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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Deaver, Michael
Folder Title: Private Sector Initiatives
[1983-1985] (3)
Box: 53
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WITHDRAWAL SHEET
Ronald Reagan Library
Collection Name DEAVER, MICHAEL: FILES
Withdrawer
KDB
8/26/2011
File Folder
PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES [1983-1985] (3)
FOIA
F97-0066/19
Box Number
55
COHEN, D
152
DOC Doc Type
Document Description
No of
Doc Date Restrictions
NO
Pages
1
FORM
TRAVEL VOUCHER (FORM SF 1012)
1
4/25/1983
B6
(FRONT ONLY)
2
RECEIPTS
CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS
1
3/31/1983 B6
(PHOTOCOPIED)
3
FORM
TRAVEL VOUCHER (FORM SF 1012)
1
9/6/1983
B6
(FRONT ONLY)
4
CHECK
PHOTOCOPY OF CHECK
1
9/1/1983
B6
Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift.
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
28 Aug.
MD:
Please see attached to refresh
your memory.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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requeste
to form
August 27, 1984
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10/17
Dear Mac,
On October 18, we are hosting a briefing for the American Society
of Association Executives' Board of Directors and Executive
Committee in the Roosevelt Room.
Mr. Deaver will be making a short presentation and WE would like
you to make one as well. Please let me know your availability on
October 18 between 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.
As you know, ASAE is working closely with the Republican National
Committee and Reagan/Bush on a massive voter registration drive.
Bill Taylor, President of ASAE, is also a Presidential appointee
to our PSI Advisory Council.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
JAMES K. COYNE
Special Assistant to the President
Private Sector Initiatives
The Honorable Malcolm Baldrige
Secretary of Commerce
Washington, DC 20230
CC: Michael Deaver
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASH GTON
August 27, 1984
Dear Don,
On October 18, we are hosting a briefing for the American Society
of Association Executives' Board of Directors and Executive
Committee in the Roosevelt Room.
Mr. Deaver will be making a short presentation and WE would like
you to make one as well. Please let me know your availability on
October 18 between 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.
As you know, ASAE is working closely with the Republican National
Committee and Reagan/Bush on a massive voter registration drive.
Bill Taylor, President of ASAE, is also a Presidential appointee
to our PSI Advisory Council.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
JAMES K. COYNE
Special Assistant to the President
Private Sector Initiatives
The Honorable Donald T. Regan
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, DC 20220
CC: Michael Deaver
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Date: 8/11
TO: Donna Blume
FROM: JOHN H. FITCH, JR.
Associate Director
Private Sector Initiatives
Information
Action
Let's Discuss
Thought you'd like to Put
this in your OCT. File I
will contact you on it in OCT.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 6, 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL K. DEAVER
FROM:
JAMES K. COYNE
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES
REQUEST:
House Briefing
On October 18, 1984, the American Society of Association
Executives (ASAE) will hold their Annual Recognition Dinner
ASAE is the trade association for the chief executive officers of
all state, regional, and national trade associations and
professional societies.
The Key Award is the highest recognition that ASAE gives its
member association CEO's.
The Awards recognizes outstanding accomplishments of association
leaders (men and women) in the areas of management, civic and
community affairs.
The chief executive officers of the most prestigious associations
from around the country will be in attendance. These represent
the current ASAE executive committee, Board as well as ASAE's
volunteer past Presidents. Several key executives of the Hyatt
Corporation will also be in attendance. (See attached list)
Bill Taylor, ASAE's President and Chief Executive Officer, has
asked our support in reserving the Roosevelt Room for a briefing
to these individuals by yourself and Secretary Baldrige or
Regan! A Presidential drop-by would also be an option.
Bill, as you know, is a member of our PSI Advisory Council.
Also, ASAE is working closely with Reagan/Bush on their voter
registration effort (see attached).
1. Use of Roosevelt Room for meeting
Approve
Disapprove
2. Attendance by yourself, Mr. Baker, or Mr. Meese
2
3. Proceed to secure attendance of Secretary Baldrige and/or
Regan
Approve
Disapprove
4. Proceed with schedule proposal for Presidential drop-by
Approve
Disapprove
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 6, 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL K. DEAVER
FROM:
JAMES K. COYNE
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES
REQUEST:
S
On October 18, 1984, the American Society of Association
Executives (ASAE) will hold their Annual Recognition Dinner
ASAE is the trade association for the chief executive officers of
all state, regional, and national trade associations and
professional societies.
The Key Award is the highest recognition that ASAE gives its
member association CEO's.
The Awards recognizes outstanding accomplishments of association
leaders (men and women) in the areas of management, civic and
community affairs.
The chief executive officers of the most prestigious associations
from around the country will be in attendance. These represent
the current ASAE executive committee, Board as well as ASAE's
volunteer past Presidents. Several key executives of the Hyatt
Corporation will also be in attendance. (See attached list)
CANADA CASACA 30 President and Chief Executive
asked our support in rese THE the Roosevelt Room
THE
g
individua Is by yourself and Secretary
Preside tial-drop-
Bill, as you know, is a member of our PSI Advisory Council.
Also, ASAE is working closely with Reagan/Bush on their voter
registration effort (see attached).
