WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF RECORDS
MANAGEMENT
Subject File, 1981-89
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATIONS: INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
DESCRIPTION OF SECONDARY FILE
CODES
BOLDED CATEGORIES
ARE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH USE
FG065 Independent Agencies,
Boards and Commissions (1.3 l.ft.; Box 1-4)
This secondary subject category contains
material relating to general information about independent agencies, boards and
commissions; reports to Congress on Federal Advisory Committees; recommendations
of individuals for boards or commissions; changes suggested in the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA); Reagan’s 1981 meeting with independent
regulatory agencies; numerous executive orders extending the length of or
terminating boards, committees and commissions; process for replacing heads of
select independent regulatory agencies; 1984 memo from Reagan advising all
agencies with advisory committees to review and reform their relationship; and
an Department of Justice memo on legality of removing some advisory committees
outside the purview of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
FG066 ACTION (0.5 l.ft.;
Box 4-5)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the controversial
nomination of Thomas Pauken to be the Director of
ACTION; recommendations for regional directors; Congressional concerns about
the administration of ACTION and various programs; various lists and memos
regarding the future of the agency and the Reagan administration’s efforts to
phase out VISTA; the possible separation of the Peace Corps from ACTION; ACTION
involvement in various Reagan administration volunteer efforts; Workshops on
Volunteerism; efforts to defund a controversial Texas program, Valley
Interfaith; reduction of VISTA budget; creating the Vietnam Veteran’s
Leadership Program; official reports; the 1985 resignation of Pauken and the selection of Donna Alvarado to succeed him.
FG066-01 Peace Corps (See FG380 as of
12/29/1981) (0.2 l.ft.; Box 5)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations for
the Director of the Peace Corps, the nomination of Loret
Ruppe as director; preparations for the celebration
of the 20th anniversary of the Peace Corps; a domestic public
relations trip made by Ms. Ruppe in 1981; and a five
country West African tour by Ms. Ruppe.
NOTE: The Peace Corps was founded in 1961 by
President John F. Kennedy. In 1971,
President Nixon combined the Peace Corps, VISTA, and several senior volunteer
programs under the umbrella agency, ACTION.
President Carter made the Peace Corps an “autonomous” agency within
ACTION in 1979. Congress showed strong
support for re-establishing the Peace Corps as an independent agency. The nomination of Thomas Pauken
as Director of ACTION provided the impetus to complete this move. Mr. Pauken had
previously served in military intelligence during the Vietnam War. Many argued, including Ms. Ruppe, that any taint of intelligence association with the
Peace Corps placed the volunteers at risk within their service countries. Over
the objections of the Reagan administration, Congress voted to separate the
Peace Corps from ACTION effective on 12/29/1981. All remaining material regarding the Peace
Corps can be found in FG380, the subject category for the newly re-established
independent Peace Corps.
FG066-02 VISTA (Volunteers in Service
to America) (1 folder; Box 5)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to VISTA cutbacks in
programs; the strategy for the phase-out of VISTA; requests to restore programs
cut back; and information about the group, “Friends of VISTA” working to keep
the VISTA program.
NOTE:
VISTA was combined with the Americorps program in
1993.
FG066-03 Voluntary Action, Office of (Empty)
The White House Office of Records
Management did not transfer any material within this secondary subject category
to the Library.
FG066-04 National Voluntary Service
Advisory Council (3 folders; Box 6)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the appointment and
members of the National Voluntary Service Advisory Council; a letter of
appreciation for selection from Mrs. Strom Thurmond; and a charter of the
Council.
FG067 Administrative Conference
of the United States (1.9 l.ft.; Box 6-10)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to reports to Congress by
the Conference; papers and agendas for annual plenary meetings; administrative
issues for the Conference including initiating email, adding staff; appointment
and resignation of members of the Conference; expanding membership to include
the International Trade Commission and the Merit Systems Protection Board;
Presidential review of agency rulemaking; presentation of the report on user
fee projects; and the 20th anniversary of the Conference.
FG068 Advertising Council (3
folders, Box 10)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the Advertising
Council Productivity Campaign and interaction with the possible White House
program on productivity; the 40th anniversary of the Council;
Presidential support letter for the annual Washington meeting of the Council;
and invitations and regrets for the 1987 annual Washington meeting of the Council.
FG069 Advisory Board on National
Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings & Monuments (Empty)
This
secondary subject category contained 2 case files regarding appointments to the
future Korean War Veterans Memorial Advisory
Board. We have transferred this material
to the correct subject file, FG438.
FG070 Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations (.9 l.ft; Box 10-14)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to annual Reports by the
Commission for 1980-1983; recommendations for directors; establishing a point
of contact in White House offices for intergovernmental relations;
recommendations, requests for consideration and resignations of members of the
Commission; designation of Secretary James Watt as Chairman; transfer of
chairmanship to Robert Hawkins; ACIR reports on the States and Distressed
Communities, prisons, strengthening federal revenue sharing, and regulatory
federalism; meeting agendas and papers for the 1983 & 1984 Washington
meetings and 1984 Phoenix meeting
FG071 Advisory Committee on Federal Pay (3 folder, Box 14)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to commission
appointments for members of the Committee; thank you notes to the President for
the appointment; resignation letters to the President from the Committee; 1985
timing and administration reaction to the annual pay comparability report, and
the 1985 extended report on federal pay levels.
FG072 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (0.6
l. ft.; Box 14-16)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
appointments and resignations of members of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation; public comments on problems with the Council; Annual Reports for
19801-1987; Office of Legal Counsel opinions on legality of removing members of
the council, scope of the Council’s regulatory authority and terms of the
members; Office of Management and Budget requests for the Council to revise its
regulations and rules; and specific special reports on the affect of tax
legislation on historic preservation and historic preservation case law.
FG073 Agricultural Policy Committee (1 folder;
Box 16)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to 1986 appointment with
the President by the Agricultural Policy Committee and a Senator Lloyd Bentsen
recommendation of Ralph Sides to serve on the Committee
FG074 American Battle Monuments Commission (0.2 l.ft.;
Box 16)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
resignations and appointments for members of the American Battle Monuments
Commission; correspondence with the public on maintenance of American overseas
graves and praise for the Commission’s work; a FY 1980 annual report; a brief
report on the 1984 evaluation of the ABMC’s internal accounting and
administrative controls; and public and Commission concern over the plans to
turn over the title hold of Pershing Hall in Paris to the Commission.
FG075 American National Red Cross (0.4 l.ft.;
Box 16-17)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations, and
appointments for the members of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the
Board for the American National Red Cross; bi-monthly reports from Chairman
Jerome Holland regarding blood activities, health services, assistance to
Poland, veteran’s assistance, donor screening, and various other Red Cross
programs; proposed cessation of Red Cross assistance in filing veteran’s
claims; public correspondence about the Red Cross accounting methods; Red Cross
fund-raising efforts; replacement of Holland upon his death in January 1985;
and requests for meetings with the President and the President’s signature on
Red Cross Merit Certificates.
FG077 Appalachian Regional Commission (0.1 l.ft.;
Box 17)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to opposition to the
Reagan Administration’s plan to phase out the Appalachian Regional Commission;
recommendations for the Federal co-chair of the Commission; Commission proposal
of a “finish-up” project through 1990; Senator Jeremiah Denton’s withdrawal of
support for Jean Sullivan’s candidacy for federal co-chair; appointment of Winnifred Pizzano as federal
o-chair; reports on the Commission’s review of internal accounting and
administrative practices; and the 1984 presentation of high-technology project
sponsored by the Commission.
FG078 Board of Foreign Scholarships (0.1 l.ft.;
Box 17-18)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the recommendation,
appointment, and resignation of the members of the Board of Foreign
Scholarships, popularly known as the Fullbright
Commission; and annual reports for 1983-1985 and the fortieth anniversary
report for 1986
.
FG079 Board of Geographic Names (Empty)
The Library
currently has no case files for this secondary subject category
FG080 Board for International Broadcasting (0.6 l.ft.;
Box 18-19)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
appointments, and resignations of the Board for International Broadcasting
(BIB) members; determining ultimate authority for Board composition; January
1981 paper outlining the history of Radio Free Europe (RFE) & Radio Liberty
(RL) and the need to enlarge the scope of the Radios and budgets for the 1980s;
White House support for the Pell Amendment eliminating the RFE/RL private
boards and enlarging the BIB by five members; appointment of Frank Shakespeare
as Chairman of the Board; legal opinions on whether White House personnel must
choose form RFE/RL board members for the expansion positions and whether the
White House can remove a Board member; withdrawal of Board nominee Thomas F.
Ellis; modernization plans and engineering needs for RFE/RL; budget and
supplemental appeals to continue modernization; removal of Board member Lilla Tower; annual reports for 1981-1988; and opinions on
adding Russian Jewish programming to Radio Free Europe.
FG081 Board for International Food and Agricultural
Development (0.1 l.ft.; Box 19)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to appointments,
recommendations and resignations to the Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development; the possible political affect on Jewish support for
the President by the appointment of former Congressman Paul Findley to the
Board; and a Presidential memo directing staggered terms for the members of the
Board.
FG082 Business Council (0.1 l.ft.; Box 19)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to members of the White
House staff attending, participating and speaking at Business Council meetings
from1982-1987; ethical advice on accepting payment of expenses for trips to the
Business Council meetings; 1982 and 1985 Business Council economic forecast
reports; a few agendas for Council meetings; and an effort to have the
President meet with the Business Council in February 1982.
FG084 Cabinet Committee on Construction (1
folder, Box 19)
This
secondary subject category appears to be regarding the Committee created in the
Nixon Administration to survey the construction industry and provide ways to
boost the industry. The Nixon
Administration used FG256 for this Committee.
The Library has no knowledge of its later use in the Ford or Carter
Administrations under this FG number.
Our material consisted of a series of “thank-you” letters to members of
the Navy Task Force as part of the President’s Private Sector Survey on Cost
Control. We have transferred the case
file to this category, FG384.
FG090 Civil Aeronautics Board (0.4 l.ft.;
Box 20-21)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the resolution and
implementation of the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act which called for the
termination of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) on January 1, 1985 ; the
appointment of Chairman Dan McKinnon to oversee the sunset of the Board;
periodic reports to Edwin Meese on the health of the airline industry and the
activities of the CAB; several reports of CAB actions; selection of a new
vice-Chairman in 1983; review of CAB action against Aeroflot after the downing
of Korean Airlines 007 flight; White House views on a “sunset” plan and
legislation promoted by McKinnon instituting the early closure of the CAB;
White House and agencies views on H.R. 5297 The Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset
Act of 1984 which altered some of the provisions of the 1978 sunset provisions;
discussion of transfer of nearly all CAB functions to the Department of
Transportation, and a final letter from Chairman McKinnon announcing the
closure of the Civil Aeronautics Board.
