directed by the White House Memorandum to “review their records management
procedures and their holdings of documents” and report to the White House Chief of
Staffon “the completion, or status, of their review” by June 19, 2002. At the time of the
issuance of this report, each agency will have had 45 days to respond to the Archive’s
White House Memorandum FOIA request. Nonetheless, only 13 of the 35 agencies
surveyed have provided substantive responses to the requests. Thus, the Archive’s
research into the implementation of the White House classification and FOIA guidance
remains ongoing. Although it is too early to reach final conclusions regarding the
implementation of the White House Memorandum, this report includes preliminary
findings based on completed FOIA responses from approximately one-third of the 35
agencies surveyed. A complete discussion, along with complete sets of the materials
obtained from the agencies, will be included with the issuance of the Phase Two report.
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