1. Use of Roosevelt Room for meeting
Approve
Disapprove
2.
Attendance by yourself, Mr. Baker, or Mr. Meese
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 27, 1984
Dear Mac:
This is to follow up on my letter of August 28 regarding your
drop-by at a meeting of the American Society of Association
Executives Board of Directors meeting on October 18 from 4:00
p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The meeting location has been changed from the Roosevelt Room to
the Indian Treaty Room (#474) in the Old Executive Office
Building.
The group will number approximately 100 and consist of the Chief
Executive Officers of the major native trade associations in the
United States.
Depending on schedules, Mr. Deaver, Mr. Baker, or Mr. Meese will
also drop-by and say a few words.
I look forward to seeing you on the 18th.
Cordially,
JAMES K. COYNE
Special Assistant to the President
Private Sector Initiatives
The Honorable Malcolm Baldrige
Secretary of Commerce
Washington, D.C. 20230
CC: Michael K. Deaver
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 5, 1984
Dear Bill,
This is to confirm the briefing for your
Board, Executive Committee, and the CEO,
Executive Vice President, and First Vice
President of the Hyatt Corporation on
October 18th from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
in the Roosevelt Room.
Mr. Deaver indicated he, Mr. Meese, or Mr.
Baker will say a few words and I have sent
a letter of invitation to Secretary
Baldrige and Secretary Regan.
I, of course, will also snake some
remarks.
I look forward to the meeting.
Cordially,
JAMES K. COYNE
Special Assistant to the President
Private Sector Initiatives
Mr. R. William Taylor
President
American Society of Association
Executives
1575 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
bcc: Michael Deaver
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 4, 1984
MEMORANDUM TO JIM COYNE
FROM:
BILL SITTMANN
A
SUBJECT:
Young Astronauts Program
There seems to be a misunderstanding regarding your attached
memorandum. The action for the Young Astronauts Program is
with Craig Fuller's office. If your office has material
related to this program I think it would be helpful to talk
with Craig and incorporate what you have with him.
Thank you.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 28, 1984
The Bal went. the
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL K. DEAVER
FROM:
JAMES K. COYNE, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES
SUBJECT:
YOUNG ASTRONAUTS PROGRAM
Our office has been working diligently over the past 6 weeks to
put together the Young Astronauts Program that the President
announced in his September 20th dedication of the National
Geographic Society Building. I believe the pieces are now in
place to go forward with a Presidential announcement. The
initial curriculum kits have been developed, press kits and
promotional materials have been developed and corporations have
been contacted regarding their support. Many have already
responded with in-kind contributions.
This is the possibly the most timely and creative private sector
initiative ever put together. It addresses the problem of
insufficiencies in math and science, promotes the exploration of
space, reaches to the future, and involves students, teachers and
business in a truly unique partnership. It has the support of
educators and the private sector as well. It will excite the
media and I believe take the country by storm.
I would recommend strongly for a Presidential event to properly
launch this one. Your support is necessary to make this project
work. With that, I can deliver the private sector.
Foe
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 27, 1984
MEMO TO JIM COYNE
FROM: BILL SITTMANN
SUBJECT: Attached Travel Authorization
You are authorized a Commercial ticket - tourist
class. We can not authorize you to fly your own
plane nor can we pay the expenses you may need.
# U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 354-479 1981
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
OFFICIAL TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION
No. 9064
(TRAVELER TO COMPLETE SECTIONS 1-8.)
Date of Request September 21, 1984
1.
TRAVELER
Name: James K. Coyne
X
White House Staff
Extension: 6676
Room: 134
Other
2. PURPOSE(S) and DATE(S): 9/27- Keynote speaker for the Charleston County
School District on Partnerships in Education
9/28-Speaker for the
Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce on the Office of PSI
3. ITINERARY DC-Charleston, SC-DC
(List all cities where stopover occurs.)
4. DEPARTURE:
RETURN:
Date: September 27, 1984
Date: September 30, 1984
Time: 7:00 a.m.
Time: open
Mode: Flying own plane
Mode: flying own plane
5. NATURE:
X
100% Official
100% Political
6.
SIGNATURES: Traveler: (I have agree to the terms set forth on the
reverse side)
Department Head
Approving Officer
!
(Special Assistant to the President for Administration)
lodging paid for by 501 (c) (3)
7. ESTIMATED COSTS:
SPECIAL EXPENSES:
No. of Days Per Diem
Registration Fee of $
Hotel Name
Commercial Car Rental
Hotel Daily Rate $
Excess Baggage
Other
Other
8.
TRAVEL ADVANCE REQUESTED:
YES
X
No
Amount: $
Signature of Recipient:
Date:
REPAID: Amount
Date
Schedule
Balance this trip
9.
FOR TRANSPORTATION OFFICE USE ONLY:
September 28, 1981
FPMR 101-7
(Effective: November 1, 1981)
GSA Bulletin FPMR A-40, Supp. 1
PART 4. REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED CONVEYANCES
1-4.1. Basic rules.
a. Mileage payments. When employees and others rendering service to
the Government use privately owned motor vehicles or airplanes in the conduct of
official business within or outside their designated posts of duty or places of
service and such use is authorized or approved as advantageous to the Government
or as an authorized or approved exercise of the employee's preference, payment
shall be made on a mileage basis unless payment on an actual expense basis is
specifically authorized by law.
b. Distance measurements.
