Selected records on National Security Telecommunications and Information Policy

The materials in FOIA 2013-0843-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA 2013-0843-F contains materials from agencies, individuals, business associations and committees including, but not limited to, the Office of Science and Technology, National Telecommunications Information Administration, National Communications System, Economic Policy Council, National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors, Telecommunications Industry Association and the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. The materials also include documents from the Working Groups on Telecommunications, Cable Television, Joint Industry-Government Telecommunications Industry Mobilization and Privacy in Telecommunications as well as legislative referrals to/from Health & Human Services, Departments of Commerce, State, Justice, Labor, etc. The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Alphabetical Files contain letters from the general public concerning telecommunications issues. The WHORM Subject File categories contain correspondence, memoranda, news clippings, journal articles and brochures from the general public, Congress, scholars, business leaders and Bush administration officials concerning telecommunications programs and policy, infrastructure, security, competitiveness, export controls, emerging technologies, equipment and legislation. The Bush Presidential Staff and Office Files contain correspondence, memoranda, Congressional testimony, reports, press releases, scholarly studies, publications, proposed legislation, Presidential statements and remarks maintained by individual staff members and offices; information concerning the membership and meetings of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, foreign travel and annual reports produced for the President; materials regarding the Emerging Telecommunication Act, Cable TV Consumer Protection and Competition Act, Cable Television Act, Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act; reports from the Communications and Satellite Corporation, Government Accounting Office (Tax Policy and Administration) and the International Conference on Global Interdependence on Science, Medicine and Technology; studies of Economic Analysis and Policy Implications of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rule, viability of telecommuting accompanied by state reports from California, Washington and Illinois; and the inventory, assignment, location of White House computers with associated training and procedural manuals for their use. The Bush Vice Presidential Staff and Office Files contain briefing books, procedure manuals, reports, memoranda on computers, telecommunications and regulations from administration officials and business leaders. Also included are materials from the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System as well as the Task Forces on Border Control and Regulatory Relief. Read less