood Women’s Political Committee [OA/ID 8033] Homosexual Issues [OA/ID 8034] Homosexual Marriage/Issues [OA/ID 8033] HR 1833 – Partial Birth Abortions [OA/ID 6409] Human Embryo Research [OA/ID 5846] Immigration [OA/ID 5187] Immigration [OA/ID 5846] Immigration [OA/ID 5848] Jeremy Ben-Ami – Common Ground/What’s Right with America [OA/ID 8035] Jerusalem Working Group – NSC [National Security Council] #9501231 [OA/ID 8036] Judge Sarokin [OA/ID 8036] Kitty Higgins/Cabinet Reports – Memos [OA/ID 8034] Landmines [OA/ID 8033] Laura Tyson – Potential Administration School Construction/Repair Initiative [OA/ID 8036] Laura Tyson – Task Force on Economic Growth [OA/ID 8035] License Revocation [OA/ID 5848] Lobbyists – Foreign & Domestic [OA/ID 5761] Louis Harris [OA/ID 5846] M.J. [Michael Rosenberg] [OA/ID 6409] M.J. [Michael Rosenberg] [OA/ID 6919] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Box 6 Medicaid [OA/ID 8032] Medicare [OA/ID 5682] Medicare [OA/ID 8034] Medicare Trust Fund [OA/ID 8035] Meeting on the Changing Role of Government 1/13/95 [1] [OA/ID 5187] Meeting on the Changing Role of Government 1/13/95 [2] [OA/ID 5187] Meeting with Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia [OA/ID 8033] Message Group [OA/ID 6049] Michael Waldman – Plans [OA/ID 8035] Monday September 23, 1996 10 am TONG – Roosevelt Room [OA/ID 8025] Naval Ordnance Station in Louisville [OA/ID 8037] New York Strategy [OA/ID 5848] NSC [National Security Council] – Zedillo Visit (Mexico) [OA/ID 8036] Olympics Protest [OA/ID 8034] Ongoing Technology/Budget Efforts [OA/ID 8036] Outreach Conference Calls [OA/ID 8037] Partial Birth Abortion [OA/ID 8036] Partial Birth Abortion – HR 1833 [OA/ID 8033] Partnership for Transportation Investment [OA/ID 8033] Paul Dimond/Urban Economic Development Tax Incentives [OA/ID 8034] Pension Reversion [OA/ID 8034] Pete Wilson [OA/ID 5682] Political Affairs Reports – Ickes, Sosnik, et al. [OA/ID 5848] Preparation for a Veto of HR 1833 [OA/ID 8037] President’s Remarks/Talking Points [OA/ID 6049] President’s Scheduling [OA/ID 8032] Box 7 President’s Scheduling [OA/ID 8033] President’s Speeches, Points, Drafts [OA/ID 8028] Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS [OA/ID 5761] Press Guidance [OA/ID 5848] Product Liability Veto [OA/ID 8035] Proposed Ban on Contacts with Agents of Foreign Governments [OA/ID 5682] Proposed Executive Order – Lobbying Disclosure [OA/ID 8036] Public Housing Reform [OA/ID 8033] Questions and Answers for President Clinton on Issues of Greek Concern from Alex Papahelas [OA/ID 8033] Reclaim Our Youth Crusade [OA/ID 8034] Rep. [Representative] Robert Dornan – HIV Positive Military Personnel [OA/ID 8033] Republican Budget Resolution – Cuts Impact – Budget [1] [OA/ID 5846] Republican Budget Resolution – Cuts Impact – Budget [2] [OA/ID 5846] Republican Regulatory Reform [OA/ID 5846] Rule of Two and Empowerment Contracting [OA/ID 8033] Scheduling [OA/ID 8028] School Prayer [OA/ID 5186] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) School Prayer & Religious Issues [OA/ID 5761] SECDEF [Secretary of Defense] – William Perry Remarks [OA/ID 8033] Securities Litigation Reform Bill [OA/ID 8035] Box 8 Speech File/President & GS [George Stephanopoulos] [1] [OA/ID 5848] Speech File/President & GS [George Stephanopoulos] [2] [OA/ID 5848] Speeches/Drafts/Talking Points [1] [OA/ID 6409] Speeches/Drafts/Talking Points [2] [OA/ID 6409] Start II Ratification Event [OA/ID 8035] State of the Union (January 1995) [OA/ID 5848] Steve Rivers [OA/ID 8033] Strategic Planning & Communications [OA/ID 5848] Strategy for Political and Government Reform [OA/ID 8035] Tax Issues [OA/ID 5848] Tax Proposals [OA/ID 8035] Teen Pregnancy Meeting 10/5/95 [OA/ID 8034] Television Program Rating Board [OA/ID 8035] Term Limits [OA/ID 8034] Tobacco [OA/ID 8025] Trade Deficit [OA/ID 8032] Box 9 Treasury – Joan Logue-Kinder/Winning with Honor [OA/ID 8037] Treasury/Leslie Samuels – Responses to Republican Tax Package [OA/ID 8033] Treasury/Ways and Means Mark-Up Document [OA/ID 8034] Trotter Group [OA/ID 6409] USAID [United States Agency for International Development] [OA/ID 6409] Veterans [OA/ID 8033] Virginia Housing Development Authority [OA/ID 8035] Welfare Reform [OA/ID 5761] Welfare Reform [OA/ID 6409] White House Conference on Aging [OA/ID 5187] Working Group [OA/ID 5846] World Class Woman/Women & Budget [OA/ID 5761] Youth Constituency Day [OA/ID 5848] Zedillo Visit [OA/ID 8034] Communications Daily Briefing 1/25/93 [OA/ID 553] Daily Briefing 1/26/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 2/4/93 [Folder 1] [OA/ID 553] Briefing 2/11/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 2/12/93 [OA/ID 553] GS [George Stephanopoulos] Briefing 3/5/93 [OA/ID 553] GS [George Stephanopoulos] Briefing 3/10/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing Nightline 03/10/93 [OA/ID 553] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Box 10 Briefing 3/11/93 [Folder1] [OA/ID 553] Briefing 3/15/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing (Materials) 3/16/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 3/17/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 3/22/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing Material 3/25/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing Materials 3/29/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 3/31/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 4/5/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 4/7/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 4/8/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing Material 4/12/93 [OA/ID 553] Daily Briefing 4/13/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 4/14/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing Materials 4/15/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing Materials 4/16/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 4/19/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing Materials 4/22/93 [OA/ID 553] POTUS Press Conference 04-23-93 [OA/ID 553] Box 11 Press Briefing 04/28/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing Materials 4/29/93 [OA/ID 553] Press Briefing 05/03/93 [OA/ID 553] Press Briefing 5/4/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing Materials 5/6/93 [Folder 1] [OA/ID 553] Briefing Materials 5/6/93 [Folder 2] [OA/ID 553] Briefing Materials 5/12/93 [OA/ID 553] Press Briefing 5/13/93 [OA/ID 553] Presidential Press Conference 5/14/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 5/20/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 5/24/93 [OA/ID 553] Briefing 5/26/93 [OA/ID 553] Press Briefing 05/27/93 [OA/ID 553] Press Briefing 06/04/93 [OA/ID 553]