(2019-0299-F) Replacement Commissions

3 folders, approximately 47 pages

This collection consists of records related to federal commission certificates and replacement commissions. The bulk of the records are White House staff discussing requests for commission certificates. This collection only contains emails.

The materials in FOIA 2019-0299-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. FOIA request 2019-0229-F was for records pertaining to the replacement of lost, damaged, or destroyed Commissions signed by the President and Attorney General, such as those issued to United States federal judges. This collection consists of emails mentioning commission certificates and replacement commissions. The bulk of the records are White House staff discussing requests for commission certificates.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails. 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 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 an individual with an Executive Office of the President White House user account not identified as CEA, NPR, or OPD. ARMS email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date.

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, 2020. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2019-0299-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[commission certificate]
[12/15/1998 – 12/16/1998]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[commission certificate]
[08/01/1995 – 11/28/2000]
[replacement commission…]
[06/17/1997 – 08/31/1999]