(1) Automobile and motorcycle travel. When transportation is
authorized or approved by privately owned motorcycles or automobiles, distances
between points traveled shall be as shown in standard highway mileage guides or
actual miles driven as determined from odometer readings. (Actual odometer
readings need not be shown on the travel voucher.) Any substantial deviations
from distances shown in the standard highway mileage guides shall be explained.
The mileage rate as authorized or approved may be paid from whatever point the
employee or other person rendering service to the Government begins his/her
journey.
(2) Airplane travel. The air mileage between the origin and
destination airports, as determined from airways charts issued by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, shall be
reported on the reimbursement voucher and shall be used in computing payment for
the use of a privately owned airplane. If a detour was necessary because of
adverse weather, mechanical difficulty, or other unusual conditions, the
additional air mileage may be included in the mileage reported on the
reimbursement voucher and, if included, it must be explained. When an official
requirement for deviation from direct route travel is such that airway mileage
charts are not adequate to determine mileage, the formula of flight time
multiplied by cruising speed of the airplane may be the basis for mileage
determinations.
C. Other allowable costs. Reimbursement for parking fees; ferry fees,
bridge, road, and tunnel fees; and airplane parking, landing, and tiedown fees
shall be allowed in addition to the mileage allowance unless the travel orders
or other administrative determinations restrict such allowance.
Note.-Par. 1-4.1c amended, FPMR Temp. Reg. A-11, May 19, 1975.
1-4.2. When use of a privately owned conveyance is advantageous to the
Government.
a. Authorized mileage rates. When the use of a privately owned
conveyance is authorized or approved as advantageous to the Government for
CH 1-4.1
1-37
FPMR 101-7
September 28, 1981
GSA Bulletin FPMR A-40, Supp. 1
(Effective: November 1, 1981)
the performance of official travel as provided in 1-2.2c(3), reimbursement to
the traveler shall be at the mileage rates prescribed in (1) through (3), below:
(1) For use of a privately owned motorcycle: 20 cents per mile.
(2) For use of a privately owned automobile: 22.5 cents per mile.
(3) For use of a privately owned airplane: 45 cents per mile.
a-l. Mileage rates outside the conterminous United States. Generally,
the mileage rates prescribed in a, above, are applicable outside as well as
within the conterminous United States. However, if an agency determines that
any mileage rate which is below the statutory maximum ((1), below) is inadequate
compensation for use of a privately owned conveyance in a particular area
outside the conterminous United States, the head of the agency may submit a
request to GSA for the establishment of a higher rate for that area. Any new
mileage rate approved by GSA for a particular area shall be the uniform rate
payable to all Federal employees in that area. The request to establish a
higher rate shall be forwarded to the General Services Administration (TTT),
Washington, DC 20406, and shall include the following information:
(1) A recommended mileage rate not exceeding the following
statutory maximums:
(a) For use of a privately owned motorcycle: 20 cents per
mile,
(b) For use of a privately owned automobile: 25 cents per
mile; and
(c) For use of a privately owned airplane: 45 cents per mile.
(2) An analysis of the costs per mile of operating the privately
owned conveyance in the particular area involved, shall include the data listed
below. Expenses which are reimbursable as separate allowances under 1-4.1c,
such as parking or toll fees, shall not be included as cost factors in this
analysis.
(a) Size/type of conveyance to which the cost data apply.
(b) Fixed operating costs: Vehicle depreciation, insurance,
taxes, and registration fees.
(c) Variable operating costs: Gasoline, motor oil,
maintenance, repairs, and tires.
(d) Other related cost factors affecting vehicle operating
costs which are peculiar to the area involved.
CH 1-4.2a
1-38
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
OFFICIAL TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION
No. 3664
TRAVELER TO COMPLETE SECTIONS 1-8.)
Date of Request March 29, 1983
1. TRAVELER
Name: JAMES K. COYNE
X
White House Staff
Extension:
6676
Room:
134 OEOB
Other
2. PURPOSE(S) and DATE(S):
To address Palm Beach County/Florida State PSI for
the renewal of voluntarism group at the Sheraton in Boca Raton, FL
Will also attend NAB 15th Annual Conf. College/Industry Relations Cluster
in Orlando, FL Thursday and Friday 3/31 & 4/1 (Saturday and Sunday are per
3. ITINERARY Washington to Trenton to Boca Raton to Orlando to Washington or
(List all cities where stopover occurs.)
4. DEPARTURE:
RETURN:
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 1983
Date: Sunday, April 1, 1983
Time: 8:00 (Ransome #958 to Trenton, NJ) Time: early afternoon
Mode: Commercial to TTN, then personal Mode: Personal airplane return tp
airplane to Florida
Washington
5. NATURE:
X
100% Official
100% Political
6. SIGNATURES:
Traveler:
(I have read and agree to the terms set on reverse
forth the side) Approving Officer
Department Head
(Special Assistant to the President for Administration)
7. ESTIMATED COSTS:
SPECIAL EXPENSES:
No. of Days Per Diem three
Registration Fee of $
Hotel Name (Boca Raton Sheraton; Orlando
Commercial Car Rental
HHatt)
Hotel Daily Rate $
Excess Baggage
Other reimburse for Comm AIR fare (258)
Other
8. TRAVEL ADVANCE REQUESTED:
YES
No
Amount: $
Signature of Recipient:
Date:
REPAID: Amount
Date
Schedule
Balance this trip
9. FOR TRANSPORTATION OFFICE USE ONLY:
GTR No.
