FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATIONS (FG)
[FG026
– FG035]
Subject
categories and sub-categories fully available for research are bolded. Closed categories and
sub-categories have a simple phrase describing their contents.
DESCRIPTION
OF SECONDARY FILE CODES
File
Code Description
FG026 Department
of Education (2.7 ft; boxes 1‑8)
A
secondary subject category containing materials department; the department’s
proposed re‑organization plan; bilingual education; and personnel
recommendations and actions.
FG026-01 Office of Civil
Rights (Department of Education)
(0.3 ft.)
Material in this subject category documents: the Office’s
annual reports to Congress for 1980-83; a 1981 study on the Office’s processes
for handling civil rights cases; a few of the investigations of schools
undertaken by the Office; and the appointment (1987) and resignation (1989) of LeGree Daniels as Undersecretary of Education for Civil
Rights.
FG026-02 National
Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement (0.7 ft.)
This group of private sector appointees (called the National
Council on Educational Research until 1986) provided guidance and oversight for
Government organizations involved in educational research. Material in this
category documents: controversies surrounding the National Institute of
Education (NIE), the main agency overseen by the Council during the Reagan
Administration; personnel matters involving the Council and the research
agencies it oversaw; positions on specific education issues; and annual Council
reports to the President.
FG026-03 Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education
(1 folder)
Material in this category relates to personnel
recommendations, and to proposed staff cuts for the Office.
FG026-04 Federal
Interagency Commission on Education
[Empty
category]
FG026-05 General
Counsel, Office of (DED)
FG026-06 Office of
Inspector General (Department of Education)
(1 Folder)
This material pertains to the 1981 nomination of an
Inspector General, and one case in which the Inspector General’s office was
involved.
FG026-07 Intergovernmental
Advisory Council on Education
(0.4 ft.)
This Presidential appointed group submitted advice to the
President, Congress, and the Secretary of Education. Material in this subject category documents:
Council personnel matters, such as appointments, resignations, membership
recommendations, and terminations (including the replacing of the entire
Council in 1982); reports produced by the Council; and the laws and charter
governing the Council.
FG026-08 Office
of Postsecondary Education
FG026-09 Office
of Vocational and Adult Education
FG026-10 National Advisory Council on Women’s
Education Programs (0.3 ft.)
This group recommended policies that would help achieve
educational equity for women and girls, and promote programs funded through the
Women’s Educational Equity Act of 1974. Material in this subject category
documents personnel matters (particularly controversies over appointments and
terminations), and the Council’s annual reports to the President.
FG026-11 Advisory Panel
on Financing Elementary and Secondary Education (1 folder)
This group, which recommended improvements in how the
Government raised revenue for public education, was terminated in 1984.
Material in this category documents the Panel’s 1981 annual report, and
resignations from the Panel.
FG026-12 National
Institute of Handicapped Research
FG026-13 National
Council on the Handicapped
FG026-14 National
Institute of Education
Empty
category –see above FG026-02
FG026-15 Rehabilitation
Services Administration
FG026-16 Institute
of Museum Services Board
FG026-17 National
Advisory Committee on International Studies
FG030 Legislative
Branch
FG031 Congress
of the
FG031-01 Legislative
Leadership/Meetings
FG032 House
of Representatives
FG033 House
Committees
FG033-01 Agriculture
FG033-02 Appropriations
FG033-03 Armed
Services
FG033-04 Banking,
Finance, and Urban Affairs
FG033-05 Budget
FG033-06
FG033-07 Education
and Labor
FG033-08 Government
Operations
FG033-09 House
Administration
FG033-10 Interior
and Insular Affairs
FG033-11 Foreign
Affairs
FG033-12 Interstate
and Foreign Commerce
FG033-13 Judiciary
FG033-14 Merchant
Marine and Fisheries
FG033-15 Post
Office and Civil Service
FG033-16 Public
Works and Transportation
FG033-17 Rules
FG033-18 Science
and Technology
FG033-19 Small Business
[House Committee]
Empty
category
FG033-20 Standards of
Official Conduct
FG033-21 Veterans Affairs
FG033-23 Energy and
Commerce
FG034 Speaker of the House (3
folders)
A
secondary subject category containing letters, memos, and statements concerning
Speaker Tip O’Neill; Speaker Jim Wright; and the position of Speaker pro
tempore
FG035 Senate