(2020-0556-F Segment 1) Ron Klain

27 folders, approximately 816 pages

This collection contains textual records from Ron Klain. This collection consists of textual records that date from 1993 to 1999, and include Klain’s correspondence to President Clinton and White House staff, draft correspondence, message logs, and routing memorandum. The collection also contains articles, clippings, and remarks. Klain’s personnel files are also included in this collection.

The materials in FOIA 2020-0556-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 textual records from Ron Klain. At the beginning of the Clinton Administration, Klain was an Associate Counsel to the President and his work focused on judicial nominations. Klain was named Chief of Staff to Attorney General Janet Reno in 1995 and served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Gore from 1995 to 1999. Textual records in this collection date from 1993 to 1999 and include Klain’s correspondence to President Clinton and White House staff, draft correspondence, message logs, and routing memorandum. The collection also contains articles, clippings, and remarks. Klain’s personnel files are also included in this collection. Topics include assault weapon proposals, the budget, ideas for executive orders, conferences for intergovernmental political forums, the crime bill and habeas corpus reform, criminal alien deportation, judicial selection, product liability legislation, racial justice, and Ron Klain’s farewell party.

Textual

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 and Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files. 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. 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 2020-0556-F (Segment 1) includes WHORM records from these subject codes: BE001 Domestic Trade FG017 Department of Justice FG050 Judicial Branch FG052 Courts of Appeal, U.S. FO006 International Conferences IM Immigration – Naturalization JL Judicial – Legal Matters JL003 Criminal Matters SP Speeches.

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, 2023. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2020-0556-F (Segment 1):
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
BE001 009467SS
FG017 103876
FG050 010510SS
FG050 079080SS
FG050 138742
FG052 132636
FO006 162783SS
FO006 167738SS
IM 095867SS
JL 025256SS
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File (continued)
Category Case Number
JL003 106861
SP 404700
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Counsel’s Office
Band, Doug
DC Superior Court Vacancy – Klain [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 10915]
DC Superior Court Vacancy – Klain [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 10915]
[Messenger Envelope] [Ron Klain] [1] [OA/ID 8878]
General Files
Klain/Sobol Message Pads – Mark-up, Round 1 [OA/ID CF 677]
Mark-up Message Logs and Calendar for: Ron Klain (F121303-309) [OA/ID CF 677]
Pierre Leval: [Ronald Klain] [OA/ID 3897]
Pierre Leval: [Ronal Klain] [3] : Leval – Correspondence [OA/ID 3897]
Johnson, Rochester (Ches)
Klain/Sobol Message Pads [OA/ID CF 905]
Radd, Victoria
Court of Appeals Nominations Ron Klain [Binder] [OA/ID 6765]
[Judicial Selection Process – Klain] [Binder] [OA/ID 6767]
Legislative Affairs
Griffin, Pat; Brophy, Susan; Paster, Howard
[August 15, 1994 – Memorandum for Leon Panetta From Ron Klain and Rahm Emanuel
Subject Crime Bill Compromises] [loose] [OA/ID 11003]
[Crime / RJA [Racial Justice Act] – July 19, 1994 Memorandum for Leon Panetta From:
Ron Klain Subject: Racial Justice Meeting – Briefing and Talking Points] [loose]
[OA/ID 11003]
Management and Administration
McClure, Kelli
Klain, Ronald A. [OA/ID CF 1929]
National Economic Council
Sperling, Gene
Klain, Ron [OA/ID 19144]
Security Office
Klain, Ronald Alan [OA/ID CF 1814A]