Amount $
M04 $500 116 U.N.
(8/13/81)
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE COPY
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DEAVER, MICHAEL: FILES
KDB 8/26/2011
File Folder
FOIA
PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES [1983-1985] (3)
F97-0066/19
COHEN, D
Box Number
55
152
DOC Document Type
No of Doc Date Restric-
NO Document Description
pages
tions
1
FORM
1 4/25/1983 B6
TRAVEL VOUCHER (FORM SF 1012) (FRONT
ONLY)
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift.
Complete this
INSTRUCTIONS TO TRAVELER (Unlisted items are self-explanatory)
PAGE
information
SCHEDULE
Col. (c) If the voucher includes
Com-
Col.
(d) Show amount incurred for each meal including tax and tips and daily total
if this is a
per diem allowances for
plete
thru
(g)
meal cost.
continuation
OF
OF
sheet.
members of employee's
only
(h) Show expenses, such as: laundry, cleaning and pressing of clothes, tips to bellboys,
PAGES
EXPENSES
immediate family, show
for
porters, etc. (other than for meals).
TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION NO.
(i)
Complete for per diem and actual expense travel.
AND
members' names, ages,
actual
(j)
Show total subsistence expense incurred for actual expense travel.
and relationship to em-
expense
(m) Show per diem amount, limited to maximum rate, or if travel on actual expense, show
AMOUNTS
ployee and marital status
travel
the lesser of the amount from col. (j) or maximum rate.
(n) Show expenses, such as: taxi/limousine fares, air fare (if purchased with cash), local or
TRAVELER'S LAST NAME
CLAIMED
of children (unless infor-
long distance telephone calls for Government business, car rental, relocation other than
mation is shown on the
subsistence, etc.
travel authorization.)
DATE
TIME
DESCRIPTION
ITEMIZED SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES
MILEAGE
AMOUNT CLAIMED
RATE:
MEALS
MISCEL-
19
(Hour
(Departure/arrival city, per diem
TOTAL
e
and
computation, or other explanations
LANEOUS
SUBSISTENCE
NO. OF
MILEAGE
SUBSISTENCE
OTHER
BREAK-
SUBSIS-
LODGING
am/pm)
of expense)
MILES
FAST
LUNCH
DINNER
TOTAL
TENCE
EXPENSE
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(1)
(m)
(n)
equivalent
airface D.C. drlando quellin
258.00
no other expenses
personal plane was
used
(Licated
in
Philaple
phin
ement
was allowed for comperatal
(govy
ratte
fade
40mg
washing ton, D.C.
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and
return
SUBTOTALS
If additional space is required, continue on another SF 1012 BACK, leaving the front blank.
TOTALS
In compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the following information is pro-
criminal, or regulatory investigations or prosecutions, or when pursuant to a
vided: Solicitation of the information on this form is authorized by 5 U.S.C.
requirement by this agency in connection with the hiring or firing of an
Enter grand total of columns (1), (m) and
employee, the issuance of a security clearance, or investigations of the per-
(n), below and in item 13 on the front of
Chap. 57 as implemented by the Federal Travel Regulations (FPMR 101-7),
E.O. 11609 of July 22, 1971, E.O. 11012 of March 27, 1962, E.O. 9397 of
formance of official duty while in Government service. Your Social Security
this form.
November 22, 1943, and 26 U.S.C. 6011(b) and 6109. The primary purpose
Account Number (SSN) is solicited under the authority of the Internal
of the requested information is to determine payment or reimbursement to
Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 6011(b) and 6109) and E.O. 9397, November 22,
eligible individuals for allowable travel and/or relocation expenses incurred
1943, for use as a tax payer and/or employee identification number; disclosure
under appropriate administrative authorization and to record and maintain
is MANDATORY on vouchers claiming travel and/or relocation allowance
costs of such reimbursements to the Government. The information will be
expense reimbursement which is, or may be, taxable income. Disclosure of
TOTAL
258.00
used by officers and employees who have a need for the information in the
your SSN and other requested information is voluntary in all other instances;
AMOUNT
performance of their official duties. The information may be disclosed to
however, failure to provide the information (other than SSN) required to
CLAIMED
appropriate Federal, State, local, or foreign agencies, when relevant to civil,
support the claim may result in delay or loss of reimbursement.
STANDARD FORM 1012 BACK (10-77)
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File Folder
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PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES [1983-1985] (3)
F97-0066/19
COHEN, D
Box Number
55
152
DOC Document Type
No of Doc Date Restric-
NO Document Description
pages
tions
2
RECEIPTS
1 3/31/1983 B6
CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS (PHOTOCOPIED)
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift.
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
OFFICIAL TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION
No. 3658
Date of Request
March 29, 1983
(TRAVELER TO COMPLETE SECTIONS 1-8.)
