Expand All Collapse All Extent 6 folders, approximately 201 pages Summary This collection consists of records related to Sidney Blumenthal and the war in Kosovo. Sidney Blumenthal was a senior advisor to President Clinton from 1997 through 2000. This collection consists of email records pertaining to staff reminders for weekly Kosovo meetings held in the White House. The collection also contains NSC cables, emails, and records management system documents relating to a Presidential meeting with Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) about their concerns with foreign national safety, relief effort, and rebuilding in Kosovo. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2019-0307-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request 2019-0307-F was for Clinton Presidential Records related to Sidney Blumenthal and Kosovo during the time frame March 1, 1998 to July 1, 1999. This collection includes email records from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) pertaining to staff reminders for weekly Kosovo meetings held in the White House. The collection also contains NSC cables, emails, and records management system documents relating to a Presidential meeting with Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) about their concerns with foreign national safety, relief effort, and rebuilding in Kosovo. There is also brainstorming emails about potential Kosovo communication events, an email about a possible Kosovo refugee event at the NATO Summit in 1999, and commentary on news articles related to Kosovo. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails, and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems. 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. 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 2019-03-04 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2019-0307-F: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] OPD [OA/ID 250000] [To: Blumenthal; Kosovo] [04/20/1999] WHO [OA/ID 500000] [Creator: Blumenthal; Kosovo] [04/01/1999 – 06/14/1999] [To: Blumenthal; Kosovo] [10/02/1998 – 06/14/1999] Default [OA/ID 1100000] [To: Blumenthal; Kosovo] [04/13/1999] NSC [OA/ID 1200000] [Blumenthal and Kosovo] [10/02/1998 – 05/24/1999] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System NSC Emails Exchange-Record (Sept 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 620000] [Blumenthal and Kosovo] [04/02/1999 – 05/25/1999]