(2018-0898-F) Pell Grants

28 folders, approximately 744 pages

This collection consists of records related to federal Pell grants used to provide educational financial aid for incarcerated prisoners. During the Clinton Administration, the award amount of Pell Grants increased, but the 1994 Violent Crimes Control and Law Enforcement Act eliminated Pell Grants and other federal aid for prisoners. This collection contains correspondence, emails, memos, and press clippings.

The materials in FOIA 2018-0898-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This collection contains records related to federal Pell grants used to provide education for incarcerated prisoners. Pell grants are a form of financial aide for college students provided by the United States government. Under President Clinton, the award amount of Pell Grants increased, but the 1994 Violent Crimes Control and Law Enforcement Act eliminated Pell Grants and other federal aid for prisoners. Records to be opened for this collection consists of correspondence, emails, memos, and press clippings.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas— Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files, Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office 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 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 OPD bucket contains email created or received by an individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. 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 Default bucket contains email created or received by unknown or unrecognized 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. The White House Electronic Daily Diary System logs the President’s daily activities as events with participants. Activities include but are not limited to travel, meetings, and telephone calls. Each event was recorded and indexed with a description, a subject code, and start and end time. Electronic Daily Diary records are printed and arranged By Event Type or Search String and there under by date. The White House database (WHODB) is a database of White House events and individuals that attended those events. The database also includes a log of individuals that received White House greeting correspondence. Data was entered and maintained by the Office of Correspondence, Social Office, and Office of Public Liaison. WHODB records are printed and arranged by Event Type or Individual, and further arranged chronologically by appointment date. FOIA 2018-0898-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: ED Education ED002 Education: Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants FA002 Federal Aid: Education FI004 Finance: Budget – Appropriations FI005-03 Finance: Schools – Student Teacher JL003 Judicial – Legal Matters: Criminal Matters PU001-07 Publications: Clipping 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, 2018. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2018-0898-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
ED 209415SS
ED002 007446
ED002 433786
FA002 009216
FA002 431711
FI004 218066
FI004 219253
FI005-03 007987
FI005-03 021804
FI005-03 021805
FI005-03 021806
JL003 076712
PU001-07 002338SS
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Correspondence
Roddick, Trudy
440606: P-818 Prisoners/Pell Grants and Other Perks [OA/ID 19960]
Council of Economic Advisers
Edlin, Aaron
[Loose Material - Pell Grants] [OA/ID 24245]
National Economic Council
Kennedy, Brian
Pell Grant Resolution [OA/ID 16191]
Shireman, Bob
[Education]: Pell Grants Tables [OA/ID 13222]
Sperling, Gene
Budget Materials: Education (General and Pell Grants) [OA/ID 20612]
Tseng, David
Pell Grants [OA/ID 15045]
Scheduling Office
General Files
[Pell Grant] [OA/ID 10198]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Pell Grants and Prison]
[12/13/1994 – 04/25/1996]
[03/04/1998] [1]
[03/04/1998] [2]
[05/05/1998] [1]
[05/05/1998] [2]
[10/25/1999 – 11/16/2000]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Pell Grants and Prison]
[04/18/1994 – 10/24/1996]
Default [1100000]
[Pell Grants and Prison]
[10/04/1993 – 10/25/1999]