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Records Management, White House Office of Subject Files - FG006-30 (Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Office Files) Location or NARA Number: FRC ID: OA Number: Stack: Row: Sect.: Shelf: Pos.: Hollinger ID: W 11 6 4 1 12139 25002 12034 11896 Folder Title: 698570 EOP RMS - Barcode Scanning Sheet Page 1 of 1 TAGGART_H 749148 FG006-30 Barcode Scanning Sheet Collection Code: CTRACK Staff Name: JOEL KAPLAN Document Date: 1/10/2008 Correspondent: Subject/Description: F: JOEL KAPLAN; COPY OF FAX FROM THE FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL TO THE PRESIDENT; ON BEHALF OF THE UNDERSIGNED GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WE WRITE TO YOU IN SUPPORT OF SCOTT BLOCH, SPECIAL COUNSEL AT THE US OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL (OSC); SCANNED BY ORM http://saeop82/RMS/custom/jsp/caseentry/BarcodeScanningSheet.jsp 3/27/2008 01/09/2008 12:52 MAA 202 131 3508 FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL 002 1/10/08 Bank Barry A.SOAM 749148 January 10, 2008 F6006-30 F:Kaplan The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the undersigned groups and individuals we write to you in support of Scott Bloch, Special Counsel at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC). As you may recall early in 2004 Special Counsel Bloch removed the President Clinton-era interpretation on civil rights and replaced it with the actual Title VII law. The Clinton policy, with no regard to congressionally approved statutes, added "sexual orientation" to the list of protected classes of race, color, religion, sex and national origin. For this act of faithfully upholding the rule of law, Mr. Bloch has been and continues to be attacked personally and professionally by activist groups and certain Members of Congress. Mr. Bloch's compliance with the law has drawn harsh criticism from your political opponents and resulted in retaliatory investigations, including the ongoing investigation by the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Of immediate concern are some apparent conflicts of interest with OPM handling the investigation. Additional concerns are raised by H.R.4047, the Private Sector Whistleblower Protection Streamlining Act of 2007. This bill seeks to codify the regulations unlawfully changed during the Clinton Administration. Such a change would apply regulations in the federal government similar to the regulations required for private businesses in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which your Administration opposed. Signing H.R. 4047 into law would result in weakening the well argued points in your Administrations Statement of Administration Policy issued on October 23, 2007. Now that Mr. Bloch has come under attack for complying with Administration policy and upholding federal law, we ask that you take action to protect Scott Bloch from further harassment so that he might continue to faithfully serve you and the American public. We would also ask that your administration oppose changes to current law, as seen in H.R. 4047, affecting the U.S. Office of Special Counsel We are most sincere in this request and hope you will give it immediate attention. Thank you and God bless you as you lead the nation. Sincerely, 01/09/2008 12:52 FAX 202 737 3508 FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL 003 Tony Perkins, President Joseph K. Grieboski, Founder and President Family Research Council Institute on Religion and Public Policy Dr. James Dobson, Founder and Chairman Phillip L. Jauregui Focus on the Family Judicial Action Group Paul M. Weyrich, National Chairman Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman Coalitions for America Liberty Counsel Dean and Professor of Law Gary Glenn, President Liberty University School of Law American Family Association of Michigan Joseph K. Grieboski, Founder and President Gary Bauer, President Institute on Religion and Public Policy American Values Laszlo Pasztor, Honorary Chairman Dr. Keith Wiebe, President National Federation of American American Association of Christian Schools Hungarians Larry Cirignano Steven W. Fitschen, President CatholicVote.org The National Legal Foundation Phil Burress, President Dr. William Greene, President Citizens for Community Values RightMarch.com Ken Blackwell, Chairman C. Preston Noell III, President Coalition for a Conservative Majority Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. Kay R. Daly, President Andrea Lafferty, Executive Director Coalition for a Fair Judiciary Traditional Values Coalition Tom Shields, Chairman Rod D. Martin, J.D., Chairman Coalition for Marriage and Family TheVanguard.org Wendy Wright, President Concerned Women for America Morton C. Blackwell, Chairman Conservative Leadership PAC Karen Testerman, Executive Director Cornerstone Policy Research Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder Eagle Forum David E. Smith, Executive Director Illinois Family Institute Ron Shuping, Executive VP Programming The Inspiration Networks