Expand All Collapse All Extent 124 folders, approximately 7,023 pages Summary This collection contains records relating to the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) from 1993 to 2001, including briefing papers, correspondence, executive orders, reports, scheduling materials, and statement of principles concerning PCAST's membership and initiatives. This collection also includes declassified Standing Committee on Nonproliferation agendas, memoranda, and administrative materials. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2020-0565-F (Segment 1) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This collection contains all records relating to the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) from 1993-2001. President Clinton established the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) by Executive Order 12882. This same E.O. established the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). The committee members were appointed by the President and drawn from industry, education, and research institutions and other nongovernmental organizations. These materials describe PCAST membership, Committee initiatives, and PCAST’s promotion of investments in research and development in science and technology. Biographical Note The Assistant to the President for Science and Technology co-chaired the Committee with a private sector member selected by the President. PCAST met in public session an average of four times a year. The formal link between PCAST and NSTC ensured that national needs remained an overarching guide for NSTC. PCAST provided feedback about Federal programs and actively advised the NSTC about science and technology issues of national importance. Soon after forming, PCAST studied the security of nuclear materials in the former states of the Soviet Union. This report, released in March 1995, was titled “Securing Weapons-Useable Nuclear Materials in the Former Soviet Union: Urgent Measures to Prevent Nuclear Proliferation”. The report confirmed, and brought to light, some of the nuclear material security issues already seen by other government agencies. The Clinton administration took the report and its recommendations very seriously and the work of PCAST led ultimately to Presidential Decision Directive-41. The report would play a significant role in nonproliferation efforts for the remainder of the first term. It also influenced the work of the GoreChernomyrdin Commission. In addition to executive orders establishing the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology and PCAST’s statement of principles, this collection contains briefing papers, correspondence, reports, and scheduling materials. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement 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, Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject File CF, Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM (OP), Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System. 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. In addition, there are WHORM, WHORM Counsel, WHORM (CL), WHORM (OP), WHORM (Too Late); WHORM (Various Offices); and WHORM (Alpha Project) series. 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 2020-0565-F (Segment 1) includes WHORM records from these subject codes: FG001 President of the United States FG001-07 Appointments Granted, Presidential FG001-08 Presidential Telephone Calls FG006-09 Office of Science and Technology FG025 Department of Energy FG065 Independent Agencies, Boards and Commissions FG508 National Science and Technology Council, 11/23/93 (NSTC) FG509 President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, 11/23/93 FI004 Budget -Appropriations GI002 Gifts to the President IV097 Invitations 1997 ME001 Messages (Sent to Individuals) 3 ND017 Weapons-Ordnance-Munitions PU001-07 Clippings to the President SC Sciences UT Utilities. Access 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. Copyright 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. Provenance 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). Processed by Staff Archivist, 2022. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2023-03-15 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2020-0565-F (Segment 1): Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File Category Case Number FG001 141058SS FG001 175892SS FG001 314045SS FG001 418885 FG001-07 282021SS FG001-07 290676SS [FG001-07] 417131 FG001-08 217404SS FG006-09 048605 FG006-09 049801 FG006-09 050701 FG006-09 051682 FG006-09 052196 FG006-09 127019SS FG006-09 133650SS FG025 207869 FG065 410194 FG508 042635SS FG508 255618 FG509 047097 FG509 047100 FG509 048114 FG509 048612 FG509 048619 FG509 048864 FG509 049361SS FG509 050115 FG509 050466 Box 2 FG509 051633 FG509 059764SS FG509 100780SS FG509 100792SS FG509 107127 FG509 115789 Category Case Number FG509 124547SS FG509 174093SS