1. TRAVELER
JAMES K. ICOYNE
X
Name:
White House Staff
Extension:
6676
Room:
134 OEOB
Other
2. PURPOSE(S) and DATE(S): To attend and speak before National Association of
child Care Management annual conference re: PSI and child care
initiatives, Tuesday, April 12, 1983
3. ITINERARY Washington, D.C. to Williamsburg, VA to Washington, D.C.
(List all cities where stopover occurs.)
4. DEPARTURE:
RETURN:
Date: Monday, April 11, 1983
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 1983
5:45 p.m. (US Air #1625)
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Other
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ticket and flew personal plane, he will be
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September 1, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR CAROLE M. ROGIN
FROM:
HEIDI A. HILTGEN
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
TO JAMES K. COYNE
SUBJECT:
Reimbursement for Mr. Coyne's Expenses
for NACCM Conference, April 12, 1983
Pursuant to our telephone discussion on August 23, I have
enclosed a check payable to the National Association
for Child Care Management from Jim Coyne to serve as
reimbursement for expenses he incurred during his visit
to Williamsburg on April 12 to participate in the
NACCM Annual Conference.
Because of federal regulations, any organization that
does not have a 501(C)3 tax status is not eligible to
reimburse White House staff members' expenses. Therefore,
in accordance with the law, Mr. Coyne is reimbursing you
for all expenses paid by the NACCM, total amount is $62.40.
Thank you for your understanding in my initial oversight.
If you have any questions, please call me (456-6676).
CC: WH Admin. Office
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August 23, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR JAMES K. COYNE
FROM:
HEIDI A. HILTGEN
SUBJECT:
Travel Expenses for April 12 Trip to
Williamsburg for NACCM Conference
The White House Administration Office called to inform us
that the hotel bill paid for by the National Association for
Child Care Management (NACCM) for your overnight accommodations
on April 11 must be paid for by funds from the PSI budget
since NACCM is a 501(C)6 organization (not 501(C)3).
Therefore, White House Administration requested that you
reimburse NACCM for all expenses incurred, which are only
the hotel (since transportation and meals were at no expense)
@ $62.40. The WH Administration Office will in turn reimburse
you for that expense.
In addition, the GSA regulations require reimbursement for
private plane expenses to be .45$ per mile (established by
law in Congress) and hence, will reimburse you .45$ X 145 air
miles = $65.25 for your transportation expenses. No other
costs were incurred.
Total amount you will receive from White House Administration
Office will be $127.65. However, before they prepare the
reimbursement check, they requested a copy of the check
you send to NACCN for hotel reimbursement,
1800 M Street, N.W., Suite 103ON
9:-10:00
naccm
Washington, DC 20035
(202) 452-8100
National Association for Child Care Management
care
open-
March 5, 1983
James K. Coyne
Special Assistant to the President and
Director of Private Sector Initiatives
134 Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Jim:
It was a pleasure to meet you this morning. On behalf of the
National Association for Child Care Management (NACCM), I
offer our enthusiastic support and, I believe, considerable
resources for the PSI Child Care Program.
I will follow your recommendation to contact Mr. Mosbacher as
a next step. As the enclosed membership roster indicates,
NACCM has members in virtually every major metropolitan area
in the country. Additionally, we have given substantial
consideration to what business needs to know about child care
as an employee benefit. As a group, our member companies are
the acknowledged leaders in this new arena, which we view as
a vital step in meeting the child care needs of America's
working families.
As I mentioned, NACCM's 1983 Annual Meeting will be held on
April 10-12 in Williamsburg, Virginia. NACCM would be
extremely pleased to have your participation on our program.
This would provide an excellent opportunity for you to obtain
direct input from the industry leaders and for them to hear
from you regarding the Reagan Administration's continued
concern for our industry's potential.
We would welcome a one-hour presentation on the PSI Child
Care Program on Monday, April 11 or Tuesday, April 12 at 9:00
AM. Certainly, we hope that you could be with us for all of
our program, which is highlighted on the enclosed
registration form.
I will contact your office early in the week, following my
call to Mr. Mosbacher, to confirm your participation in our
Annual Meeting and to report on our discussion.
Again, thank you for your interest in our industry and our
association. We look forward to working closely with the
Private Sector Initiatives Office.
Cordially,
Carole Carole M. Rogin m Rogin
Executive Director
CMR/ntc
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1800 M Street NW Suite 1030N
naccm
Washington, D.C 20036
(202) 452-8100
National Association for Child Care Management
March 25, 1983
Mr. James K. Coyne
Special Assistant to the President
and Director of Private Sector Initiatives
134 Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20500
Attention: Heidi
Enclosed is confirmation of Mr. Coyne's room
on April 11, 1983 at;
The Williamsburg Hilton
50 Kingsmill Drive
Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
Phone: 804/220/2500
NACCM has taken care of the room deposit, and
I will call you regarding details of his
participation in the NACCM Annual Conference
We are delighted that he will be joining us.
Carole Cordially, M. Rogin m Rogin
Executive Director
CMR/ntc
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National Association for Child Care Management
March 21, 1983
James K. Coyne
Special Assistant to the President and
Director of Private Sector Initiatives
134 Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Jim:
I am delighted that you have accepted our invitation to address the
membership of the National Association for Child Care Management
(NACCM) at our 1983 Annual Meeting.
