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FOIA Number: 2013-0661-F (2)
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This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the William J. Clinton
Presidential Library Staff.
Collection/Record Group:
Clinton Presidential Records
Subgroup/Office of Origin:
National Service
Series/Staff Member:
Rick Allen
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1292
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Department of Commerce
The Honorable Ronald H. Brown
Chief of Staff: Rob Stein Phone: (202)-482-4246
Dept. Contact: Eric London (asst. to Chief of Staff)
Phone: (202)-482-6063 Fax: (202)-482-2741
Report Date: April 8, 1993
The DOC office of Private Sector Initiatives in the Office of Business
Liaison was established under the Bush Administration to coordinate both
agency-sponsored and employee voluntary programs.
I. Agency-Sponsored Programs - Highlights
* Memorandum of understanding between the Peace Corp and the
Department of Commerce. This agreement was put in place in order to help
develop new world-wide technical and business programs which would enhance
international economic development. Under this agreement, DOC employees
with expertise in a variety of fields provide training and technical assistance to
volunteer projects in business, urban, and related technical development areas.
In the long-run, the assistance is meant to help further the development of
economies and infrastructures in underdeveloped nations in order to create new
commercial opportunities for the United States. The agreement went into effect
on July 29, 1992 and will stay in effect for five years. To date, no assistance has
been provided.
*
Cities in Schools Program. This is a non-profit dropout prevention program
that works with existing local social and educational services as part of a
coordinated strategy to keep at-risk youth in school at both the elementary and
secondary levels. CIS workers use field trips, after-school classes, counseling
sessions, and home visits to draw young people back into the system at 433
"projected sites" (targeted schools) across the country. CIS is funded as a joint
project between the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, and other
federal agencies. DOC allocated $530,000 in FY93 to the program..
II. Employee Voluntary Programs
* Race for the Cure. A road race held each year in which all proceeds from
runner-sponsorship go to breast cancer research.
*
Holiday Gift collection for Homeless Families* Special Disaster Relief
Collections (eg. for Hurricane Andrew).
III. The Office of Private Sector Initiatives received a budget of approx.
$240,000 in FY93.
IV. Ideas for Program Development
At this point, DOC is reorganizing the Office of Business Liason and rethinking
OPSI's role in coordinating the volunteer activities of the DOC. Ultimatley, DOC
would like to play a major role in helping the National Service Program move
forward.
* The DOC could serve as a liason between the Office of National Service and
the business community. In this role, DOC could help ONS structure the
National Service Program in a way which would encourage businesses to
donate financial and technical assistance to the service programs which fall
under the ONS umbrella. In more concrete terms, this would mean giving
businesses incentives to "adopt" pieces of the National Service network. In
this role, DOC could also help ONS identify coorperations which would be
interested in assuming this sort of role.
DOC:KF
COMMERCE - The Honorable Ron Brown
Agency Sponsored Year-Round Programs
Chief of Staff: Rob Stein
Agency Community Service Contact: Eric London
AGENCY MISSION: Devoted to the expansion of opportunities for United States businesses at home and abroad. Through its ten
phone: 202-482-2112
phone: 202-482-6063
internal agencies, including the International Trade Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
fax: 202-482-2741
fax: 202-482-2741
the Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration, and the Minority Business Development
Administration, Commerce strives to achieve its mission: to ensure and enhance opportunity for the American people.
Name of Program and
Program Description
Program Time
FY 1993 Service
Number of
Age of
Stipend Amount
Post Service
Cooperative
Contact Person
Line
Funding Level
Participants
Participants
Benefit Amount
Programs with
Private or Public
External Entities
Understanding between
Initiative to develop new world wide technical and
July 1992-present
Commerce and the Peace
Peace Corps
business programs to enhance international economic
Corps
advancement. Commerce employees with expertise in a
variety of fields will be detailed to the Peace Corps to
develop these new programs and further the
development of economies and infrastructures to create
new commercial opportunities for the United States.
OPSI will work closely with the private sector as well to
promote the new business and technical programs, seek
their business and technical advice, and encourage
private sector participation and resources.
Commerce: Page 1
COMMERCE - The Honorable Ron Brown
Employee Voluntary Activities
Chief of Staff: Rob Stein
Agency Community Service Contact: Eric London
AGENCY MISSION: Devoted to the expansion of opportunities for United States businesses at home and abroad. Through its ten
phone: 202-482-2112
phone: 202-482-6063
internal agencies, including the International Trade Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
fax: 202-482-2741
fax: 202-482-2741
the Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration, and the Minority Business Development
Administration, Commerce strives to achieve its mission: to ensure and enhance opportunity for the American people.
Name of Program and
Program Description
Program Time
FY 1993 Service
Number of
Age of
Stipend Amount
Post Service
Cooperative
Contact Person
Line
Funding Level
Participants
Participants
Benefit Amount
Programs with
Private or Public
External Entities
Race for the Cure
An annual run from which all participant sponsorhip
monies support breast cancer research.
Cities in School
Nonprofit prevention program that repositions existing
Dept. of
433 "project
Dept. of Justice
local social and educational services in a coordinated
Commerce
sites" (targeted
and other federal
strategy to keep at-risk youth in school at both the
allocated
schools) across
agencies also
elementary and secondary levels.
$530,000 to the
the country
supply funds for
FY 1993
the program
With an empasis on coordinating existing resources, CIS
program.
workers use counseling sessions, after-school classes,
field trips, and home visits to draw children back into
the school system.
Commerce Holiday Gift
Collection for Homeless
Families
Blood Drives for Red
Cross
Special disaster relief
collections
Federal inter-agency
collections
Clothing and food
collections
Commerce: Page 2