(2011-1067-F) Rush Limbaugh and Talk Radio

39 folders, approximately 1,031 pages

This collection consists of records related to policy and responses to Rush Limbaugh and/or Conservative Radio. The records include correspondence about talk radio, invitations for the Clinton Administration to be on talk radio shows, press clippings about talk radio, talk radio strategy, and ideas for the Clinton Administration to become more active in talk radio.

The materials in FOIA 2011-1067-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. The records responsive to this request include correspondence, memos, and reports. Topics include Rush Limbaugh, talk radio, the Democratic National Committee, and outreach on talk radio. Responsive records in the WHORM files include correspondence about talk radio and invitations to be on talk radio shows. The White House Staff and Office files responsive to this FOIA include press clippings about talk radio, talk radio strategy, and ideas for the administration to become more active in talk radio. Materials responsive to this request and located in the Automated Records Management System consist of email concerning policy or responses to Rush Limbaugh or Conservative Radio. A majority of these records are made up of printed emails of an online service titled “Talk Daily.” These emails consist of abridged transcripts of many talk radio shows including the Rush Limbaugh Show. “Talk Daily” emails were sent to many White House Staff by Megan Maloney, White House Press Office Director of Radio Services.

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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: 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 correpondence. 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 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. ARMS email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. FOIA 2011-1067-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: BE003-04 Communications Industry FG001-06 Appointments- Interviews, Meetings with, Presidential FG006-01 White House Office FG006-03 Chief of Staff FG006-04 Counsel to the President GI002 Gifts to the President ME Messages ME002 Messages (Sent to Groups/Organizations) PP005-01 First Lady PR015 Voting, President’s UT001-01 Radio- Television.

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, 2013. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2011-1067-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject File
Category Case Number
BE003-04 112905
113437
FG001-06 089356
FG006-01 046960
051945
085627
100945
FG006-03 106870 [Mahurin]
FG006-04 067538CU
092960
GI002 109515
233031
ME 075704
ME002 155972
PP005-01 089166
151798
PR015 093886
155350
236882
190227
UT001-01 093573
111533
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Counsel’s Office
Nisha Rodrigo
Talk Radio- White House 2139/70-24 [OA/ID 21780]
Chief of Staff
Harold Ickes
[Democratic National Committee][1]: Talk Radio- DNC [Democratic National
Committee]- Work [OA/ID 9178]
Limbaugh, Rush- Names [OA/ID 9160]
Talk-Radio- DNC [Democratic National Committee] [OA/ID 9295]
Talk Radio- General [OA/ID 9153]
Talk Radio- White House [OA/ID 9298] [1]
Talk Radio- White House [OA/ID 9298] [2]
First Lady’s Office
First Lady’s Press Office
Lisa Caputo
Rush Limbaugh [OA/ID 10238]
Box 2
Verveer, Melanne
Rush Limbaugh [OA/ID 10256]
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (Continued)
National AIDS Policy Office
Gebbie, Kristina
[Aware- HIV Talk Radio][OA/ID 8299]
Meeting with HIV Talk Radio Telephone Interview 4/27/94 [OA/ID 3773]
Women’s Initiative and Outreach
General Files
Talk Radio/DNC [OA/ID 24076]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
WHO [OA/ID 500,000]
[Limbaugh]
[03/10/1993 – 06/14/1999]
[06/16/1999 – 07/22/1999]
[07/23/1999 – 09/24/1999]
[11/01/1999 – 03/28/2000]
[Conservative Talk Radio]
[01/26/1996 – 12/15/1999]