This meeting will be held on April 10-12 at the Williamsburg Hilton,
Williamsburg, Virginia. A brochure describing the hotel, and including
a map, is enclosed for you. I have reserved a single room for you for
the evening of Monday, April 11.
Your presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12 at 9:00-10:00 AM.
As you know, the members of NACCM - the private child care companies -
strongly support the Reagan Administration's focus on private sector
initiatives to revitalize our country. Our members will be keenly
interested in hearing from you regarding the PSI Child Care Initiative
and the contributions that they might make to support the
Administration's efforts in this critical area of child care for
America's working families.
We will handle all details of your presentation through your office. I
will call later this week to confirm the title of your remarks and any
audio-visual requirements that you may have.
Again, thank you for your willingness to address the 1983 Annual
Conference. We look forward to welcoming you to Williamsburg.
Cordially,
Carole Carole M. Rogin
Executive Director
CMR/ntc
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Ful
WASHINGTON
September 20, 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL K. DEAVER
FROM:
JAMES K. COYNE
SUBJECT:
DU PONT CONTEXT MAGAZINE
Du Pont Context is Du Pont's corporate magazine published
three times a year. It has been published for more than 12
years and it deals with timely economic, political and social
issues. It is distributed free-of-charge to 140,000 U. S.
opinion leaders, including those in federal and state govern-
ment, the news media, business and industry, education and
special interest groups. They tackle a wide cross section of
issues (enclosed are some recent issues), encourage a variety
of views, and paint a picture of the impact an issue has on
the nation, its decision makers and the public.
Based on surveys and reader response, Context has been success-
ful in providing thoughtful and interesting perspectives.
Because of the film, "The Hope That Made America Famous" by
the President's Advisory Council on Private Sector Initiatives
which Du Pont sponsored, their upcoming issue is devoted
entirely to volunteerism, a subject unlike anything they ever
tried before. We worked with the Context Editor and Du Pont's
Manager of Publications and provided material to them.
This issue will be printed by October 22 and the 140,000
subscribers will receive their copies within a week to ten days.
Enclosed is a copy of the lead overview story which was written
by Nick Thimmesch, the writer in residence at the American
Enterprise Institute and a nationally known syndicated
columnist. For other parts of the issue, they are drawing on
examples of volunteer and community service projects from the
Partnership Data/Net and the President's Volunteer Action
Awards winners. A photo of President Reagan at Congress Heights
Elementary School will appear in this issue.
Du Pont's printer is here in Washington and will send as many
copies of the magazine that we need directly to us on Oct. 22.
OUPONT
sdi
REG U.S. PAT TM OFF
ESTABLISHED 1802
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY
INCORPORATED
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19898
PUBLIC AFFAIRS department
September 13, 1984
Ms. Edith Westermann
Director of Special Projects
White House
Office of Private Sector Initiatives
Room 190
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Edi:
Attached you will find a draft of a story prepared
for Du Pont Context by Nick Thimmesch, a syndicated columnist
and political reporter based in Washington. As I mentioned in
our telephone conversation, I have chosen to incorporate and
consolidate Jim Coyne's statements in this article. We normally
don't quote an individual in two different places in our pub-
lication, and I feel that Jim's observations are more appropriate
and work better in the context of this story. If after you and
he have had a chance to review his comments, you wish to make
any changes please don't hesitate to give me a call (302/774-9447).
I also appreciate your help in securing photos of
President Reagan at the Washington elementary school adopted
Sevi
by the White House. I have followed up on your suggestion about
securing other pictures which may be even better and were carried
in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. We are having those pic-
tures sent to us for our consideration.
We are now in the process of assembling all photos
and completing the design of Context. It is shaping up nicely,
and are scheduled to publish on October 22. Since we print our
magazine in Washington, we will be glad to make available to your
office as many copies as you think you need and we can send them
directly from our printer. Please let me know of your preferred
quantity and any details about arrangements.
Sincerely,
Gaig clfarrer
Craig C. Garner
Editor, Du Pont Context
CCG:pjl
Self-Help Reemphasized
Pls. see pages
SEIZING THE INITIATIVE AT
5-6.
THE COMMUNITY LEVEL
by
Nick Thimmesch
In the West Wing of the White House is a plaque studded
with many fountain pens, and underneath are the words: "With
these 50 pens, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the
foundation of the Great Society passed by the historic and
fabulous First Session of the 89th Congress." One pen is
lettered, "Poverty," another "Juvenile Delinguency," and yet
another, "Education." "
The plaque illustrates President Johnson's great
confidence that he had begun a monumental government effort to
eradicate the nation's problems, but it even more appropriately
symbolizes an America which headily assumed that the federal
government alone could right many of the nation's wrongs.
Though the public's expectations of government have
narrowed, Americans, as they have for generations, still strive
to leave their communities and country a bit better off than when
they found them. Historically, Americans have alternately turned
to government, to business and to private organizations and
individuals in this idealistic quest.