For
further information about primary Civil Aeronautics Board functions, anti-trust
rulings on the airline industry, consumer protection for airline passengers and
landing rights for international carriers, after December 31, 1984, please see
subject category FG024 (Department of Transportation).
FG091 Coastal Plains Regional Commission (Terminated)
(1 folder; Box 21)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the phase out of
regional Commissions by the Reagan Administration during 1981 and the end of
funding for these Commissions in fiscal year 1982; terminations of Commission
members and Chairmen; and the eventual recess appointment of Terry Chambers for
all eight Commissions slated for phase-out to conduct the conclusion of all
pending business.
FG093 Commission on Civil Rights (2.2 l.ft.; Box 21-26)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
nominations, appointments, and resignations from the Commission on Civil Rights, the controversy
surrounding Administration policies and the reconstitution of the Commission in
1983; discussions of the purpose of the Commission; the resignation of
Commissioner Mary Louis Smith; issues involving civil rights; requests from the
Commission to federal agencies and the White House for information; legislation
and hearings regarding the Commission; and Commission reports on the Voting
Rights Act, affirmative action, black farming, minority set-asides, and women
in the economy.
FG094 Commission on Executive, Legislative and
Judicial Salaries (0.9
l.ft.;
Box 26-28)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
appointments and resignations of members of the 1984, 1986 & 1988 Commissions
on Executive, Legislative and Judicial Salaries (commonly called the Quad
Commission); review of the basic functions of the quadrennial Commission in
establishing salaries, how they met and were selected and how the salary
recommendations became law; a request by the President for review of the 1967
enabling legislation by the 1984 Commission; appointment of a “special”
Commission in 1986 to report on federal executive salaries; opposition and
support for the various salary reports of the different Commissions; the Office
of Management and Budget assistance for the Commission; meetings with the
President to present reports; strategy and communication plan for the 1988
(fiscal year 1989) recommendations; and the legislative recommendation of the 1984
Commission.
Note:
The 1983 Supreme Court ruling INS vs. Chadha found one-house legislative vetoes as
unconstitutional. This ruling voided the 1967 enabling legislation for the Quad
Commission. The first Commission under
the Reagan Administration was formed in 1984 (actually not installed and
confirmed until 1985) President Reagan then asked the Commission to focus
exclusively on establishing a new piece of legislation eliminating the
legislative veto. This was done and
adopted by the Congress in 1985. The new law converted the President’s salary
recommendations to an automatic enactment unless a joint Congressional resolution
denying the proposal was passed within 30 days.
Because
the 1984 Quad Commission focused exclusively on this legislative issue, no
salary review was done. Their new
legislation provided for a “special” Commission in 1986 to address salary
levels only, and so the Reagan Administration had an additional Commission for
1986.
FG095 Commission on Federal Paperwork (1 folder; Box 28)
This
secondary subject category contains a single Office of Management and Budget
report, Agency Actions on Commission on
Federal Paperwork Recommendations. This report details agency actions in
response to recommendations for reducing paperwork and is part of the reporting
requirements of the 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act.
FG096 Commission on Fine Arts (1 folder; Box 28)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations and
appointments to the Commission on Fine Arts; a report on the internal
accounting practices of the Commission; and thank you letters from appointed
Commissioners.
FG097 Commission on Highway Beautification (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library.
FG098 Commission on Postal Service (1 folder; Box 29)
This
secondary subject category contains a single letter from Elizabeth Dole to
Reverend Billy Graham regarding George Wilson and his possible appointment to
the Board of Governors for the U.S. Postal Commission. It has been transferred
to the correct subject category, FG269-01, Board of Governors U.S. Postal
Service.
FG099 Commission on Presidential Scholars (0.2 l.ft.; Box 29)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the termination of the
entire Commission in October 1981; recommendations, appointments, and
resignations from the Commission after the reappointment of the Commission with
new members in Spring 1982; appointment of the National Teacher of the Year to
the Commission for their year as National Teacher; and thank you letters from
various Commissioners for their appointments.
FG100 Commission on the Review of National Policy Toward Gambling
(Empty)
The White House Office of Records Management did not
transfer any material within this secondary subject category to the Library.
FG101 Commission on Security and Cooperation in
Europe [CSCE]
(0.7 l.ft.; Box 29-31)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to Presidential appointments
for Alfred Kingon, Richard Schifter,
Louis F. Laun, and Ronald F. Lehman as
Commissioner-Observers to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
(commonly referred to as the Helsinki Commission); required semi-annual reports
(15th-21st, 23rd-24th) on the
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe for the Commission to evaluate
current compliance with the Helsinki Agreement; public and ethnic group
complaints on the lack of attention given to Ukrainian issues in the17th
semi-annual report; adjustments to the Commission duties and rotating chairmen
proposed in S.592; and testimony of Rita
E. Hauser [Chair, Advisory Board, International Parliamentary Group for Human
Rights in the Soviet Union] before the Commission October 3, 1985.
Note:
The Library also has a subject category regarding the Conference on Security
and Cooperation in Europe. (IT005). Within this category researchers can find
information about the head of the US delegation, public members of the
delegation, meeting dates and United States preparation for the
Conference. We have transferred all of
the semi-annual reports of the Conference to FG101 as they are legally required
for the Commission’s use.
FG102 Committee on Foreign Investment in the United
States (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library
The
Library has identified two case files contained in FO004-03 regarding
activities of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
(CFIUS). Please see case file, FO004-03,
054526, regarding CFIUS review of proposed Kuwait Petroleum investment in the
Santa Fe International Corporation and access to US mineral rights issues. There is also case file FO004-03, 172742
regarding CFIUS input to a Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs working group on
foreign investment in the United States. Additional material on CFIUS may be
found in White House staff collections.
FG103 Committee for the Preservation of the White
House (0.1
l.ft.;
Box 31)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations for
members of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House; 1981
proposals to combine the Committee, the White House Historical Association and
the White House Preservation Fund; Curator Clem Conger’s memo against this
plan; program and plans for the Fund’s effort to raise an endowment;
appointment of Rex Scouten as new White House Curator
in 1986 and efforts to revise the reorganization plans for the Committee and
restart the endowment efforts.
This Committee was “inactive”
during the second Reagan administration.
FG104 Committee for Purchase from the Blind &
Severely Handicapped (0.3
l.ft.;
Box 31-32
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to resignations,
recommendations and Presidential appointments to the Committee for Purchase
from the Blind and Severely Handicapped, annual reports for the Committee from
1980-1987; continual change in the Department of Defense representatives on the
Committee due to changes in Defense assignments; a successful Congressional and
interest group campaign to obtain the reappointment of Mervin J. Flander to the Committee; and a complaint about Chairman
Clyde Cook’s cancellation of a speech to the National Federation of Blind
Persons.
FG105 Commodity Futures Trading Commission (0.7 l.ft.; Box 32-34)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to resignations,
recommendations, and Presidential appointments to the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (CFTC); a Congressional campaign on behalf of the nomination and
reappointment of Fowler West in 1982 and 1988; an agreement with the Security
Exchange Commission over establishing jurisdiction for each Commission and the
eventual reauthorization of the CFTC and codification of this agreement in H.R.
5447; new Chairman Philip Johnson’s commitment to deregulation of the futures
markets and reports on the wide expansion of commodities futures traded in the
1980s; various public citizen complaints about actions of the CFTC; appointment
and swearing-in ceremonies with Presidential remarks for both Chairman Susan
Philips and Wendy Gramm; and a 1987 report on the stock index and futures
markets following the stock market crash in late 1987.
FG106 Communications Satellite Corporation (0.3 l.ft.; Box 34)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the withdrawal of
Carter nominations, recommendations, and Presidential appointments to the Board
of the Communication Satellite Corporation (COMSAT); annual reports for the
Corporation for 1980-1983 and 1987; Reagan administration efforts to privatize
the civil weather satellites and land sensing systems; COMSAT relations with
INTELSAT; possible repercussions of US and foreign satellite companies and
possible transatlantic communications systems; legislative efforts to
restructure COMSAT; Department of State and Department of Commerce
disagreements over ultimate responsibility for international communications
systems; and an ad campaign by COMSAT to try and clarify their functions.
FG107 Community Services Administration (0.1 l.ft.; Box 35)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the withdrawal of President Carter nominations,
resignations, and Presidential appointments to the Community Services
Administration (CSA); public correspondence urging the reauthorization of the
CSA; South Dakota’s objections to the programs funded by the CSA for assisting
in water and waste water deficiencies; a report from final Director Dwight Ink
on the successful closing of the Community Services Administration on September
30, 1981; a lengthy list of recommendations and experiences by Ink for the
White House Office of Policy Development on future agency closings and
personnel issues regarding the closure of the CSA.
The programs administered by
the Community Services Administration were converted to Community Service Block
Grants. For more on these programs see
subject category FA (Federal Aid).
FG107-01 National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity (4 folders; Box 35)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the final report from
the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity from September 1981;
White House staff comments on how to convey the report to Congress and their
views the Report was anti-administration; and a 1983 request from members of
Congress for release of the final Report which had already occurred in 1982.
FG107-02 Inspector General, Office of - Community Services Administration (1 folder; Box 35)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the June 1981
Presidential appointment of the final Inspector General, K. William O’Connor,
for the Community Services Administration.
FG108 Consumer Product Safety Commission (0.7 l.ft.; Box 35-37)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
resignations and Presidential appointments to the Consumer Products Safety
Commission (CFSC); an opposition campaign by the cellulose industry against
nominating Robert McCleary as Chairman; possible
elimination of the CPSC; budget appeals and heavy budget reductions for the
Commission; information packets on the 1982 National Conference on Product
Safety and a final report on the Conference; press reports on misconduct by
Chairman Nancy Harvey Steorts; annual reports for
1981 & 1982; General Services Administration praise for the CPSC’s
reduction in space usage; CPSC cooperation with the Private Sector Initiative
Program; resignation of Chairman Steorts in early
1985; internal reviews of the four-year chairmanship of Steorts;
recess appointment of Commissioner Terrance Scanlon to cover the remainder of Steort’s term; Public Citizen’s Joan Claybrook’s
opposition to the nomination of Scanlon; Scanlon response to Claybrook accusations; Scanlon response to Senator Alfonse
D’Amato problems with the Commission’s settlement with the all-terrain-vehicle
industry; and the General Accounting Office study of replacing the five
Commissioners with a single administrator.
