(2019-0327-F) Tom Donilon emails concerning the War in Kosovo

3 folders, approximately 11 pages

This collection consists of email records related to Tom Donilon and the war in Kosovo. The emails are dated between April 30, 1999 and August 5, 1999 and consist mostly of press releases. During the Clinton Administration, Donilon was Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and then Chief of Staff for the Secretary of State, Warren Christopher.

The materials in FOIA 2019-0327-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This collection is a brief collection of emails dated between April 30, 1999 and August 5, 1999 related to press activities and historical works concerning United States activities in Kosovo and Tom Donilon. During the Clinton Administration, Tom Donilon was Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and then Chief of Staff for the Secretary of State, Warren Christopher. Donilon would later be named as National Security Advisor under President Barak Obama. As of March 2019 Donilon was Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute, Of Counsel with the law firm of O’Melveny & Meyers, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System Email 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 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 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 individual with an Executive Office of the President White House user account not identified as CEA, NPR, or OPD. 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 emails 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 six sub-series of email as in ARMS. TRP emails 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, 2019. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to 2019-0327-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
NSC [OA/ID 1200000]
[Donilon, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia]
[05/07/1999-07/16/1999]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System
NSC Emails
Exchange-Record (Mar 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 620000]
[Donilon, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia]
[[04/30/1999]
Exchange-Non-Record (Mar 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 630000]
[Donilon, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia]
[08/05/1999]