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The original documents are located in Box 66, folder "White House - Handbook" of the
Philip Buchen Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 66 of the Philip Buchen Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
PROPOSED INSERT FOR PAGE 9 OF
General Information for White House Staff
(as part of the White House Office Handbook revision)
Legal Matters
You should consult the Office of the Counsel to the President on
all matters related to the performance of your official duties, which
would include:
(a) Questions of interpretation of statutes, Executive Orders,
and administrative rules and regulations.
(b) Questions of the probable legal effect of language in draft or
enrolled bills or in proposed Executive Orders.
(c) The need or desirability of referring matters to the
Department of Justice for an opinion or action.
(d) Any requested or contemplated contact which may fall within
the scope of part 12 of the Standards of Conduct involving independent
regulatory agencies or procurement agencies; also any requested or
contemplated contact with a member of the Judiciary in his official
capacity or with an employee of the Internal Revenue Service or of any
Board, Division, or Bureau of the Department of Justice in his official
capacity.
(e) Subpoenas, complaints and orders in any judicial or
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administrative proceedings or requests to be a witness therein when
they relate to your official duties or those of another employee of the
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Federal Government, and inquiries or requests made by an attorney
or by a party to any such proceeding.
(f) Requests or demands for documents other than those prepared
for unrestricted distribution when a response would not be in the ordinary
course of the employee's duties.
(g) Requests, before they can be granted, for Presidential endorse-
ment or support of a nongovernmental organization or project, whether
by accepting an honorary membership or sponsorship, by use of his
picture or his seal, or by other means, except that such requests should
be initially to the Correspondence Office.
SEALD 2. FORD
PROPOSED INSERT FOR PAGE 9 OF
General Information for White House Staff
(as part of the White House Office Handbook revision)
Legal Matters
You should consult the Office of the Counsel to the President on
legal
all matters related to the performance of your official duties, which
would include:
(a) Questions of interpretation of statutes, Executive Orders,
and administrative rules and regulations.
(b) Questions of the probable legal effect of language in draft or
enrolled bills or in proposed Executive Orders.
(c) The need or desirability of referring matters to the
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Department of Justice for an opinion or action.
Initiating any
(d) Any requested or contemplated contact which may fall within
the scope of part 12 of the Standards of Conduct involving independent
regulatory agencies or procurement agencies; also any initiating I equested or
ny
in his official capacity
contemplated contact r with a member of the Judiciary in his official
United States Attor ney
capacity or with an employee of the Internal Revenue Service or olvany
anemployerot
Board, Division, or Bureau of the Department of Justice. in his official
capacity.
(e) Subpoenas, complaints and orders in any judicial or
administrative proceedings or requests to be a witness therein when
they relate to your official duties or those of another employee of the
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Federal Government, and inquiries or requests made by an attorney
or by a party to any such proceeding.
(f) Requests or demands for documents other than those prepared
for unrestricted distribution when a response would not be in the ordinary
course of the employee's duties.
(g) Requests, before they can be granted, for Presidential endorse-
ment or support of a nongovernmental organization or project, whether
by accepting an honorary membership or sponsorship, by use of his
picture or his seal, or by other means, except that such requests should
be initially to the Correspondence Office.
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PROPOSED INSERT FOR PAGE 9 of
General Information for White House Staff
SEAL
FORD
(as part of the White House Office Handbook revision)
LIBRARY
Legal Matters
You should consult the Office of the Counsel to the President
on all legal matters related to the performance of your official duties,
which would include:
(a) Questions of interpretation of existing statutes, Executive
Orders, and administrative rules and regulations.
(b) Questions of the probable legal effect of language in draft
or enrolled bills or in proposed Executive Orders.
(c) The need or desirability of referring matters to the
Department of Justice for an opinion or action.
(d) Any requested or contemplated contact which may fall within
the scope of part 12 of the Standards of Conduct involving independent
regulatory agencies or procurement agencies; also any requested or
contemplated contact with a member of the Judiciary in his official
capacity.
(e) Subpoenas, complaints and orders in any judicial or
administrative proceedings or requests to be a witness therein when
they relate to your official duties or those of another employee of the
Federal Government, and inquiries or requests made by an attorney or
by a party to any such proceeding.
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(f) Requests or demands for documents other than those
prepared for unrestricted distribution when a response would not
be in the ordinary course of the employee's duties.
Requests, before they can be gronted,
(g) Any request for Présidential endorsement or support
of a nongovernmental organization or project, whether by accepting
by USe of his picture or his soab
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an honorary membership or sponsorship /n or by other means, 8 ycept
that such requeststs hould po in it 25 115 to the Corres pondence
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PROPOSED INSERT FOR PAGE 9 of
General Information for White House Staff
(as part of the White House Office Handbook revision)
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Legal Matters
You should consult the Office of the Counsel to the President
on all legal matters related to the performance of your official duties,
which would include:
(a) Questions of interpretation of existing statutes, Executive
Orders, and administrative rules and regulations.
(b) Questions of the probable legal effect of language in draft
or enrolled bills or in proposed Executive Orders.
(c) The need or desirability of referring matters to the
Department of Justice for an opinion or action.
(d) Any requested or contemplated contact which may fall within
And
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the scope of part 12 of the Standards of Conduct involving independent
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regulatory agencies or procurement agencies; also any requested or
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contemplated contact with a member of the Judiciary in his official
capacity with on employee of the Internal Revenue Service
or of any Board, Division, or Bureau of the Department of Justice
inhis
(e) Subpoenas, complaints and orders in any judicial or official
capacity.
administrative proceedings or requests to be a witness therein when
they relate to your official duties or those of another employee of the
Federal Government and inquiries or requests made by an attorney or
by a party to any such proceeding.