FG109 Corporation for Public Broadcasting (0.9 l.ft.; Box 37-39)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the withdrawal of
President Carter nominations, Presidential appointments, and resignations from
the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB);
administration plans for reducing the Board to ten members; planned reductions
of the government subsidy for public broadcasting; nomination of Helen Marie
Taylor; CPB Board disagreement with the White House over legality of recess appointments
to the Board; possible re-nomination or recess appointment of Sonia Laundau; ;
Department of Justice and White House Counsel opinions on recess appointments
to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board; and Annual Reports for the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting for 1981-1987.
FG110 Defense Manpower Commission (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library
NOTE:
The Defense Manpower Commission began on November 16, 1973, P.L. 93155. The
seven member Commission was to evaluate U.S. manpower needs for the short term
and for ten years in the future. It was also to evaluate armed forces pay, use
of civilian workforce by the Defense Department, and ways to attract new
volunteers. A report was issued in 1978.
It appears to have been disbanded at this point.
The
Reagan Administration also studied U.S. manpower needs and this material can be
found at secondary subject category FG258-09 (Military Manpower Task
Force).
FG111 Delaware River Basin Committee (2 folders; Box 39)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the statutory
requirement to appoint the Secretary of the Interior as the U.S. representative
to the Delaware River Basin Committee (Secretary James Watt, Secretary William
Clark and Secretary Donald Hodel); removal of the
alternate U.S. representative Sherman Tribbett; and
Presidential appointment of George Kanuck and his
1988 resignation.
FG112 Development Coordination Committee (empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library
FG114 District of Columbia (0.5 l.ft.; Box 39-40)
This
secondary subject category contains material related to the protracted
negotiations, legal opinions, judicial rulings and testimony regarding the
District of Columbia home rule legislation and its use of the legislative veto
after the Supreme Court ruling, INS vs. Chadha, struck down the use of the legislative veto as
unconstitutional. The category also contains material related to specific
legislation regarding the District such as the District retirement system,
borrowing ability of the District, ability to offer District bonds, a possible
Independent Counsel for the District, improvements in the District judicial
system and appointment of District judges, a proposal for non-partisan
elections, the District Parole Board, and transfer of title for the Robert F.
Kennedy Memorial Stadium to the District; several proposals for statehood for
the District of Columbia; and the annual donation of yearly cumulative code
supplements and indices for the District of Columbia.
FG115 District of Columbia Commission on Judicial
Disabilities
(.1 l.ft.;
Box 41)
This
secondary subject category contains material related to the appointment of
Charles Work and his later resignation; review of the Commission’s application
of new review process for Senior or retired judges, and annual reports from the
Commission for 1985-1987.
Additional
material for this category can be found in FG059 (Courts of the District of
Columbia), FG059-01 (Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia) and FG059-02
(Superior Court of the District of Columbia).
FG116 District of Columbia Judicial Nominating
Commission (1
folder; Box 41)
This
secondary subject category contains material related to the appointment of the
President’s single member on the Commission, Philip Lacovara,
Lacovara’s resignation, and the appointment of Carl
S. Rauh; difficulties in removing Carter nominee to
the Commission, William A. Borders, and his subsequent legal problems; and the
resignation of Commission Chairman Fred Abramson.
Additional
material for this category can be found in FG059 (Courts of the District of
Columbia), FG059-01 (Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia) and
FG059-02 (Superior Court of the District of Columbia).
FG117 District of Columbia Law Revision Commission (0.2 l.ft.; Box 41)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to annual reports on work
to codify District of Columbia civil and criminal codes for 1981, 1985-1987;
the Administrative Procedures Manual produced by the Commission in 1982; and
confusion over Presidential appointment authority of a single member of the
Commission and subsequent appointment of Warren Miller
FG118 East-West Foreign Trade Board (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library
This
secondary subject category contained a single case file relating to the
East-West Trade Center in Honolulu, HI. It has been transferred to FG999 where
all other material on the Center is held.
The
Board was required to provide quarterly reports on trade between capitalist and
Eastern bloc non-capitalist economies. These reports are filed in subject
category TA (Trade). The East-West
Foreign Trade Board ceased to exist in 1996.
FG119 Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library
FG120 Endangered Species Scientific Authority (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library
FG122 Environmental Protection Agency (3.5 l.ft.; Box 42-50)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the Environmental
Protection Agency under Administrator Anne McGill Gorsuch
Burford, 1981-1983, and all ensuring controversies,
investigations and indictments. Material regarding these matters include
appointment of Anne Gorsuch as Administrator of the
EPA; opposition to this nomination; Gorsuch reports
on her reorganization of the EPA; a lengthy report, including an Inspector General
investigation, on the problems with Acting Administrator of the Office of
Research and Development appointed by Gorsuch; an
early Inspector General investigation of the Administrator on charges of
preferential treatment for a New Mexico refinery; a protest from Governor Lamm, Colorado that the EPA was withholding delegation of
some programs for political reasons; Congressional subpoena for EPA documents
on the management of the Superfund and subsequent White House actions to
protect documents under Executive Privilege; White House management of
Congressional, Independent Counsel, and
in-house Counsel Office document requests; media guidance on the EPA situation;
updates and and status reports of the various charges
against the EPA and its personnel, Congressional and public calls for the
firing of Rita Lavelle, Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency
Response; Burford’s contempt of Congress citation;
Department of Justice legal opinion on whether the EPA or Justice could legally
pay Burford’s private attorney fees; resignation of Anne Burford;
appointment of acting personnel to guide the EPA; meetings with EPA senior
staff to bolster morale; reorganization plans and a White House request for Gorsuch to report on EPA actions of political interest or likely
to be controversial. This request resulted in periodic “EPA Issue Reports” to
the White House covering all issues but most notably, chemicals, water
standards, pesticides, auto emissions, air quality and hazardous waste and
Superfund clean-up efforts. There are frequent Congressional requests for these
documents and for their distribution within the Administration.
Other
material within this series relates to recommendations and appointments for
various positions at the Environmental Protection Agency; protests against EPA elimination
of the noise abatement department; Administration
praise to the Agency for the phase-out of the noise abatement department; complaints
about EPA’s regulations, enforcement decisions or length of time to perform
functions from corporations, states, local entities, and individuals; the
President’s remarks for the swearing-in of new EPA Administrator, William Ruckelhaus; preparations for Ruckelhaus’s
first visit to the EPA prior to his swearing-in; speeches by Ruckelhaus; the resignation of Ruckelhous
in 1985; appointment of Lee Thomas as Administrator; Office of Management &
Budget complaints that EPA was issuing regulations without OMB oversight; EPA’s
position on the toxicity of the Love Canal area of Buffalo, New York and
Superfund involvement in the clean-up; EPA’s transfer of funds to the Federal
Emergency Management Agency for permanent relocation of the residents of Times
Beach, Missouri due to dioxin levels in the ground; a report on the legal and
enforcement activities of the EPA; overall direction of EPA for the 1980s,
annual Toxic Substance Control Act report; legislative strategy of the agency
for the second administration and legislative reports; OMB review of H.R. 5442,
a bill requiring EPA establishment of asbestos information database ;
information packet for schools required to do asbestos inspections; concerns
from West Virginia governor and senators regarding Union Carbide plant in West
Virginia similar to one involved in the Bhopal, India chemical accident; EPA
documents and fact sheets on acid rain and acid levels in streams; a Ralph Nadar request for release of an EPA study of lead in
drinking water; and a National Academy of Public Administration May 1984 report
entitled, ”Steps Towards a Stable Future: Assessment of Budget and Personnel at
the EPA.”
NOTE:
The investigation of the Environmental Protection Agency continued for several
years past the actual events. In 1984
Congressman John Dingell began investigation of the Department of Justice’s
role in the Administration’s response to the Superfund/EPA investigations. This
resulted in an Independent Counsel, James McKay, and continuing investigation
of the EPA and Justice. As a result of
ongoing investigations, a significant amount of FG122 case files were continuously
in use by the White House Counsel’s Office.
In some cases we have the original case files returned, in others simply
a copy of the description of the case file and in some cases nothing but a
transfer note. It appears the final Counsel staff
member dealing with this issue was Benedict Cohen. Please see his collection
for a significant amount of EPA material.
Also see Counsel, White House: Investigations – Series III:
Investigations Pertaining to the Environmental Protection Agency.
FG122-01 Inspector General, Office of, Environmental Protection
Agency
(0.5 l.ft.; Box 50-51)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to a recommendation for
Inspector General; appointments of Matthew Novick and
John Martin as Inspectors General; actions taken after a press account of Office
of Inspector General personnel purging files of material which they would not
want released in a Freedom of Information Act request; information on the OIG
investigation of Administrator Anne Gorsuch and
possible preferential treatment of a New Mexico refinery; lengthy material
regarding the possible conflict of interest charges, particularly involving the
Colorado water quality standards,
against James W. Sanderson, a consultant for Gorsuch
and a practicing attorney in Denver; and copies of the Office of Inspector
General semi-annual reports for October 1987-March 1982, April 1983-September
1983, October 1983-March 1984 and April 1985-September 1985.
FG123 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (l.ft.; Box 51-5)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the February 1981 resignation
of Chairman Eleanor Holmes Norton; the nominations of acting chairs to lead the
Commission; requests from Congress and civil rights groups to see the
President-Elect’s Transition report regarding the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC); multiple complaints from public and officials regarding
dispositions of grievances, length of time to settle, behavior of the EEOC, and
general dissatisfaction with the agency; nomination of Clarence Thomas to Commission
as Chairman in May 1982; re-nomination of Thomas in 1986; Thomas meeting with
President Reagan in June 1986; recommendations, nominations and resignations of
other Commission members; multiple appreciation letters for nomination of first
Asian-American , Dr. Joy Cherian, to the Commission; speeches
by Clarence Thomas; August 1982 reorganization plan for the Commission; 1988
EEOC comments on the American for Disabilities Act; annual reports for the
Commission and various reports from the Commission on the Sunshine in
Government Act, interagency coordination, General Counsel’s office, and women
employment.
FG123-01 Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinating Council (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library
Note:
The Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinating Council consisting of the
Secretary of Labor, the Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, the Attorney General, the Chairman of the United State Civil
Service Commission and the Chairman of the United States Civil Rights
Commission was formed as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It was formally
abolished and its functions transferred to the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission in a government reorganization in 1978.