Nick Thimmesch is a national syndicated columnist
who is currently writer-in-residence at the
American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
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The U.S. is justifiably famous for allowing its citizens
a great measure of freedom to combine work and talent in order to
attain about any life or fortune they want. In return, Americans
have shown a consistent gratitude by contributing time and money
to their communities and to people who haven't quite made it.
Nowadays, it is this latter impulse -- in the private
sector -- which is being heralded as the more effective way to
treat social problems.
There is great thumping on this score. For example,
George Gallup reported 92 million Americans "working in some way
to help others for no monetary pay" in 1983. The United Way's
2,200 local agencies recently recorded their best fund-raising
campaign in 27 years, collecting $9.5 billion, almost a 10%
increase over 1982. And Dr. Vernon M. Goetcheus, a social
organization expert, concluded that despite budget cuts by the
federal government, voluntary organizations remain strong.
The new focus on private sector initiatives should not
lead anyone to think that federal programs are being abandoned
wholesale. Federal expenditures for the disadvantaged and poor
have decreased, but they are only 10% less in the current budget
compared to President Jimmy Carter's last budget. Indeed, recent
data indicate that $1.5 trillion is spent annually by local,
state and federal governments, while all voluntary organizations
raised $150 billion in annual income -- a ten-to-one ratio.
There is no way that the private (for-profit and non-profit)
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sector will ever come close to performing the social services
that government does.
Wholesome Rediscovery
What is happening in our society, however, is a
wholesome, productive rediscovery of the admirable American
impulse to help out and to seize initiative at the community
level. This impulse was part of the intense quarrel during the
founding of the Republic when Federalists, led by Alexander
Hamilton and James Madison, and those advocating
decentralization, principally Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson,
disagreed on the issue of a strong central government.
The debate has raged in various forms throughout our
history. At times, great presidents like Abraham Lincoln,
Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, successfully molded
a strong central government apparatus to work the will of the
nation.
But the yearning to keep central government out of
citizen's lives runs through American history. From the
New England Town Hall meetings to the "nation of villagers"
described by Walter Lippman, great numbers of Americans have
always asserted their local rights. A century and a half ago,
Alexis de Tocqueville lauded decentralization and beneficial
voluntary associations in America's communities.
But the enormous thrust of industrialization forced
earnest smalltown America to give way to the power of
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urbanization and national government. No decentralization or
Main Street civic club could withstand the deleterious impact of
monopolistic corporations and railroads, of sweatshops and slums,
of depressions and droughts, so federal government asserted its
duty to curb and cure these ills.
When LBJ's "Great Society" arrived, a big, strong,
impersonal centralized government seemed relentless. Yet
ironically, the Johnson programs also accentuated the urge for
decentralization and diminishment of federal authority. "Power
to the people" was a defiant shout to Washington. Unhappiness
with federal regulations and demands by activists of the Left and
Right for "local" or "community" control, including local
councils and "little" city halls, denoted a distinct shift in
public sentiment.
This building opposition to the notion that the federal
government should be the preeminent problem-solver culminated
with the election of Ronald Reagan who had called for "an end to
giantism ... a return to human scale of the local fraternal
lodge, the church organization, the block club, the farm bureau."
Unsurprisingly, shortly after taking office, Reagan
established an Office of Private Sector Initiatives, boosting it
with speeches and the White Houses's own adoption of a public
school in a low-income Washington neighborhood which he visited
several times himself.
Heading the office is James K. Coyne, a former
Pennsylvania Congressman. His is not the first such office in
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government because ex-Michigan Governor George Romney once ran a
volunteerism program for President Nixon, and President Carter
also took an interest in the private sector and still does.*
But, as Coyne describes it, "This office is woven in with the
president's economic policy.
"We see great increases in volunteerism, corporate
responsibility and public-private partnerships," Coyne says.
"Twenty years ago, businesses thought their only business was
business. This has completely turned around. I see businessmen
who get paid in six figures, working 50% of the time running
non-profit activities and getting real satisfaction. We see
trade associations stressing volunteerism, and no longer
promoting just their narrow business interest."
As many as 10,000 of the 35,000 schools in the
nationwide Adopt-a-School program were adopted by businesses.
They act as tutors, provide money and books, and take youngsters
on field trips. Federal Express adopted seven schools in Memphis
alone. In Philadelphia, there is a Business Leadership Organized
For Catholic Schools program headed by Bill Fishman, co-founder
of ARA Corp., and he happens to be Jewish.
"You can cut through red tape fast through
volunteerism," emphasizes Coyne. "When the President spoke on
National Missing Children's Day, he challenged the private
sector. Trailways Bus company came forward in three weeks with a
*Recently, the former President wore overalls as a volunteer
carpenter renovating an abandoned building in a crime-ridden slum
on Manhattan's lower east side.
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proposal to provide a free ride for any missing child so
identified. That deal would have taken the government two years
to set up."
Coyne adds: "Obviously, this office can't do
everything. We don't want to do away with government; we want to
make it work better with and for people. We want to be a
catalyst for the use of all available resources, including the
army of 92 million volunteers in this country. We want to
stimulate and coordinate partnerships, the active involvement of
the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, and the participation
of citizens at the local level for only they know their
community's needs. "
Volunteerism On Rise
Some argue that this shift toward greater balance in
resources -- more public-private partnerships, more local
citizens and volunteers assuming responsibility -- is illusory.
