(2017-0748-F) White House Correspondence

2 folders, approximately 37 pages

This collection contains all correspondence between specific members of the Clinton Administration’s Domestic Policy Council -- Bruce Reed, Elena Kagan, Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles, and John Podesta -- and specific members of the British government -- Alastair Campbell, David Miliband, Patricia Hewitt MP, Ed Balls, Gordon Brown MP, and Professor Anthony Giddens. The collections primarily contains emails between David Miliband and Bruce Reed. They are mostly conversational in tone, with some discussion concerning meetings amongst themselves and various counter-parts. The emails also includes brief mentions of welfare reform, livability, education policy and initiatives, and the G8 and NATO summits.

The materials in FOIA 2017-0748-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. FOIA Request 2017-0748-F was for all correspondence between specific members of the Clinton Administration’s Domestic Policy Council – Bruce Reed, Elena Kagan, Leon Paneta, Erskine Bowles, and John Podesta – and specific members of the British government – Alastair Campbell, David Miliband, Patricia Hewitt MP, Ed Balls, Gordon Brown MP, and Professor Anthony Giddens. The only records found to be responsive to this request are almost exclusively between David Miliband and Bruce Reed. They are mostly conversational in tone, with some discussion about arranging meetings amongst themselves and various counter-parts. There are also brief mentions of welfare reform, livability, education policy and initiatives, and the G8 and NATO summits.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas— Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails. 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. Records responsive to this request were only found within the OPD bucket. The OPD bucket contains email created or received by an individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. ARMS 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.

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.

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, 2017. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2017-0748-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Creator: Miliband]
[11-23-1998 - 01-09-2001]
[To: Miliband]
[12-15-1998 - 12-14-2000]