FG124 Export Administration Review Board (1 folder, Box 55)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to a single 1983 meeting
of the Export Administration Review Board on U.S. export policy toward China,
and a Congressional proposal to create an Office of Strategic Trade.
FG125 Export Expansion Advisory Committee (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library
Note:
The Export Expansion Advisory Commission was established by Executive Order
11420 by President Lyndon Johnson. The
Committee consisted of the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of State and the Chairman of the Board of the
Export-Import Bank of the United States. The Commission’s duties were to ”review and make recommendations concerning applications
and proposals for loans, guarantees, and insurance to be charged against
allocations made to finance export expansion….”
If the Commission met during the 1980s, documentation of these meetings
is possibly filed with the Department of Commerce federal records. The
Secretary of Commerce is the Chairman of this Commission. As far as we know, this Executive Order has
not been rescinded
.
FG126 Export-Import
Bank of the United States
(0.4 l.ft.;
Box 55-56)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
nominations and resignations to the Board of Directors of the Export-Import
Bank of the United States (Exim Bank); appointment of
new Chairman/President of Exim Bank, William Draper,
Draper’s resignation in 1986 and promotion of the Vice Chairman/Vice-President
John A. Bohn to Chairman/President of Exim Bank;
specific complaints from Westinghouse and General Electric regarding Exim Bank loans for nuclear power projects in Mexico and
Egypt; Congressional concerns about maintaining funding levels for Exim Bank, opposition to elimination of Exim
Bank, administration proposals to move from actual loans to loan guarantees, specific
complaints about loss of export business due to Exim
Bank non-competitive financing and ways Exim Bank’s
loans benefit the U.S. economy; S. 5869 to extend and amend the Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945 past its end date of September 30, 1983; S. 1310 to increase
U.S. involvement with the regional development banks; White House opposition to
H.R. 2957 forcing set-asides for small businesses within Exim
Bank; requests to the President to assist in securing funding for projects in
Nigeria, Bolivia and Iraq; H.R. 5548 to extend and amend the Export Import Bank
Act of 1945 through 1992; administration objections the portions of H.R. 5548
excluding Exim Bank involvement in Angola and
“Marxist-Leninist” countries and using wheat as bonus part of the loan
guarantees, restoration of Exim Bank funding for
projects in Iraq and Exim Bank 1988 testimony before
Congress on the financial health of the bank.
FG127 Farm Credit Administration (0.5 l.ft.; Box 56-57)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations for,
nominations to and resignations from the twelve district Farm Credit
Administration boards throughout the United States; Congressional objections to
the move of District Five from New Orleans to Jackson, MS; several citizen
protests against Farm Credit Administration sale of bankrupt farming properties
and its effects on local pricing and markets; and agency response to a
mandatory review of internal accounting practices.
In
1985, Public Law 99-205 (the Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1985) was
enacted. This bill responded to a
growing 1980s crisis in farming, farm ownership, access to credit and the
financial difficulties of the Farm Credit Administration by revising the selection
and composition of the Farm Credit Administration Board. Previously the 12
members from the districts along with the Department of Agriculture
representative chose the Governor of the Board to act as Chief Executive
Officer. P.L. 99-205 revised this
procedure to create a three member board chosen by the President. The President
would then designate one of the three members as the Chairman/Chief Executive.
The material from the second administration within this secondary subject category
relates to recommendations of individuals for these three posts; the status of
the resigning Governor and legal methods to appoint an acting executive and
numerous complaints from Congress and agricultural trade groups regarding the
long delay in appointing the first two members of this board and the even
longer delay in appointing the third member.
FG128 Federal Communications Commission (2 l.ft.; Box 57-62)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
resignations and nominations to be members of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC); designating Mark Fowler as Chairman; copies of Fowler
speeches; replacement of Fowler with Dennis Patrick after his 1987 resignation;
extending the appointment of James Quello; requests
for black or Hispanic members on the FCC; applications and difficulties in
obtaining “low-power” television licenses; deregulation of the broadcast
industry; political control of the Commission; positions on repealing or
retaining the “Fairness Doctrine” providing equal air time for opposing views; repeal
of the long-standing Financial Interest and Syndication rule preventing
television networks from syndicating programming or having financial interest
in a program produced by another entity; applications for amateur radio
operating licenses; numerous public complaints about FCC interference with
religious broadcasters especially the denial of a renewal of licenses for the
Faith Center, Inc. of Glendale, California; complaints about FCC regulation to
allow “indecent” programming between 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM; early satellite
television users complaints about FCC interference; studies of “access” charges
in the newly deregulated telephone industry; comments on the functioning of the
FCC and appointments from long-time Reagan friend, Ward Quaal
and political maneuvering over the final two appointments by Reagan to the FCC
FG129 Federal Council on the Aging (0.5 l.ft;
Box 62-63)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations, resignations,
nominations and reappointments for members of the Federal Commission on Aging;
termination of holdover appointments in 1981; annual reports of the Commission
for 1980-1987; and photo opportunities for the Commission with the President in
1982 and proposed in 1988.
FG130 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (0.5 l.ft.; Box 63-65)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
resignations, nominations and selection of Chairman for the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC); a Treasury assessment of the viability of the
FDIC in face of weakness in the savings & loan bank industry; Congressional
testimony, articles and speeches by Chairman William Issacs;
discussions of deregulation within the banking industry; review of 1984
amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; fact sheet on the financial
condition of Continental Illinois Bank; solicitations from several law firms
for FDIC assigned work; citizens complaints about the actions of the FDIC and problems
with failing banks; warnings that failing banks could adversely impact the
federal budget for fiscal year 1989 and beyond and faulty FDIC reporting on
these budget figures; annual reports for FDIC for 1981-1987 and a historic
review of the first 50 years of the agency.
FG131 Federal Election Commission (0.6 l.ft.; Box 65-66)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the withdrawal of
President Jimmy Carter’s nominations, recommendations, new nominations, and
reappointments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC); recommendation that
campaigns use Certified Public Accountants as part of their reporting process
to FEC; legal questions regarding the requirement for confidentiality of the
FEC’s rulings and complaints, and FEC rulings on how to apply honorariums as
“outside income;” the FEC audit of the 1980 Reagan campaign; accusations of
political bias in FEC decisions especially against conservative groups;
1983-1988 legislative recommendations of the Commission; annual reports of the
Commission for 1981-1986; and political maneuvering regarding the reappointment
of long-time serving commissioner Thomas Harris and the White House’s use of
recess appointments and refusal to reappoint Harris.
FG133 Federal Executive Boards (1 folder; Box 66)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the Buffalo, New York
Federal Executive Board 1984 annual report and concern from the Board on the
security of the Buffalo federal building; an invitation to John Svahn to speak to the Seattle Federal Executive Board, and
a brief discussion of whether the Reagan administration is going to support the
continuation of Federal Executive Boards.
FG134 Federal Home Loan Bank Board (1.5 l.ft.; Box 66-70)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the protests and
support for the move of the ninth district Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB)
from Little Rock, Arkansas to Dallas, Texas; recommendations, resignations and
nominations for the Board, the district Boards, and the General Counsel of the
Board; extensive support campaigns for J. Danny Wall and Philip Winn to replace
Edwin J. Gray as Chairman of the Board; deregulation of the banking industry;
accusations of re-regulation by the Board; regulations to assist the savings
& loan industry; a paper on how to by-pass local rent control laws using
Federal loans; the new use of adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) by the savings
& loan banks; a report from the FHLBB Task Group on Regulation of Financial
Services; the use of brokered funds in savings & loan banks; legality of
the sale of FreddieMac stock dividends to Federal
Home Loan Bank Boards; complaints and problems
regarding specific savings & loan banks; legislation to recapitalize
savings & loan banks; long running argument between the Office of
Management & Budget and the Board on how to apportion all funding; speeches,
testimony and reports from Chairman Edwin J. Gray; ethical investigation of
Gray and his travel expenses and association with the U.S. Savings League; and
ethics allegations against Board member Lee Henkel.
FG135 Federal Interagency Committee on Education (2 folders; Box 70)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to creating the Federal
Interagency Committee on Education by the President designating the various
Cabinet departments; agencies and individuals as member of the Committee;
notices of various meetings; meeting minutes from 1985 and 1988 meetings; and
information on the Federal Employees Literacy Training Program.
FG136 Federal Labor Relations Authority (0.9 l.ft.; Box 70-72)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to creation of a role in
the administration for the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA);
recommendations, resignations and appointments to the Authority; how to cover the released General Counsel of
the Authority and recommendations for the position; General Counsel request for
definition of the extent of his autonomy within the Authority; request from
Chairman Barbara Mahone for qualified executives for
the Authority; FLRA certification of possible representatives for air traffic
controllers; a lengthy ruling on contentions between the International
Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots vs. the Panama Canal Commission, and
annual reports for the FLRA for 1980-1987.
FG136-01 Federal Service Impasses Panel (3 folders; Box 72-73)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to resignation,
appointments and recommendations for members and the chairman of the Federal
Service Impasses Panel; appointment of the President’s personal friend Roy M.
Brewer as a member and chairman in late 1983; Brewer’s disagreements with the
Office of Management and Budget and the Federal Labor Relations Authority over
the money allocated for the Panel; the possible reappointment of Robert Howlett as chairman of the Panel and his subsequent death
as a panel member in 1988; and concerns about the “pro-labor” stance of the
panel during the early part of the Reagan administration.
FG137 Federal Maritime Commission (0.4 l.ft.; Box 73)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to determining an acting
chairman in early 1981; appointment of Alan “Punch” Green as commissioner and
chairman in 1982; annual reports from Chairman Green on the activities and
actions of the Commission; conflict between the White House and the Department
of Transportation with Chairman Green and his publically stated positions
contravening administration positions on de-regulation and some privatization of
the Commission’s functions; preparatory reports for a meeting with Chairman
Green at the White House in September 1982; The Shipping Act of 1984 effects on
the Commission and its functions; nomination of Edward Hickey to be Chairman
after Chairman Green’s early resignation in 1984; questions about Hickey’s
suitability to be Chairman; the death of Chairman Hickey and the appointment of
Elaine Chao as Chairman; Congressman Van de Jagt
objections to a Presidential pocket veto of funding for state marine academies
and Department of Commerce opposition to consolidation of certain maritime
transportation regulation within the Commission.
