Expand All Collapse All Extent 33 folders, approximately 3,860 pages Summary This collection consists of records related to Randall Kennedy. Specific topics covered in this collection include various events Kennedy was invited to speak at or be a panelist, correspondence between President Clinton and Kennedy regarding input on the President’s speeches and legislative strategy, the transcript of President Clinton’s December 1997 outreach meeting on race, roundtable events on race, discussion of Kennedy’s writings or talks, and articles on racial profiling, as well as miscellaneous news wire stories, news clippings, TV news program transcripts, and press releases. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2019-1029-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. Randall Kennedy is a professor at Harvard Law School. He focuses primarily on racial issues and criminal justice and has authored six books on the subject matter. Materials responsive to this FOIA request include emails and textual records mentioning Randall Kennedy. Specific topics covered in this collection include various events Kennedy was invited to speak at or be a panelist, correspondence between President Clinton and Kennedy regarding input on the President’s speeches and legislative strategy, the transcript of President Clinton’s December 1997 outreach meeting on race, roundtable events on race, discussion of Kennedy’s writings or talks, and articles on racial profiling, as well as miscellaneous news wire stories, news clippings, TV news program transcripts, and press releases. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files, Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM (OP), Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails, and Clinton Presidential Records: TRP 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. In addition, there is the WHORM (OP) series. WHORM files are processed at the document level. 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 seven 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, NSC for National Security Council, 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 NSC bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a National Security Council (NSC) 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 email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. The Tape Restoration Project (TRP) is a database consisting of restored emails from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) from July 1994 through June of 2000. The TRP is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential record email. The TRP database is comprised of the same seven sub-series of email as in ARMS. TRP email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. FOIA 2019-1029-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: ME001 Messages [PL] Political Affairs SP230-96 State of the Union, 1996 SP230-98 State of the Union, 1998. 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, 2019. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2019-10-15 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2019-1029-F: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File Category Case Number ME001 250722 [Randall Kennedy] [PL] 118226 SP230-96 149095 [Randall Kennedy] SP230-98 264260 [Randall Kennedy] Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: (OP) 290048 [Randall Kennedy] Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] OPD [OA/ID 250000] [Randall Kennedy] [06/02/1997] [06/20/1997] [07/21/1997 – 12/01/1997] [01/28/1998] [05/08/1998 – 06/11/1998] [09/18/1998] [1] [09/18/1998] [2] Box 2 [09/21/1998] [1] [09/21/1998] [2] [06/24/1999 – 09/22/2000] WHO [OA/ID 500000] [Randall Kennedy] [05/14/1995 – 12/23/1997] [01/06/1998 – 05/18/1998] [05/19/1998 – 06/29/1999] Box 3 [07/09/1999] [07/16/1999 – 11/15/1999] [12/14/1999 – 04/30/2000] [05/01/2000 – 06/23/2000] [07/06/2000 – 01/09/2001] CEA [OA/ID 950000] [Randall Kennedy] [09/04/1998 – 07/09/1999] Default [OA/ID 1100000] [Randall Kennedy] [05/02/1997 – 10/23/2000] Box 4 Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project (TRP) [Email] WHO [OA/ID 500000] [Randall Kennedy] [07/16/1997 – 06/16/1998] Default [OA/ID 1100000] [Randall Kennedy] [06/02/1997] [1] [06/02/1997] [2] [10/02/1997 – 02/20/1998] [06/10/1998 – 09/15/1998] [1] [06/10/1998 – 09/15/1998] [2] [09/18/1998 – 11/14/1998] [1] [09/18/1998 – 11/14/1998] [2]