FG509 196102SS FG509 197621SS FG509 201250SS FG509 207863 [1] FG509 207863 [2] FG509 207863 [3] Box 3 FG509 209274SS FG509 209774 FG509 221736SS FG509 222010 FG509 229979 FG509 251384SS FG509 255713 FG509 261235SS FG509 286904 FG509 287000 FG509 312958SS FI004 411646 GI002 427713 IV097 210939 ME001 118752 PU001-07 222556SS SC 074300 UT 207849 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File CF ND017 061739SS Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: (OP) AF 262598 Box 4 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Chief of Staff Podesta, John PCAST [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] [OA/ID 20888] Council of Economic Advisors Baily, Martin 12/9/1999 Remarks to PCAST [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] Dinner Meeting - White House Mess [OA/ID 20963] Frankel, Jeffrey PCAST [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] Scientists: Research & Development [OA/ID 13726] Counsel’s Office Neuwirth, Stephen Proposed Advisory Committees [OA/ID CF 431] Science and Technology [OA/ID CF 431] Science and Technology: Sci-Tech Advisory Committee [OA/ID CF 431] Rundlet, Peter President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology [OA/ID 23837] Management and Administration Gruin, Chris PCAST [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] Health Panel [OA/ID 12736] Millennium Council Lovell, Ellen John H. Gibbons - PCAST [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] [OA/ID 24198] National Economic Council Holstein, Elgie [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Second Term Initiatives] [loose] [OA/ID 17393] Lawrence, Robert [Lawrence, Robert - PCAST [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] Talk - Washington, D.C. - May 24, 1999] [OA/ID 24018] Minsk, Ron [Powerful Partnerships - The Federal Role in International Cooperation on Energy Innovation - President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology - June 1999] [publication] [OA/ID 23725] Sperling, Gene PCAST [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] [OA/ID 19259] National Security Council Nonproliferation and Export Controls Samore, Gary Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [1] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [2] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [3] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [4] [OA/ID 2685] Box 5 Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [5] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [6] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [7] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [8] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [9] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [10] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [11] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [12] [OA/ID 2685] Standing Committee [on Nonproliferation] [13] [OA/ID 2685] Presidential Personnel Carbajal, Susana [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] [1] [OA/ID 19376] Box 6 [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] [2] [OA/ID 19376] [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] [3] [OA/ID 19376] De la Garza, Veronica [President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology] [OA/ID 19239] General Files Science and Technology, President’s Committee on Advisors on [OA/ID 24008] Montoya, Liz PCAST - Presidential Advisory Committee on Science and Technology [OA/ID 9657] [President’s Committee on Advisors on Science and Technology] [OA/ID 8897] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System NSC Cables Jan 1993-Dec 1994 [OA/ID 505000] [PCAST] [03/02/1993-03/14/1993] Jan 1995-Dec 1996 [OA/ID 510000] [PCAST] [04/13/1995-08/06/1996] Jan 1997-Dec 1998 [OA/ID 520000] [PCAST] [03/04/1997-12/16/1998] Jan 1999-Dec 2000 [OA/ID 530000] [PCAST] [03/10/1999-09/15/2000] NSC Emails A1-Record (Jan 93-Sept 94) [OA/ID 570000] [PCAST] [10/19/1993] MSMail-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97) [OA/ID 590000] [PCAST] [10/05/1994-05/03/1995] Box 7 [05/03/1995-05/24/1995] [05/25/1995-06/08/1995] [06/20/1995-09/19/1995] [09/19/1995-09/28/1995] [09/28/1995-06/05/1997] MSMail-Non-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97) [OA/ID 605000] [PCAST] [10/06/1994-05/17/1995] [05/17/1995-08/21/1995] [08/22/1995-09/23/1995] [09/23/1995-07/15/1996] Box 8 Exchange-Record (Sept 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 620000] [PCAST] [09/27/1997-12/01/1998] [02/22/1999-12/28/1999] [01/03/2000-01/10/2000] [01/10/2000-01/11/2000] [01/11/2000-01/12/2000] Box 9 [01/12/2000] [01/23/2000-02/14/2000] [02/14/2000-06/28/2000] [07/10/2000-12/14/2000] [12/15/2000-01/16/2001] Exchange-Non-Record (Mar 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 630000] [PCAST] [06/04/1997-02/10/2000] NSC Records Management [PCAST] 9503438 [OA/ID 587] 9504435 [OA/ID 587] 9706858 [OA/ID 1645]