FG138 Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (0.1 l.ft.; Box 73-74)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to resignations,
recommendations and appointments as Director of the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service; a complaint from the Kansas mediation region regarding
misuse of the budget by the Washington, DC office; an unsuccessful attempt for
a meeting of Director Kay McMurray and the President following the negotiated
settlement of the 1983 Greyhound strike; the possibility of appointing Teamster
head Jackie Presser to an advisory committee for the Service; the 1988 report
of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Mediation and Conciliation; and
Annual Reports for the Service for 1979-1981.
FG138-01 National Labor Management Panel (1 folder; Box 74)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to a Panel disbanded by
the 1972 Federal Advisory Committee Act. The material is a single case file
regarding the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
requesting and receiving White House legal advice on the possible re chartering
of this panel.
FG139 Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Board
of Review
(Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library
FG140 Federal National Mortgage Association (0.2 l.ft.; Box 74-75)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
appointments and resignations of the five Board members out of the 15-member
Board of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) controlled by
the President. It also contains material relating to new Director David
Maxwell’s attempts to return Fannie Mae to solvency using new financing
solutions; Office of Management and Budget (OMB) conflicts with Maxwell and his
perceived anti-administration statements and positions; strategies for
privatization of Fannie Mae; a 1983 annual report for the Association;
legislation altering loss accounting practices for Fannie Mae and OMB
suggestions of using the Department of Housing and Urban Development regulation
of the Association to bring it under some administration control.
FG142 Federal Regional Council (0.2 l.ft.; Box 74)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the termination of all
chairmen for Federal Regional Councils as of February 1981; Executive Order
12314 reorganizing and reducing the number of Federal Regional Councils;
appointment of chairmen to new Federal Regional Councils; an Office of
Management and Budget report on the newly reorganized Councils; 1983 Executive
Order 12407 eliminating all Federal Regional Councils and a memo from OMB
describing all the procedures for shutting down the Councils.
FG142-01 Under Secretaries
Group for Regional Operators
(Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library
FG143 Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors (2 1.ft.;
Box 75-80)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to speeches and
Congressional testimony of Board members but particularly Chairman of the
Federal Reserve System Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan; both support and
opposition to Paul Volcker as Chairman of the Federal Reserve and his monetary
policies; recommendations, resignations and appointments of Board members;
repeated calls from the public and Congress to put a Board member with a small
business or agriculture background on the Board; public correspondence stating
anti-Federal Reserve positions and calling for its abolishment; copies of the
semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress by the Federal Reserve;
suggested reorganizations of the Board including changing term length and more
direct administration and Congressional control and accountability; corporate
objections to proposed Federal Reserve regulations of the debt and capital
markets; the swearing-in ceremony for new Chairman Alan Greenspan in June 1987;
and general discussion of monetary policy of the United States.
FG144 Federal Safety Council (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library.
FG145 Federal Trade Commission (0.6 l.ft;
Box 80-81)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
resignations and appointments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) including
Chairmen James C. Miller and Daniel Oliver; withdrawal of nominees Keith Adkinson and Susan E. Phillips; several required
semi-annual reports to Congress on the affects of voluntary compliance with the
International Energy Program on small businesses and competition; a speech by
Chairman Miller; complaints from companies and business owners regarding unfair
or harassing practices of the FTC with requests for White House involvement;
and some direct consumer complaints.
During
the 1980s, the Commission was attempting to define the extent of its authority
to regulate “unfair” or “deceptive” practices within the professions such as
doctors, engineers, attorneys, etc. The
FTC often used this issue as a bargaining tool during the negotiations over its
reauthorization. This category contains material relating to the
Administration’s position on reauthorizing the Commission. The Administration
sought a clear definition of “unfair trade practices” and “deceptive trade
practices” in exchange for reduced authority over state-licensed professions.
This category contains material regarding H.R. 3722, H.R. 6995, and S. 1714
dealing with these issues; Administration opposition to the restrictive
amendments in S. 677 and the issue of adding insurance regulation to the
Commission’s responsibilities.
FG147 Four Corners Regional Commission (Terminated) (1 folder; Box 81)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the termination of the
co-chairman of this Commission, Gary Blakeley, and a letter from Utah House of
Representatives Member Dorothea Masur commending the
President for dissolution of the Commission and concern that it may be
reconstituted in another way.
FG148 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission (2 folders; Box 81)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to Commission gratitude
for President Reagan’s approval of S.J. Res. 95 (the design of the FDR
Memorial); appointments for openings on the Commission; election of Senator
Claude Pepper as Chairman of the Commission in 1987 and the Office of
Management and Budget’s approval of initial expenditure of $5 million for the
start of construction on the Memorial.
FG149 General Services Administration (GSA) (1.9 l.ft.; Box 82-86)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
appointments, and resignations of persons at the General Services
Administration including Administrators Gerald P. Carmen and Terrence C.
Golden; the unsuccessful appointments of Jack Courtemanche
and John Alderson to be Administrator; controversy over financial disclosure of
Administrator Carmen’s SBA loan; acquisition and management of the United
States stockpile of strategic materials; plans and strategies to improve
management at the GSA including the sale of excess government real estate;
reduction and revision of supply services, consolidation of space for
government offices, and a reduction in regions; GSA conversion from multiple
contracts to single source and complaints about this change; GSA efforts to
change the lease/buy options on federal space and the Office of Management and
Budget objections to this proposal; information systems management; bidding on
the entire federal telecommunications contract; the actions of the Property
Review Board; reports on federal audio-visual activity, the final use of
set-asides for “labor surplus areas “ and the investigation of the Director of
the USIA Charles Wick’s recording of telephone conversations; complaints from
failed bidders for GSA contracts, complaints from the Central District Court of
California about its space and GSA policies and complaints from the general
public
FG149-01 Advisory Committee, Federal Buildings, National
Capital Region
(Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library.
FG149-03 Federal Supply Service (1 folder; Box 86)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations for
Commissioner of the Federal Supply Service and Assistant Administrator for
Federal Supply and Services; and General Services Administrator comments on the
conversion of the Federal Supply Service to a full cost recovery basis and its
conversion from a mandatory to a “preferred” service.
FG149-04 National Archives & Records Service (See
FG420 after 04/01/1985)
(0.5 l.ft; Box 86-88)
This
secondary subject category contains material related to recommendations for
Archivist of the United States and the resignation of Archivist Robert Warner;
American Historical Association concerns about the deteriorating conditions of
the National Archives under the General Services Administration (GSA);
reorganization plans for the Archives; S.905 and H.R.3987, legislation to
re-establish the National Archives as an independent agency; White House staff
positions on the possible independence of the National Archives; reports on
records disposal, preservation of electronic records, general records schedule
and document standards; protests by former President Nixon staff members of the
proposed release of Nixon’s “special files;” GSA Administrator Gerald Carmen’s
removal of James O’Neill as head of Presidential Libraries and his later
reinstatement of O’Neill; status of National Archives White House liaison staff
and their 1984 return to the National Archives; and possible events on the
signing of S. 905 on October 19, 1984 for the independence of the National
Archives and Records Administration on April 1, 1985.
FG149-05 National General Service Public Advisory Council (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library.
FG149-06 Property Management and Disposal Service (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library.
FG149-07 Public Buildings Service (1 folder; Box 88)
This
secondary subject category contains material related to the unsuccessful
inclusion in the Public Building Act of 1981 an appointment and Senate
confirmation requirement for the Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service;
personnel recommendation to the Public Buildings Service and an additional
legislative attempt to make the Commissioner a Senate confirmation position in
H.R. 2402 and new General Services Administrator Terry Golden’s reluctance to
comment on this provision.
FG149-08 Transportation and Communications Service (1 folder; Box 88)
This
secondary subject category contains material related to 1981 draft testimony of
Commissioner Frank Carr of the Automated Data and Telecommunications Service
regarding telecommunications issues facing federal users in the 1980s. It is unclear if the Transportation and
Communications Service existed in the Reagan Administration but we chose to
leave this case file within this category.
FG149-09 Information Security Oversight Office (0.1 l.ft.; Box 88)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to gratitude to Steven Garfinkel the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)
for their contributions in creating and carrying out various aspects of E.O.
12356; ISOO program review of the National Security Council; a William Clark
letter praising the work of Steven Garfinkel; Presidential
“thank-you” letters for the Annual Report of ISOO and the actual 1986 and 1987
report.
FG149-10 Inspector General, Office of (GSA) (2 folders; Box 88)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations for
Inspector General; nomination of Joseph Sickon and
William Barton; resignation of Sickon; and an
investigation of Sickon’s downgrading of Deputy
Inspector General John Wynes
FG150 Geothermal Energy Coordination and Management
Project (1
folder;
Box 88)
This
secondary subject category contains a single case file including the seventh
annual Interagency Geothermal Coordination Council Report for fiscal year 1982.
FG151 Great Lakes Basin Commission (Terminated) (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library. This commission was terminated
on 09/30/1981.
FG152 Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Board of
Trustees
(0.1 l.ft; Box 88)
This
secondary subject category contains material regarding recommendations and
nominations of Board members; the annual reports for the Foundation; Senator
William Proxmire’s inquiry regarding security
clearances for Margaret Truman Daniel; and the recall of the commission for
Mayor Richard Crawford of Tulsa, Oklahoma who lost his re-election attempt and
thus, his eligibility for the Board.
FG153 Hopi-Navajo Land Settlement Interagency
Committee
(Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library. This Committee created by
Executive Order in President Ford’s administration was terminated on
08/17/1982.
FG154 Indian Claims Commission (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library. This Commission was created by
Congress in 1946. It was terminated on 09/30/1978 and all remaining claims were
turned over to the United States Court of Claims.
FG156 Interagency Classification Review Committee
(Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library. This Committee was superseded
by the Information Security Oversight Office on 12/01/1978. Please see
FG149-09.
FG157 Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees (2 folders; Box 88)
This
secondary subject category contains material related to a draft Executive Order
correcting items in the current Executive Order which no longer applied. It called for the transfer of membership from
the now defunct Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to
the Secretary of Education and adding the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
FG158 Interagency Economic Adjustment Committee (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library. This Committee was formed in
1970 to marshal the federal programs for assistance with any displacement or
economic hardships caused by military base closures, realignments or
reassignments. It appears to have been
active only during the Nixon administration.
