(2016-1158-F) Laura Tyson

75 folders, approximately 619 pages

This collection consists of records related to Laura D’Andrea Tyson and United States Department of Labor. Ms. Tyson worked as Chair of the U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisers from February 1993 until February 1995. She then became Director of the National Economic Council and served in that position until December 1996. The files contain correspondence, memos, charts, speech remarks, and reports. The materials include Producer and Consumer Price Indexes, Productivity and Costs reports, Employment and Unemployment reports, Employment Cost Indexes and State Unemployment rates. These materials cover topics which include consumer price index issues, income trends, job tenure, economy, employment, education, and job training.

The materials in FOIA 2016-1158-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. Laura D. Tyson attended Smith College and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in economics. She then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in 1969 earned her Ph.D. in economics. From 1974 to 1977 Ms. Tyson was a faculty member of the economics department at Princeton University. In 1977 she became a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. In February of 1993 through February of 1995 Ms. Tyson worked as Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. In February of 1995 she then became Director of the National Economic Council and served in that position until December 1996. The subject file records contain memos, charts and lists from Laura Tyson to the President regarding the US Department of Labor releases on Producer and Consumer Price Indexes, Productivity and Costs reports, Employment and Unemployment reports, Employment Cost Indexes and State Unemployment rates. The Staff and Office files contain correspondence regarding employment and material from the US Department of Labor to Ms. Tyson relating to a publication called Working Women Count A Report to the Nation. The records also contain charts showing income growth, employment, skills and education, federal deficit, and labor force. There are numerous statements from Katherine G. Abraham, Commissioner Bureau of Labor Statistics before the Joint Economic Committee United States Congress in 1994 relating to employment and unemployment, as well as speech remarks by U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, reports and memos on consumer price index issues, income trends, job tenure, economy, employment, education and job training.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas— Clinton Presidential Records: 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 2016-1158-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: BE004-01 Business – Economics - National Economy – Cost of Living BE004-03 Business – Economics - National Economy – Product Data – GDP (Gross Domestic Product) LA002 Labor - Management Relations (Non-Government) – Conditions – Employment - Unemployment

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 Archives Specialist, 2016. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2016-1158-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
BE004-01 002625SS
006792SS
007610SS
011671SS
017817SS
018073SS
023203SS
027417SS
032255SS
035581SS
040020SS
040254SS
046718SS
046813SS
050111SS
050245SS
053731SS
059618SS
059756SS
063529SS
066970SS
070415SS
073959SS
074157SS
078028SS
082387SS
082685SS
086343SS
089814SS
090009SS
092807SS
097129SS
BE004-03 023705SS
035379SS
042733SS
055422SS
062584SS
073559SS
089136SS
LA002 005664SS
010743SS
015074SS
017192SS
023707SS
026819SS
031352SS
039457SS
041648SS
042584SS
042966SS
046032SS
049545SS
051138SS
052390SS
052546SS
058349SS
061351SS
066337SS
069293SS
071774SS
073405SS
076479SS
076980SS
079925SS
081716SS
088783SS
091424SS
092907SS
095528SS
096154SS
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Council of Economic Advisers
Tyson, Laura D’Andrea
Labor Department Correspondence [1] [OA/ID 5059]
Box 2
Labor Department Correspondence [2] [OA/ID 5059]
Labor Department Correspondence [3] [OA/ID 5059]
National Economic Council
Tyson, Laura D’Andrea
Educating America: An Investment For Our Future – A Report by the Council of
Economic Advisers and the U.S. Department of Labor [OA/ID 8909]
What’s Working (and what’s not): A Summary of Research on the Economic Impacts of
Employment and Training Programs: US Department of Labor, January 1995
[OA/ID 8909]