(2025-0818-F Segment 2) Nihad Awad -Council on American Islamic Relations

3 SRLs, 93 assets

This collection consists of records related to Nihad Awad. Electronic records to be opened consist of internal correspondence about Muslim-American related events at the White House, press and news articles, and mailing list emails published by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

The materials in FOIA 2025-0818-F (Segment 2) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material.

Nihad Awad is the co-founder and National Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Electronic records in this collection consist of internal correspondence about Muslim-American related events at the White House, press and news articles, and emails from CAIR-NET, a read-only mailing list published by the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Electronic Records

Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—
Clinton Presidential Records: (SAS) Automated Records Management System [Email] and Clinton Presidential Records: (SAS) Tape Restoration Project [Email].
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) subsystem of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Clinton Administration officials. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program.

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 Tape Restoration Project (TRP) is a database that contains restored emails from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) from July 1994 through June of 2000. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email.

Lotus Notes is a database that contains files created in the Lotus Notes system. The Lotus Notes system was used as an email management system during the Clinton Administration. This database contains drafts of email, mailing lists, attachments, and other items likely intended for email.

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).

Council on American-Islamic Relations

Pressure groups

Staff Archivist, 2025. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of Search and Access Sets processed in response to 2025-0818-F (Segment 2):

Clinton Presidential Records: EOP ERA Search and Access Sets (SAS) (SAS) Automated Records Management System [Email] contains 84 assets. (SAS) Tape Restoration Project [Email] contains 1 asset.
(SAS) Lotus Notes contains 8 assets