FG159 Inter-American Foundation (0.2 l.ft.; Box 89)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to Congressional concerns
about the possible “politicizing” of the Foundation; recommendations for
Foundation Board members; selection of California businessman Victor Blanco as
Chairman in 1982; the resignation / “firing” of Peter Bell as President of the
Foundation; selection of Deborah Szekely as the new
President; attempts by Victor Blanco and Vice Chairman Harold Phillips to
remove Szekely as President; a review of Harold
Phillips’ contacts with possible grant recipients on his travels in El
Salvador; and further nominations to the Board
FG160 Interdepartment(al) Committee on Internal Security (Empty)
The
White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within
this secondary subject category to the Library. This Committee was created as
an independent unit under the NSC in 1949. It was later transferred to the
Department of Justice by President Kennedy in 1962. We have been unable to find any known records
for this group beyond the Nixon administration.
FG162 Interagency Committee for the Purchase of U.S.
Savings Bonds (2
folders; Box 89)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the reviving of this
Committee and the selection of various Chairmen including Secretary of
Transportation Drew Lewis, Secretary of Housing and Urban Welfare Samuel
Pierce, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Secretary of the Interior
Donald Hodel.
FG163 Interstate Commerce Commission (0.8 l.ft.; Box 89-91)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to recommendations,
reappointments, appointments and resignations from the Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC); selection of Reese Taylor and Heather Gradison
as Chairman of the Commission; questions on the suitability of Heather Gradison; a report on the effects of trucking deregulation
on smaller markets; 1982 conference proceedings on ICC enforcement practices;
White House staff and Cabinet views on whether to proceed with deregulation of
transportation industries; recommendations from the Task Force on Regulatory
Relief to complete all deregulation, disperse any remaining functions of the
ICC and “sunset” the Commission in 1987; protests from various industries that
deregulated railway rates were too high for “captive” markets, particularly the
coal industry; consumer complaints regarding moving van lines, and railroad
right-of-ways; and worker’s complaints about layoffs and strikes in the rail
industry.
FG164 Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin
FG165 James Madison Memorial
Commission
FG166 Joint Federal-State Land
Use Planning Commission for Alaska
FG167 Coordinating Council onJuvenile Justice &
Delinquency Prevention
FG167-01 Juvenile Justice &
Delinquency National Advisory Committee
FG168 Legal Service
Corporation, Board of Directors of the
FG171 Marine Mammal Commission
FG172 Missouri River Basin
Commission (Terminated)
FG173 National Academy of
Sciences
FG174 National Advisory Council
on Low Income Housing
FG175 National Advisory Council
on Oceans and Atmosphere
FG176 National Advisory Council
on Adult Education
FG177 National Advisory Council
on Educational Professions Development
FG178 National Advisory Council
on Education of Disadvantage Children
FG179 Advisory Council on
Extension and Continuing Education
FG180 National Advisory Council
on Equality of Educational Opportunity
FG181 National Advisory Council on Indian Education (0.4 ft.).
A
secondary subject category containing memos, letters, and reports regarding
nominees and possible nominees to the Council, recommendation letters, 2
reports from the Council, and some concern about the functions and
effectiveness of the Council from two former Council members.
FG182 National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial
Policies (1.3 l.ft.)
This secondary category
contains the annual reports to the President of the National Advisory Council
on International Monetary and Financial Policies. The material includes transmittal memos from
the Chairman of the Advisory Council and the report for the years 1980-1985,
and 1987. The category also includes
transmittal memos and reports on the proposed increase in the resources of the
Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Fund, May 1983; the proposed
increase in the resources of the Inter-American Development Bank, May 1983; and
the Membership in the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, March 1986.
FG183 National Advisory Council
on Supplementary Centers & Services
FG184 National Council on Vocational Education (0.4 linear ft.)
A
secondary subject category containing numerous unsolicited letters of
recommendation for appointees to the Council; routine White House letters
regarding the numerous recommendations; several resumes for recommended people;
several letters of resignation from Council members; a 1984 report from the
Council titled “A National at Work: Education and the Private Sector”; and
several memos re press announcement of Council resignations and or
appointments.
FG185 National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
FG185-01 Inspector General, Office of,
NASA
FG186 National Alliance of
Business
FG187 National Capital Planning
Commission
FG189 National Commission on
Electronic Fund Transfers
FG190 National Commission on
Individual Rights
FG191 National Commission on
Libraries and Information Science
FG192 National Commission on
Manpower Policy
FG196 National Commission on
Supplies and Shortages
FG197 National Commission on
Water Quality
FG198 National Corporation of
Housing Partnerships
FG199 National Council on
Federal Disaster Assistance
FG201 National Council on
Quality in Education
FG202 National Credit Union Administration
A secondary subject category
containing material relating to appointments to the National Credit Union
Administration and its Board; and NCUA annual reports and accounting reports.
FG202-01 National Credit Union Board
A secondary subject category
containing material relating to appointments to the National Credit Union
Administration Board.
FG203 National Foundation on
the Arts and Humanities
FG203-01 Federal Council on the Arts
and Humanities
FG203-02 National Endowment for the
Arts
FG203-03 National Endowment for the
Humanities
FG204 National Historical
Publications and Records Commission
FG205 National Home Ownership
Foundation
FG206 National Institute for
Building Sciences
FG207 National Labor Relations
Board
FG208 National Mediation Board
FG209 National Park Foundation
FG210 National Railroad
Passenger Corporation
FG210-01 Financial Investment Advisory
Panel
FG211 National Science
Foundation
FG211-01 National Science Board
FG212 National
Study Commission on Records and Documents of Federal
Officials
FG213 National Transportation
Policy Study Commission
FG214 National Transportation
Safety Board
FG215 New England Regional
Commission (Terminated)
FG216 New England River Basins
Commission (Terminated
FG217 Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC)
FG218 Occupational Safety and
Health Review Commission
FG219 Ohio River Basin
Commission (Terminated)
FG220 Old West Regional
Commission (Terminated)
FG221 Overseas Private
Investment Corporation
FG222 Ozarks Regional
Commission (Terminated
FG223 Pacific Northwest
Regional Commission (Terminated)
FG224 Pacific Northwest River
Basin Commission (Terminated)
FG226 Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation
FG227 Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation
FG228 Permanent Committee for
the Olive Wendell Holmes Devise
FG229 President’s Biomedical
Research Panel
FG230 President’s Cancer Panel
FG232 President’s Commission on
Executive Exchange
FG233 President’s Commission on
White House Fellowships
FG234 President’s Committee on
Employment of People with Disabilities
FG235 President’s Committee on
Mental Retardation
FG236 President’s Committee on
the National Medal of Science
FG238 President’s Committee on
Urban Development & Neighborhood
Revitalization
FG239 President’s Council on
the Aging (Terminated: 08/17/1982
FG240 President’s Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports
FG240-01 Citizen’s Advisory Committee
on Physical Fitness and Sports
FG240-02 Conference on Physical
Fitness and Sports
FG242 President’s Interagency
Committee on Export Expansion
FG245 Office of the Rail Public
Counsel
FG246 Railroad Retirement Board
FG247 Renegotiation Board
FG248 Sinai Interagency Board
FG249 Securities and Exchange Commission (2 ft.)
A
secondary subject category with material pertaining to unsolicited candidate
recommendations for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including a
new SEC Chairman in 1987; annual reports from the SEC to Congress; transcripts
of SEC speeches and public conferences; position papers on issues involving the
SEC; legislation potentially affecting the SEC; correspondence with the public
regarding specific SEC investigations and actions; and resignation letters from
SEC members to the President.
FG250 Securities Investor
Protection Corporation (SIPC)
FG251 Selective Service System
FG251-01 National Selective Service
Appeals Board
FG252 Small Business Administration (1.8 linear ft.; boxes 1-5).
A
secondary subject category containing information relating to appointments to
and resignations from SBA, including correspondence concerning Michael
Cardenas, James Sanders, and James Abdnor; changing
the regulations pertaining to the SBA 8(a) program; legislation concerning SBA,
including proposed legislation abolishing the SBA; and public correspondence
relating to problems involving the SBA or with SBA loans.
FG252-01 National Small Business Advisory Council (1 folder;
A secondary subject category
containing information relating to appointments to and resignations from the
National Small Business Advisory Council, and information relating to a Ronald
Reagan speech at a NSBAC reception.
FG252-02 Office of Inspector General, Small Business
Administration
(1 folder)
A secondary subject category
containing information relating to appointments and resignations of the staff
of the Office of Inspector General, SBA.
FG253 Smithsonian Institution
FG253-01 Advisory Committee on the
Arts
FG253-01 John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts
FG253-02 Joseph H. Hirschhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden
FG253-03 National Air and Space Museum
FG253-04 National Armed Forces Museum
Advisory Board
FG253-05 National Gallery of Art
FG253-06 Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars
FG254 Student Loan Marketing
Association
FG256 Susquehanna River Basin
Commission
FG257 Tahoe Regional Planning
Agency
FG258 Task Forces
FG258-01 Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief (2.1 ft.)
This secondary subject category
contains memos, status reports, summaries of agency compliance, correspondence,
talking points, testimonies before Congressional subcommittees and Task Force
briefing books. This material details
the disbanning of Carter’s 1978 Regulatory Council,
the implementation of President Reagan’s EO 12291, the working of the task
force, and the termination of the Task Force in August on 1983.
FG258-02 Task Force on
Automobile Industry
FG258-03 Task Force on Immigration and Refugee Policy (0.2 ft.)
This
secondary subject category contains memoranda relating to the establishment of
the Task Force, agenda, background material, and briefing papers for the April
15, 28, and 30, 1981 meetings, the draft presidential decision memo and papers
for the April 28 and April 30, 1981 meetings, the draft report discussed at the
May 21, 1981 meeting and some public correspondence. Also included are memoranda, Cuban/Haitian
problem, legal immigration and refugee admission, illegal immigration and
refugee benefits and services.
FG258-04 Task Force on Aircraft Crew
Complement
FG258-05 Coordinating Task Force on
Federalism
FG258-06 Task Force on
Telecommunications Policy (Commerce
Department)
FG258-07 Task Force on Puerto Rican
Problems
FG258-08 Presidential Task Force on
the Arts and Humanities
FG258-09 Task Force on Military Manpower (.5 ft.)
A
secondary subject category containing reports, issue papers, memos, and letters
regarding the work and final report of the Task Force on Military Manpower,
particularly regarding the continuation of the registration of draft age
citizens, military pay versus civilian pay, living and working conditions in
the military, retention of career military personnel, civilian manpower levels
in the military and education benefits for both civilian and military
personnel.
FG258-10 Communications Task Force (14 pp.)
Material
in this secondary subject category pertains to the initial assigning of staff
to the Task Force.
