(2013-0625-F) Newt Gingrich

Extent 13 folders, approximately 354 pages

This collection consists of material regarding President Clinton's mentions of Newt Gingrich from January 20, 1993 to January 31, 1995. Gingrich served Georgia's 6th District in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 1999, as House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995 and as Speaker of the House from 1995 through 1999. The collection includes clippings with annotations, talking points for Congressional calls, memoranda concerning both recommended communication with Gingrich and criticism from Gingrich, meeting agendas, and correspondence regarding various legislation, health care, and federal spending.

The materials in FOIA 2013-0625-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. Newt Gingrich served Georgia’s 6th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1999. Gingrich also served as the House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995. Gingrich’s leadership during the “Republican Revolution” of the mid-term elections of 1994 resulted in Republican control of the House, which had not occurred in forty years. Gingrich became the 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. FOIA request 2013-0625-F concerns President Clinton’s mention of Newt Gingrich from January 20, 1993 to January 31, 1995. These records include, but are not limited to, clippings with annotations, talking points for Congressional calls, memoranda on best approaches in responding to Gingrich’s criticisms of the Clinton Administration, memoranda concerning recommended and received telephone calls, and meeting agendas. The collection also contains correspondence regarding various legislative measures, national health care concerns, and federal spending concerns and plans.

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Records that were responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas — Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files; Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files; and Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Email. 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. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email. The ARMS database is comprised of six sub-series of email records called "buckets." The buckets generally represent a specific White House office. The buckets are titled: NPR for National Performance Review, 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. The NPR bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a National Performance Review (NPR) White House user account. The OPD bucket contains email created or received by an individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. The POTUS bucket was designated for email created and received by the President of the United States (POTUS). Please note that President Clinton never used his POTUS White House user account to send the few emails he wrote while in office. The WHO bucket contains email created or received by individual with an Executive Office of the President White House user account not identified as CEA, NPR, or OPD. The CEA bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) White House user account. The Default bucket contains email created or received by unknown or un-recognized email accounts. Email found within the Default bucket often includes email created or received by offices or individuals outside the Executive Office of the President. ARMS emails are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. FOIA 2013-0625-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: AG Agriculture FG001-08 Presidential Phone Calls PL005-04 Republican Party PU001-07 Clippings to the President

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, 2013. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2013-0625-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files
Category Case Number
AG 069883SS
FG001-08 026889SS
FG001-08 051775SS
FG001-08 077793SS
FG001-08 080676SS
PL005-04 087758
PU001-07 093335SS
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Chief of Staff
Panetta, Leon
Martin Gallegos – Newt Gingrich [1] [OA/ID 8836]
Martin Gallegos – Newt Gingrich [2] [OA/ID 8836]
Domestic Policy Council
Waldman, Michael
Katzen letter to Gingrich [OA/ID 6627]
Legislative Affairs
Griffin, Pat; Brophy, Susan; Paster, Howard
Gingrich (R-GA [Georgia]) [OA/ID 11005]
Millsap, Elisa
Events – December: Meeting with Dole and Gingrich Oval 12/02/1994
[OA/ID 6522]
Subject Files
Gingrich, Newt [OA/ID 6106]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Gingrich]
[11/5/1993 – 8/22/1994]