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11/28/97 FRI 14:02 FAX 002 E 002 10/19/97 14:36 48490 Ten- you call Rob would almow This and Office of the Attorney General Weiner Thanks. pet a shahes reque? M Washington, D. C. 20530 MARINA Elene it This DRAFT The President remove obsolete -sanding The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 references to "summer Dear Mr. President: Eleva On June 17, 1997, the 25th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended ("Title IX"). you directed executive departments and agencies to reinvigorate the enforcement of Title IX, and stated your intention to issue an Executive order prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, and sex in federally conducted education and training programs. Given the incomplete data then available on the types of education and training programs conducted by the Federal government, you also directed executive departments and agencies to submit to the Department of Justice ("Department") an inventory of their education and training programs in order that the Department could review such material and prepare an appropriate order. The purpose of this letter is to provide a summary of actions to date with respect to the initiative on federally conducted education and training programs läsency" rasences") In mid-July, Isabelle Katz Pinzler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, issued a memorandum to 93 executive departments and agencies that provided guidance and instructions on their preparation of an inventory of federally conducted education and training programs. In addition, the Civil Rights Division, which is coordinating this effort, has provided extensive advice by telephone to agency staff on a wide range of matters, including guidance or clarification as to whether certain programs should be reported. At this time, we are pleased to report that we have received submissions from all but a few agencies, and that a few others are providing additional data to complete their reports. Given the complexity of this task and the summer holidays the majority of agencies were diligent in their efforts to collect data from the multiple offices or entities within the agency.