Department of State Emails and Records Management
Records Released in Litigation
The National Archives and Records Administration has released these operational records in response to several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that have been the subject of civil litigation.
Citizens United v. National Archives and Records Administration [NGC15-245]
The following group of documents was released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in response to a June 12, 2015 request for correspondence, schedules, memoranda, attendee lists and any other records related to the planning, attendance and methodology used by NARA when it undertook an April 2015 review of certain emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in order to determine whether they constituted records under the Federal Records Act (FRA) or were personal, non-FRA records. [FOIA Case File NGC15-245]
A list of the released documents is available below and the documents themselves can be downloaded in a ZIP file.
Citizens United v. National Archives and Records Administration, Civ. A. No. 15-cv-1751 (D.D.C.)
- View a list of the documents that were released in response to the June 12, 2015 request. [ NGC15-245]
- Download a ZIP file that contains the documents released in response to the June 12, 2015 request.
[ NGC15-245] (58 files, 53MB)
Cause of Action Institute v. National Archives and Records Administration and William J. Clinton Presidential Library [NGC15-364]
The following group of documents was released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in response to a September 14, 2015 request to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library seeking all communications between the Clinton Library Director and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and any of her agents or representatives, as well as all communications between the Clinton Library Director and NARA relating to the records of former Secretary Clinton. [FOIA Case File NGC15-364]
A list of the released documents is available below and the documents themselves can be downloaded in a ZIP file.
Cause of Action Institute v. National Archives and Records Administration and William J. Clinton Presidential Library, Civ. A. No. 16-cv-00231 (D.D.C.)
- View a list of the documents that were released in response to the September 14, 2015 request. [NGC15-364]
- Download a ZIP file that contains the documents that were released in response to the September 14, 2015 request. [ NGC15-364] (12 files [716KB])
The following group of documents was released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in response to a September 22, 2015 request for records relating to NARA’s communications with the State Department concerning efforts to recover federal records unlawfully removed from State Department custody by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. [FOIA Case File NGC16-001]
A list of the released documents is available below and the documents themselves can be downloaded in a ZIP file.
Cause of Action Institute v. National Archives and Records Administration and William J. Clinton Presidential Library, Civ. A. No. 16-cv-00231
- View a list of the documents that were released in response to the September 22, 2015 request. [ NGC16-001]
- Download a ZIP file that contains the documents that were released in response to the September 22, 2015 request. [ NGC16-001] (28 files, 15MB)
NARA Evaluates Department of State’s Records Management Policy and Implementation
The National Archives and Records Administration’s Office of the General Counsel (NGC) released 47 separate multi-paged documents in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for records related to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email account. The documents address Department of State records management practices and consist of emails, handwritten notes, and other correspondence.