(2016-0333-F Segment 1) Visit to Stephen Spielberg Residence

5 folders, approximately 77 pages

This collection consists of records related to Bill and Hillary Clinton’s visit to Steven Spielberg’s property in East Hampton, New York in the summer of 1998 and Georgica Pond. This collection primarily contains email correspondence between White House staff concerning preparation for President Clinton’s stay at the Spielberg residence, while vacationing in the Hamptons, July 31, 1998 through August 2, 1998. This collection also consists of a log of telephone calls placed and received by the President while staying at the residence.

The materials in FOIA 2016-0333-F (Segment 1) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) documents in this collection concerned a political campaign and was thus closed PRM (Personal Record Misfile). Automated Records Management System and Tape Restoration emails in this collection contain email correspondence between White House staff concerning preparation for President Clinton’s stay at the Spielberg residence, while vacationing in the Hamptons, July 31, 1998 through August 2, 1998. Email also contains articles related to the President’s vacation. The responsive records found in the Electronic Daily Diary are descriptions of telephone calls placed and received by the President during his stay at the Spielberg residence.

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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: Automated Records Management System (ARMS); Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project (TRP); Clinton Presidential Records: Electronic Daily Diary. 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. WHORM files are processed at the document level. 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. 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. 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 email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. The White House Electronic Daily Diary System was used to log or describe the President’s daily activities as events with participants. Activities include but are not limited to travel, meetings, and telephone calls. Each event was recorded and indexed with a description, a subject code, and start and end time. FOIA 2016-0333-F (Segment 1) includes WHORM records from these subject codes: PL003 Messages, Political (Sent or Denied)

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, 2016. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2016-0333-F (Segment 1)
Box 
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
PL003 275300
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Spielberg]
[07/13/1998 – 08/03/1998]
Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project [Email]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Spielberg]
[07/20/1998 – 07/27/1998]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[Spielberg]
[07/29/1998 – 08/03/1998]
Clinton Presidential Records: Electronic Daily Diary
[Spielberg]
[07/31/1998 – 08/02/1998] [OA/ID 150000]