But sentiment for broader participation runs deep, and there is
much evidence, anecdotal and otherwise, that local initiatives
are spreading and strengthening. The Gallup Poll reported an
increase in volunteerism. A 1981 Roper Poll showed that 85% of
those surveyed felt that even if there was enough money to pay
for social services, "it is still important to community life
that a lot of useful work be done by volunteers" and 60% felt the
future of problem solving lay in the private sector or by
public-private partnerships.
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A poll of black Americans for the American Enterprise
Institute turned up a renewed emphasis on self-help. It showed
that: 82% of black people were confident they could direct their
own lives, 95% felt blacks should initiate actions to upgrade
their neighborhoods, and 70% said they would work in such
self-help projects.
Robert L. Woodson, who commissioned the poll and is now
president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, has
for years been highly critical of bureaucratic attempts to
"administer" to ghetto people and has advocated that blacks must
become empowered to solve their own problems.
A onetime ghetto kid himself who earned a master's
degree and became a National Urban League official, Woodson
says: "We've got to change the tax laws so indigenous businesses
can start in poor neighborhoods. We should stop government
subsidization of benefits and services to the poor. Let's give
'service vouchers' so they can shop for the social, health and
wealth programs best serving their needs. We should provide
education vouchers, too, so we can increase the number -- now at
350 -- of independent black schools started by low-income
families."
Woodson, a political independent, chastises both the
Reagan Administration and its critics for measuring "fairness" in
terms of how much money is spent. "We should be debating
fairness in terms of empowerment," he says. "We shouldn't be
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arguing that if you are for self-help, you are against
affirmative action. Grassroots people are beginning to wake up." "
Despite his criticism, Woodson is welcomed as an advisor
to the Reagan White House. It was Woodson who championed the
House of Umoja in Philadelphia, a self-help group which earned a
national reputation for its success in deterring youth-gang
violence. Its youngsters now have contracts with 42 retail
merchants, shopping centers and many of the city's convenience
stores. Instead of robbing them, they are protecting them.
Another indigenous effort showing growing success is
tenant ownership of public housing projects. Cicero Wilson of
the American Enterprise Institute did a case study of Kenilworth,
a resident-run project in Washington, D.C. It indicated that
after one year, welfare dependency was reduced from 85% to 35%;
teenage pregnancy decreased 50%; rent collections increased by
60%; and crime dropped by 70%. "The tenants set a community
standard for what was acceptable," explains Wilson, "and they
enforced it."
Self-Help Long Practiced
Even without the current pressure of budget cuts in
social programs and the renewed emphasis on public-private
partnerships, the impetus to improve the quality of life at the
local level has taken root.
In many cities today, there are individuals who on their
own and using their own money brighten up neighborhoods by
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planting trees, building mini-parks and repairing and painting
the homes of the elderly. Hundreds of companies like Levi
Strauss, Honeywell and Tenneco have organized community affairs
departments to train employees on how to be volunteers and help
to facilitate their involvement.
In Kansas, hotel and motel owners developed a program to
provide free emergency housing for people forced to leave their
homes because of domestic violence, evictions or natural
disasters such as floods. In New Franklin, Missouri, retired
citizens who compose much of the town's 1,100 people, built their
own senior center on the strength of quilt sales, bake sales and
bazaars. In San Mateo, California, businessmen set up a job
search program for people on public assistance -- 70% of those
who used the services found jobs and left the welfare rolls.
Self-help ventures aren't always easy to start and
manage. Many mayors find otherwise respected institutions
backing off of tough chores such as finding lodging for the
homeless.
New York City Mayor Ed Koch, for instance, got into a
first-class wrangle last year with Christian and Jewish clergymen
when he prodded them to provide 400 beds for homeless "street"
people. Koch was roundly criticized by one minister for "putting
the city's responsibility on the churches." The need was finally
met, but the outspoken mayor still bristled: "They can't take
the city's place, but they can help with volunteers and floor
space."
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It is simplistic to think, as some clergymen did in
New York, that the public dollar can solve the problem of the
homeless. It is also simplistic to think that the dollars cut
from the federal budget must and can be replaced by the business
community or non-profit organizations. Private sector
initiatives cannot be second-string to necessary federal
spending, nor can they be, as AEI's Jack Meyer points out,
"filler to be used until we can afford previous funding levels
for federal programs."
But it is probably correct to think that the work and
programs initiated at the grass-roots, in neighborhoods, by
concerned citizens, by the poor and many others, are an enormous
resource not yet fully tapped. Volunteerism and community
service in whatever form are in the mainstream of American
tradition. They are much needed -- and will be needed even more
-- as our society becomes increasingly complicated and as
technology causes more people to feel alienated and alone. Such
community and voluntary spirit can make its practioneers more
human through self-giving and provide its recipients as well with
much needed benefits and even a sense of dignity.
Perhaps President Johnson, on using those 50 "Great
Society" pens didn't realize that the beneficial side-effect in
that rush of legislation was the rekindling and expansion of
America's deep-seated belief in doing what needs to be done at
the local level and by local citizens. This nation has been
doing for itself in its communities for two centuries, and it is
important that it continue.
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