FG258-11 Task Force on Social Security (193 pp)
This
secondary category pertains to the creation of the President’s Blue Ribbon
Commission on Social Security. The
records consist of memorandums pertaining to the duties and funding of the Commission
(or Task Force), recommendations for membership, and draft executive orders
creating the Commission.
FG258-12 Task Force on Entitlements (1 folder)
This
secondary category pertains to the Task Force on Entitlements. The records consist of a list of participants
and a memorandum regarding the first meeting of the Task Force.
FG258-13 Task Force on Revenue Enhancements (1 folder)
This
is a secondary category that consists of an October 1981 memo regarding the
initial meeting of the Task Force Staff Working Group.
FG258-14 President’s Task force on
Private Sector Initiatives
FG258-15 Task Force on Legal Equity for Women (2.1 ft.)
This
secondary category contains memoranda, drafts, executive orders,
correspondence, congressional testimony and quarterly reports relating to
women’s equality, particularly within the numerous government agencies.
FG258-17 President’s Task Force on
Victims of Crime
FG 258-18 Task Force on Civil Rights
Organization
(0.1ft)
A secondary subject
category containing materials relating to the composition of the Task Force and its
Chairman.
FG258-19 International Private
Enterprise Task Force
FG258-20 Acid Precipitation Task Force (0.3 ft.)
A secondary category containing
memoranda pertaining to acid rain and appointments to the Acid Precipitation
Task Force. Also included are National Acid Precipitation
Assessment Program reports from 1983, 1985, and 1988.
FG258-21 Task Force on Food Assistance
FG258-22 Task Force on Project Economic Justice (0.25 ft.)
This
secondary category pertains to the Task Force’s public meetings (including
background materials distributed), its final report and the President’s
reception of this report, and personnel and scheduling matters. The main purpose of the task force was to
make recommendations that would help privatize state-owned businesses in
FG258-23 Task Force on Adoption
FG258-24 Task Force on Market Mechanisms (0.2 ft.)
This
secondary category contains memoranda and press briefings relating to the
Executive Order 12614 which established the task force, staffing the task
force, the draft and final task force reports, and testimony regarding the
final report.
FG259 Tennessee
Valley Authority
FG260 Trade
Policy Committee
FG260-01 Trade
Negotiations Committee
FG264 United States
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
FG266 United States
Information Agency (See FG298)
FG267 United States
International Trade Commission (USITC)
FG268 United States Metric Board (0.1 linear ft.)
A
secondary subject category, pertaining to the United State Metric Board that
consists of correspondence regarding the recommendation of several Board
members from Congressmen, the Governor of Virginia, and the public; the
responses from the White House to this correspondence; several resumes; a memo
regarding the proposed termination of the Metric Board in the 1983 Budget; and
a draft and original of the President’s Statement on Termination of the US
Metric Board [this is noted that the statement was not issued.]
FG269 United States Postal
Service
FG269-01 United States Postal Service
Board of Governors
FG269-02 Postal Service Advisory
Council
FG269-03 Postal Rate Commission (.22 ft)
This secondary category consists of
files on The United States Postal Commission, from the collection of WHORM
Subject Files; the Knauer, Virginia: Files; and the
Moorhead, Jay: Files.
The material to be opened consists letters, memos,
lecture transcripts, resumes and dockets concerning The United States Postal
Commission and the appointments of new members to the Postal Rate Commission.
FG269-04 Postmasters – Post Offices
FG270 Untied States Railway
Association
FG271 United
States Sinai Support Mission
FG272 United States Territorial
Expansion Memorial Commission
FG273 Upper Great Lakes
Regional Commission (Terminated)
FG274 Upper Mississippi River
Basin Commission (Terminated)
FG275 Upper Missouri Regional
Commission (Terminated)
FG276 Veterans Administration (1.75 ft.)
This
category contains memoranda, correspondence, reports, briefings, and notes
pertaining to Veterans Administration issues.
Topics include the appointment of Administrators, the controversial
tenure and resignation of Administrator Peter Nimmo, claims by veterans
and their families against the VA, establishing the VA as a cabinet level
agency, and VA budget and administrative matters.
FG276-01 Board of Veterans Appeals
FG276-02 Inspector General, Office of,
VA
FG277 Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority
FG278 Water Resources Council
FG279 Western Interstate
Nuclear Board
FG280 Woodrow Wilson Memorial
Commission
FG281 National Commission on
Unemployment Compensation
FG282 National Health Resources
Advisory Board
FG284 Presidential Advisory
Board on Ambassadorial Appointments
FG286 United States Circuit
Judge Nominating Commission
FG286-01 Nominating Panels (Circuit
Judge) – Terminated 05/05/1981
FG288 Strategy Council (Drug
Abuse)
FG289 National Commission on
Employment & Unemployment Statistics
FG290 Committee on Selection of
Federal Judicial Officers
FG291 Southwest Border Regional
Commission (Terminated)
FG294 Statistical Policy
Coordination Committee
FG296 National Commission on
Social Security (Terminated)
FG297 Advisory Committee on
Balanced National Growth & Development
FG298 United States Information Agency (2.5 ft.;
Memo, reports, correspondence. Topics include the agency’s office space
requirements, mission statement, staff appointments, Voice of America matters,
USICA name change back to USIA, and other administrative material; information
about Director Charles Wick (including his involvement in taping
conversations), an alleged “blacklist” used by the agency, foreign press
coverage of Ronald Reagan’s speeches, and USIA initiatives to articulate U.S.
policies abroad. Also includes USIA
information products.
FG298-01 Voice of America (0.7 ft.; boxes 1-2)
Correspondence, memos. Letters from public and others about VOA
appointments, VOA editorials, foreign press coverage, VOA reports, and efforts
to modernize VOA.
FG299 United States Advisory
Commission on Public Diplomacy
FG300 President’s
Advisory Committee for Women
(1 folder)
This
committee, which was formed under President Carter, was discontinued early in
the Reagan Administration. Its function was to advise the President on
Government initiatives needed to promote full equality for women. The material
in this subject category relates to the issue of abolishing the Committee, and
to unsolicited recommendations for Committee membership.
FG302 National Commission on
Air Quality
FG304 Federal Mine Safety and
Health Review Commission
FG308 United States Tax Court
Nominating Commission (Terminated
05/05/1981
FG309 President’s Commission on
Pension Policy
FG310 Interagency Coordinating
Council (Terminated : 08/17/1982)
FG312 Energy Coordinating
Committee (Terminated: 08/17/1982)
FG313 Judicial Nominating
Commission of Puerto Rico
FG314 Veterans Federal
Coordinating Committee Council
FG315 National Productivity
Council (Terminated: 08/17/1982)
FG317 Regulatory Council
FG317-01 Regulatory Analysis Review
Group
FG318 Merit Systems Protection
Board
FG319 Office of Personnel
Management (OPM)
FG319-01 Government Ethics, Office of
FG319-02 Federal Prevailing Rate
Advisory Committee
FG320 Special Panel on Appeals
for Discriminatory Cases
FG321 National Consumer
Cooperative Bank Board of Directors
FG321-01 Office of Self-Help
Development and Technical Assistance
FG322 Select Commission on
Immigration and Refugee Policy
FG323 Endangered Species Committee
FG324 Interagency Committee on Handicapped Research
FG325 Mid-Atlantic Regional Commission
FG326 Mid-South Regional Commission
FG327 Mid-America Regional Commission
FG328 Architectural and Transportation Barrier
Compliance Board
FG329 Interagency Committee on Refugee Affairs
FG330 Advisory Committee on Libraries and
Information Service
FG331 Federal Emergency
Management Agency
(1 ft.;
A
secondary subject category containing information relating to appointments to
and resignations from FEMA positions, including correspondence concerning Louis
Giuffrida and Julius Becton, Jr.; the role of FEMA in
civil defense matters; the alleged misconduct of FEMA officials; the alleged
misuse of funds at the National Emergency Training Center; and public
correspondence relating to complaints about FEMA regulations for the National
Flood Insurance Program.
FG331-01 United States Fire Administration
FG331-02 Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
FG331-03 Federal Preparedness Agency
FG331-04 Flood Insurance Administration
FG331-05 Federal Insurance Administration
FG333 National Commission for Employment Policy
FG334 Executive Group to Combat Fraud and Waste in
Government
FG336 President’s Export Council (Extended until
09/30/1984)
FG337 Interagency Committee on
Women’s Business Enterprise
(0.2 ft.)
This
organization was first created in the 1970s, allowed to expire, then refounded in 1983. It
promoted, coordinated, and monitored Government efforts to assist women-owned
businesses through information dissemination, awarding of job contracts, and
other means. Material in this subject category documents Committee personnel
matters; the Committee’s work with Cabinet departments and agencies; and the
1987 annual report of the Committee to the President.
FG338 National Alcohol Fuels Commission
FG339 National Academy of Peace and Conflict
Resolution
FG340 Office of Inspector for Alaska Gas
Transportation System
FG340-01 Executive Policy Board
FG341 President’s Commission for
the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral
Research
(0.4 l.ft.)
As its title stated, this Commission was
established (in 1978) to study and report on ethical and legal implications
related to medicine, biomedical research, and behavioral research. Records in
this subject category include draft and final copies of Commission reports,
correspondence regarding controversial Commission findings on topics such as
euthanasia and genetic screening, requests from Commission members to present
their final report to President Reagan in person, legislation extending the
Commission’s life for three months beyond its original December 1982
termination, and Commission member resignation letters and other routine
personnel matters.
FG342 United States
International Development Cooperation Agency
FG342-01 Institute for Scientific
& Technical Cooperation
FG342-02 Council on International
Scientific & Technical Cooperation
FG342-03 Agency for International
Development (A.I.D.)
FG343 Federal Legal Council
FG344 Commission on the Review
of the Federal Impact Aid Program
FG345 Northern Mariana Islands
Commission on Federal Law
FG346 Emergency Management
Council
FG348 Consumer Affairs Council
FG349 Panama Canal Commission
FG349-01 Panama Canal Commission
Supervisory Board
FG350 National Advisory
Community Investment Board
FG351 President’s Commission
for National Agenda for the Eighties
FG352 United States Holocaust
Memorial Council
FG352-01 Citizens Committee on
Conscience
FG353 National Commission on
Alcoholism & Alcohol-Related Programs
FG355 Advisory Committee on
Small and Minority Business Ownership
0.3 ft.)
This
committee, which had been terminated before President Reagan took office, was
re‑established in 1982. Its purpose was to increase and promote
contracting and subcontracting opportunities for minority-owned small
businesses. Material in this subcategory documents the appointing and
resignations of Committee members; correspondence between the White House and
R. Miller Hicks, who served as chairman in 1982; proposals for Committee
meetings with President Reagan; and the Committee’s annual reports to the
President.
