(2020-0753-F) January 1993 Clinton Administration Economic Plan Meetings

3 folders, approximately 36 pages

This collection consists of records related to the Clinton Administration’s economic plan outline and the timeline for the 1994 budget discussions, as well as emails describing press-related political news summaries from late January 1993. This collection contains memoranda and emails.

The materials in FOIA 2020-0753-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. Materials responsive to this FOIA request include memoranda regarding the Clinton Administration’s economic plan outline and the timeline for the 1994 budget discussions, as well as emails describing press-related political news summaries from late January 1993.

Electronic Records

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: ARMS Emails. The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series created to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Alpha file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management from 1993 – 1996 and is a series of documents arranged by name of persons, organizations, or events. 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. In addition, there are WHORM, WHORM Counsel, WHORM (CL), WHORM (OP), WHORM (Too Late); WHORM (Various Offices); and WHORM (Alpha Project) series. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) was a database that contained email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system held, and allowed access to, unclassified Presidential email. The ARMS database was comprised of seven sub-series of email records called "buckets." The buckets generally represented a specific White House office. The buckets were titled: NPR for National Performance Review, NSC for National Security Council, OPD for Office of Policy Development, POTUS for President of the United States, WHO for White House Office, CEA for Council of Economic Advisers, and Default for emails not associated with an office. FOIA 2020-0753-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: BE Business – Economics FI004 Budget – Appropriations.

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, 2021. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2020-0753-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
BE 001918SS
FI004 000220SS
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[economic meeting…]
[01/27/1993 – 01/30/1993]