(2023-0597-F Segment 1) White House website

3 SRLs, 773 assets

This collection consists of email concerning maintenance, planning, design and updating White House Website. This collection consists of consist of email to and from the staff members of the Office of Press Secretary, the Office of Communications, and the Office of Administration. Topics discussed concerning the White House Website include email related to placing White House news releases on the website, updating the White House website, and the future of the White House website during the Presidential Transition in 2001. Email in this collection contains correspondence concerning the Next Generation (NextGen) White House website developed in 1999 with White House developer/contractor CTGi.

The materials in FOIA 2023-0597-F (Segment 1) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Related records are also located in FOIAs 2021-0470-F (Segment 1) and 2021-0471- F (Segment 1) This collection consists of email concerning maintenance, planning, design and updating White House Website. On October 20, 1994, Vice President Al Gore announced the first White House web page which the White House called a citizen’s handbook. The site, located on the World Wide Web, was titled “Welcome to the White House.” Electronic records responsive to this request consist of email to and from the staff members of the Office of Press Secretary, the Office of Communications, and the Office of Administration. Email concerning the White House Web page is often sent to and from Mark Kitchens, Kevin S. Moran, and Linda Sinoway of the Office of Communications; and Ada Posey, Kelly Conboy, and Scott Wycoff of the Office of Management and Administration. Topics discussed concerning the White House Website include email related to placing White House news releases on the website, updating the White House website, and the future of the White House website during the Presidential Transition in 2001. Email in this collection contains correspondence concerning the Next Generation (NextGen) White House website developed in 1999 with White House developer/contractor CTGi. This collection also includes email from “Welcome to the White House” visitors, and statistics concerning visitors to the White House website and the number of pageviews on the site.

Electronic Records

Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas— Clinton Presidential Records: (SAS) Automated Records Management System [Email]; Clinton Presidential Records: (SAS) Tape Restoration Project [Email]; and Clinton Presidential Records: (SAS) Lotus Notes. The Executive Office of the President (EOP) subsystem of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Clinton Administration officials. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program. Search strings are used to locate records responsive to FOIA requests, and responsive assets are placed into Search Results Lists (SRLs). Depending on the complexity of the search, there may be multiple SRLs within each SAS. 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 Tape Restoration Project (TRP) is a database that contains restored emails from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) from July 1994 through June of 2000. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email. Lotus Notes is a database that contains files created in the Lotus Notes system. The Lotus Notes system was used as an email management system during the Clinton Administration. This database contains drafts of email, mailing lists, attachments, and other items likely intended for email.

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, 2024. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following Search and Access Sets were processed in response to FOIA 2023-0597-F (Segment 1):
Clinton Presidential Records: EOP ERA Search and Access Sets (SAS)
(SAS) Automated Records Management System [Email] contains 763 assets.
(SAS) Tape Restoration Project [Email] contains 7 assets.
(SAS) Lotus Notes contains 3 assets.