FG356 State Planning Council on
Radioactive Waste Management
FG357 Radiation Policy Council
(Terminated: 08/17/1982)
FG358 President’s Committee on
International Labor Organzation
FG359 Nuclear Safety Overnight Committee
(Terminated)
FG360 Motor Carrier Ratemaking
Study Commission
FG361 United States Synthetic
Fuels Corporation, Board of Directors0
FG361-01 Inspector General (Synthetic
Fuels Corporation)
FG362 Supplemental Health
Insurance Panel
FG363 White House Coal Advisory
Council, Terminated 12/31/1982
FG364 Commission on Wartime
Relocation and Internment of Civilians (0.1 l.ft.)
This
secondary subject category contains information pertaining to the Commission on
Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians which was established by P.L.
96-317 to review the relocation and internment of American citizens and
permanent resident aliens of Japanese and Aleut descent, including the
residents of the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands, after United States entry into
World War II, and to recommend “appropriate remedies”. The material contains memoranda and
correspondence relating to the establishment of the Commission, appointments to
the Commission, the work of the Commission and reaction to the Commission’s
recommendations, including correspondence from former President Gerald Ford
recommending Robert E. Mayer for appointment to the Commission. Also included
are draft minutes for the
FG365 Tahoe Federal Coordinating Council
FG366 National Commission on Student Financial
Assistance
FG367 Interagency Employee Benefit Council
(Terminated: 08/17/1982
FG368 President’s Economic Policy Advisory Board
FG369 Native
Hawaiian Study Commission (1 folder)
A
secondary subject category containing materials relating to the dismissal of
the Carter appointed members of the Native Hawaiian Study Commission; the
possible consequences of President Reagan not filling the positions;
endorsements and recommendations for possible appointees to the Commission;
appointing of new members to the Commission; and comments from a Commission
member regarding the possible controversy that might come from the final report
of the Native Hawaiian Study Commission.
Please note that this category does not contain a copy of the actual
report. A copy of the report can be
found in: Galebach, Stephen: Files, OA 11305, Native Hawaiian Study Commission (2).
FG370 President’s Council on
Integrity & Efficiency
FG370-01 Coordinating Conference of
Council of Integrity & Efficiency
FG371 Presidential Advisory
Committee on Federalism
FG372 President’s Commission on
Hostage Compensation
FG373 President’s Commission on Housing (.4 ft;
box 1)
This
secondary subject category contains materials relating to the executive order
establishing the President’s Commission on Housing, recommendations for
commission appointments, letters to the commission members, draft charter of
the commission, reports from the commission, remarks
from the President for a commission meeting, and correspondence regarding the
implementation status of the commission’s recommendations. The commission was
terminated on
FG374 Alaska Land Use Council
FG375 Presidential Commission on Broadcasting to
Cuba, Terminated
(.3 l.ft.)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to Executive Order 11030 establishing the
Presidential Commission on Broadcasting to Cuba (Radio Free Cuba/Radio Marti);
nominations and recommendations for Commission members; increase of the board
by one; status reports on Radio Marti startup; WHO radio, Des Moines, Iowa
objections to radio frequency for Radio Marti; Final Report of the Commission
to the President; establishment of the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba; recommendations
of Board members; selecting a Director for Radio Marti; public and
Congressional support for Radio Marti; and reactions to the first broadcast
days of Radio Marti.
FG377 National Productivity
Advisor Committee (Extended)
FG378 Emergency Mobilization Preparedness Board (1 l.ft.;
A secondary subject category
containing information relating to the formation and activities of the EMPB
while drafting the National Policy Statement on Emergency Mobilization
Preparedness, including meeting minutes and agendas; draft statements; reports
and briefings from working groups; and correspondence from the various federal
agencies providing information and comments to the EMPB.
FG379 National
Commission on Social Security Reform (0.4 ft.)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the Commission
reviewing the condition of the Social Security Trust Fund, and submitting its
conclusions and recommendations in early 1983. Material in this subject
category documents: Executive Orders 12335, 12397, and 14202, which pertained
to the Commission; the Commission’s work in comparison with that of the earlier
National Commission on Social Security (see FG296); memoranda pertaining to
Commission meetings; and the Commission’s final report and recommendations.
FG380 Peace Corps, 12/29/1981
FG380-01 Peace Corps Advisory Council
FG381 Property Review Board (Federal Real Property
Board)
FG382 Presidential
Commission on Drunk Driving
FG383 President’s Committee on
the Arts and Humanities
FG384 President’s Private
Sector Survey on Cost Control
FG385 President’s National Security
Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (0.8 l.ft.,
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to the creation of the
Advisory Committee in 1982 with representatives from the private sector
advising President Reagan on defense- and national security-related aspects of
US telecommunications. Material in this secondary category pertains to the
drafting of Executive Order 12382 which established the Committee; the
appointing of Committee members; agendas and schedules for Committee meetings;
reports from the Committee and its task forces; visits by the President and
National Security Advisor to Committee meetings; and the renewal of the
Committee charter.
FG386 United States German Tricentennial
Commision
FG387 President’s Commission on Strategic Forces
FG388 Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies (.83
ft.)
A secondary subject
category containing memos, letters, and reports regarding the Commission’s
study. President Reagan
established the nine-member Commission by Executive Order (#12401) on
FG389 President’s Council for International Youth
Exchange
FG390 African Development Foundation, Board of
Directors
FG391 National Advisory
Commission on Resource Conservation, Etc.
FG392 Presidential Commission on Conduct of
U.S.-Japan Relations
FG393 Commission on Organized Crime
FG394 Interagency Working Group to Review
Implementation of the Textile Import Program
FG395 President’s Advisory
Committee on Women’s Business Ownership (0.3 l.ft.)
This
committee was formed to promote private sector support for female
entrepreneurs, and to advise the President and Small Business Administration on
issues relating to women business owners. Material in this subject category
documents: the drafting of Executive Order 12426, which created the Committee
in 1983; personnel matters relating to the Committee, including recommendations
for membership; and the Committee’s 1986 report to the President.
FG396 President’s Advisory
Council on Private Sectors Initiatives
FG397 President’s Commission on
Industrial Competiveness
FG398 National Bipartisan
Commission on Central America (Kissinger Commission)
FG399 Cultural Property
Advisory Committee
FG400 President’s Advisory Committee
on Mediation and Conciliation
FG401 Presidential Advisory
Council on the Peace Corps
FG402 President’s Council of
Management Improvement
FG403 Federal Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees
FG404 Federal Old Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, Board of
Directors
FG405 Federal Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Fund Board of
Trustees
FG406 National Commission on
Space
FG407 National Commission on
Agricultural Trade & Export Policy
FG408 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Federal Holiday Commission
FG409 President’s Blue Ribbon
Task Force on Nuclear Weapons, Etc.
FG410 President’s Commission on
Americans Outdoors
FG411 Chemical Warfare Review
Commission
FG412 Arctic Research
Commission
FG413 National Council on
Public Works Improvement
FG414 United States Institute
of Peace, Board of Directors
FG415 Commission on the
Bicentennial of the United States
FG416 Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission
FG417 National Afro-American
History & Culture Commission
FG418 Commission on the Ukraine
Famine
FG419 Technical Review Group on
Inertial Confinement Fusion
FG420 National Archives and
Records Administration
FG421 President’s Blue Ribbon
Commission on Defense Management
FG422 President’s Child Safety
Partnership
FG423 Presidential Board of
Advisors on Private Sector Initiatives
FG424 National Graduate Fellows
Program Fellowship Board
FG425 State Justice Institute
Board of Directors
FG426 National
Commission on Innovation and Productivity
FG427 Presidential Commission
on Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
FG428 Commission for the
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad
FG429 National Critical
Materials Council
FG430 Commission on Merchant
Marine and Defense
FG431 Commission for the Study
of Alternative to the Panama Canal
FG432 National Commission on
Agricultural Finance
FG433 United States
International Narcotics Control Commission
FG434 Advisory Board for Radio
Broadcasting to Cuba
FG435 Federal Retirement Thrift
Investment Board
FG436 President’s Special
Review Board
FG437 Commission on Education
of the Deaf
FG438 Korean War Veterans
Memorial Advisory Board
(3 folders)
Material
in this category documents unsolicited recommendations for appointments to the
Board, the announcing of Board members, and correspondence with the American
Legion regarding both the Korean War Veterans Memorial Advisory Board and the
Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project.
FG439 Aviation Safety
Commission
FG440 National Drug Policy
Board
FG441 National Summit
Conference on Education
FG442 Metropolitan Washington
Airports Authority
FG443 National Dam Safety
Review Board
FG444 President’s Commission on
Compensation for Federal Executives
FG445 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Centennial Commission
FG446 Presidential Commission on
the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic
(1.2 ft)
This
secondary subject category contains information pertaining to the Presidential
Commission on the HIV Epidemic, established to provide advice and
recommendations on long-range approaches to deal with the public health
dangers, including the medical, legal, ethical, social and economic impact,
from the spread of the HIV virus and resulting illnesses, including AIDS and
AIDS related complex. The materials
contains memoranda and correspondence relating to the executive orders
establishing and revising the membership of the Commission, recommendations for
and appointments of persons to the Commission, correspondence between White
House staff members and Commission members concerning the staffing of the
Commission, litigation relating to the composition of the Commission, and the
GAO investigation and report relating to the Commission. Also included are Commission reports and
memoranda and correspondence relating to the Administration’s response to the
final Commission report and recommendations.
FG447 Coordinating Committee
for Sub-Saharan Africa
FG448 Interagency Low Income Opportunity,
Advisory Board
FG449 Public Assistance Reform,
Office of
FG450 Interagency Council on
the Homeless
FG451 President’s Commission on
Privatization
FG452 National Economic
Commission
FG453 National Commission on
Agricultural Policy
FG454 Institute of American
Indian & Alaska Native
FG455 International Cultural
& Trade Center Commission
FG456 Working Group on
Financial Markets
FG457 Farm and Credit System
Assistance Board, Board of Directors
FG458 Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Association Interim Board
FG459 National Commission on
Migrant Education
FG460 James Madison Memorial
Fellowship Foundation
FG461 National Commission on
Children
FG462 National Commission on
Child and Youth Deaths
FG463 Commission on
Agricultural Workers
FG464 Commission on Railroad
Retirement Reform
FG465 Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board
FG999 Federal Agencies,
Proposed