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(f) Requests or demands for documents other than those
prepared for unrestricted distribution when a response would not
be in the ordinary course of the employee's duties.
(g) Any request for Presidential endorsement or support
of a nongovernmental organization or project, whether by accepting
an honorary membership or sponsorship or by other means.
LIBRARY BERALD F TOUS
Matters
Legal Guidance.
All distinctly legal questions and issues of legal policy should be
referred to the Office of the Counsel to the President. No member
of the White House Staff should seek direct advice on such matters
from agencies outside the White House without the approval of
the Office of the Counsel to the President.
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Legal Clearance.
All communications, oral as well as written, from White House
Staff members to any regulatory agency, to a procurement
agency regarding a particular contract, to a litigating division
of the Department of Justice or communications on a distinctly
in advance
legal issue, should be cleared with the Office of the Counsel to
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the President prior to mailing.
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PROPOSED INSERT FOR PAGE 9 OF
General Information for White House Staff
(as part of the White House Office Handbook revision)
Legal Matters
You should consult the Office of the Counsel to the President on
all legal matters related to the performance of your official duties,
which would include:
(a) Questions of interpretation of statutes, Executive Orders,
and administrative rules and regulations.
(b) Questions of the probable legal effect of language in draft or
enrolled bills or in proposed Executive Orders.
(c) The need or desirability of referring matters to the Department
of Justice for an opinion or action.
(d) Initiating any contact which may fall within the scope of part 12
of the Standards of Conduct involving independent regulatory agencies or
procurement agencies; also initiating any contact in his official capacity
with a member of the Judiciary, an employee of the Internal Revenue
Service, a United States Attorney or an employee of any Board, Division,
or Bureau of the Department of Justice.
(e) Subpoenas, complaints and orders in any judicial or
administrative proceedings or requests to be a witness therein when they FOR
relate to your official duties or those of another employee of the Federal
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Government, and inquiries or requests made by an attorney or by a
party to any such proceeding.
(£) Requests or demands for documents other than those prepared
for unrestricted distribution when a response would not be in the
ordinary course of the employee's duties.
(g) Requests, before they can be granted, for Presidential endorse-
ment or support of a nongovernmental organisation or project, whether
by accepting an honorary membership or sponsorship, by use of his
picture or his seal, or by other means, except that such requests should
go initially to the Correspondence Office.
STATE R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON 1/14
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PROPOSED INSERT FOR PAGE 9 OF
General Information for White House Staff
(as part of the White House Office Handbook revision)
Legal Matters
You should consult the Office of the Counsel to the President on
all legal matters related to the performance of your official duties,
Examples
name
which include:
(a) Questions of interpretation of statutes, Executive Orders,
and administrative rules and regulations.
(b) Questions of the probable legal effect of language in draft or
enrolled bills or in proposed Executive Orders.
(c) The need or desirability of referring matters to the Department
of Justice for an opinion or action.
(d) Initiating any contact which may fall within the scope of part 12
of the Standards of Conduct involving independent regulatory agencies or
procurement agencies; also initiating any contact in his official capacity
with a member of the Judiciary, an employee of the Internal Revenue
Service, a United States Attorney or an employee of any Board, Division,
or Bureau of the Department of Justice.
(e) Subpoenas, complaints and orders in any judicial or
administrative proceedings or requests to be a witness therein when they
relate to your official duties or those of another employee of the Federal
S. FORD
BERALD
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Government, and inquiries or requests made by an attorney or by a
party to any such proceeding.
(f) Requests or demands for documents other than those prepared
for unrestricted distribution when a response would not be in the
ordinary course of the employee's duties.
(g) Requests, before they can be granted, for Presidential endorse-
ment or support of a nongovernmental organization or project, whether
by accepting an honorary membership or sponsorship, by use of his
picture or his seal, or by other means, except that such requests should
go initially to the Correspondence Office.
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Handboak
Jan. 17, 1975
To:
Barry Roth
From: Eva
Mr. Buchen asked if you would
please look this over.
Thanks.
FORD - LIGRARY
PROPOSED INSERT FOR PAGE 9 OF
General Information for White House Staff
(as part of the White House Office Handbook revision)
Legal Matters
You should consult the Office of the Counsel to the President on
all legal matters related to the performance of your official duties,
which would include:
(a) Questions of interpretation of statutes, Executive Orders,
and administrative rules and regulations.
(b) Questions of the probable legal effect of language in draft or
enrolled bills or in proposed Executive Orders.
(c) The need or desirability of referring matters to the Department
of Justice for an opinion or action.
(d) Initiating any contact which may fall within the scope of part 12
of the Standards of Conduct involving independent regulatory agencies or
procurement agencies; also initiating any contact in his official capacity
with a member of the Judiciary, an employee of the Internal Revenue
Service, a United States Attorney or an employee of any Board, Division,
or Bureau of the Department of Justice.
(e) Subpoenas, complaints and orders in any judicial or
administrative proceedings or requests to be a witness therein when they
relate to your official duties or those of another employee of the Federal
is
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Government, and inquiries or requests made by an attorney or by a
party to any such proceeding.
(f) Requests or demands for documents other than those prepared
for unrestricted distribution when a response would not be in the
ordinary course of the employee's duties.
(g) Requests, before they can be granted, for Presidential endorse- -
ment or support of a nongovernmental organization or project, whether
by accepting an honorary membership or sponsorship, by use of his
picture or his seal, or by other means, except that such requests should
go initially to the Correspondence Office.