WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF RECORDS
MANAGEMENT
Subject File, 1981-89
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DESCRIPTION OF SECONDARY FILE
CODES
ALL
CATEGORIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH USE
FG017 Department of Justice (5.6 ft.;
A secondary subject category containing
material pertaining to the appointment of individuals to positions in the
agency or to advisory boards, especially that of Edwin Meese, William Bradford
Reynolds, and Richard Thornburgh; the Office of Special Investigations (OSI)
and the issue of Nazi war crimes; annual reports; the report of the Task Force
on Violent Crime; monthly reports of the Pardon Attorney and requests for
clemency; the Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security (ICIS); speeches
by Justice department officials; Civil Division reports to the Office of
Management and Budget regarding major litigation; the proposal to close the
Cleveland anti-trust office; the Voting Rights Act implementation;
anti-obscenity laws and the Commission on Pornography; the attempted
assassination of the President; agency accomplishments; the free trade
agreement with Canada; civil rights enforcement and philosophy; the Enrique Camarena case (DEA); the Independent Counsel law and the
investigation of Wedtech, the Aqaba Pipeline, Baby
Bell, and Edwin Meese’s financial disclosure issue.
FG017-01 Anti-Trust Division (0.2 ft.;
This secondary subject category contains
material regarding the appointment of individuals to office, reports,
directives, and the AT&T case.
FG017-02 Community Relations Service (1folder; box 15)
This secondary subject category contains
material the appointment of individuals to office; funding for the CRS; and a
meeting between the Director of the CRS and the President.
FG017-03 Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA)
(0.4 ft.;
A subject category
containing material pertaining to the appointment of individuals to
office; the Drug Abuse Policy Office; the proposed reorganization of DEA; and
international drug trafficking.
FG017-04 Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI)
(0.6 ft.;
A subject category containing material
pertaining to the appointment of Directors William H. Webster and William S.
Sessions; fingerprint checks; the proposed revision of the Attorney General’s
guidelines for Domestic Security Investigations (the Levi Guidelines); the 75th
anniversary of the FBI; alleged judicial corruption in Chicago; terrorism in
the United States; requests for investigations; funding for local law
enforcement officers to attend the Bureau’s National Academy; and the issue of
interviewing librarians in New York City regarding alleged hostile individuals.
FG017-05 Immigration and Naturalization
Service
(0.4ft.;
A subject category containing material
pertaining to the appointment of the Commissioner; INS activities regarding
farm workers in California; funding for the Border Patrol; identification
cards; INS procedures in various cities in the Southwest; deportations; and the
call for the resignation of Harold Ezell, the Western Regional
Commissioner. Other than official
statements to Congress, there was no material in this category regarding the
Immigration Reform Act of 1986.
FG017-06 Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration
(0.2 ft.;
A subject category
containing material pertaining to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Office, its functions, funding, and officers.
FG017-07 Legal Counsel, Office of (1 folder; box 20)
This folder contains one item, the
resignation of the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal counsel.
FG017-08 Parole Commission, United States (0.4ft.;
A subject category containing material
pertaining to the appointment of individuals to office; H.R 4801, the
Sentencing Guidelines Act of 1986; and the release of parolee’s names.
FG017-09 Prisons, Bureau of (3 folders; box 21)
A subject category
containing material pertaining to the appointment of individuals to office,
reports; Federal Prison Industries; and the privatization of corrections.
FG017-10 Solicitor General (2 folders; box 21)
A subject category
containing material pertaining to the appointment of individuals to office.
FG017-11 United States Attorneys (2.8ft.;
A subject category containing material
pertaining to the appointment of individuals to office (including a small
number of U.S. Marshals when accompanied by recommendations for U.S.
Attorneys); complaints regarding certain U.S. Attorneys; pro bono work; and
assignments that attorneys are given.
FG017-12 U.S. Marshals (2.0ft.;
A subject category containing material
pertaining to the appointment of individuals to office; the proposed reduction
of the U.S. Marshals service to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia;
new deputy U.S. Marshal Single-Agencies Occupational and Qualification
Standards; evictions; using Marshals to locate Raoul
Wallenberg; and collective bargaining.
FG017-13 Office of Justice Assistance, Research and Statistics (1folder;
A subject category containing
material pertaining to the report of the Justice System Improvement Act
Agencies.
FG017-14 Justice Statistics, Bureau of (2 folders; box 33)
A subject category
containing material pertaining to appointments to the Bureau of Justice
Statistics Advisory Board and the annual report for fiscal year 1985.
FG017-15 National Institute of Justice (3 folders; box 34)
A subject category containing material
pertaining to appointments to the National Institute of Justice Advisory Board;
a project to reduce crime in the school; and the annual report and record of
accomplishments for 1986-87.
FG017-16 Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (3 folders; box 34)
A subject category containing material
pertaining to appointments to the commission; the annual report for 1981; and
claims filed with the Commission, particularly by Occidental Petroleum
Corporation for its land in Venezuela.
FG017-17 United States Sentencing Commission (1 folder; box 34)
A subject category
containing material pertaining to appointments to the commission; sentencing
guidelines; and the annual report for 1987.