Records related to Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA) (22-16548-F)

The materials in FOIA 22-16548-F are a selective, not necessarily all-inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult an archivist about related materials.

FOIA 22-16548-F requested materials related to the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA) from 1/20/2009 to 3/23/2010 to or from David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, and Steve Ricchetti.

This FOIA primarily contains correspondence, event and media planning, meeting logs, visitor records, press releases, calendars, schedules, news clippings, and memoranda.

13 folders, approximately 922 pages / 738 assets 

  • Electronic Records
  • Textual

The materials in FOIA 22-16548-F are a systematic body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult an archivist about related materials.  

Documents responsive to this FOIA were found in these collection areas – White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files, White House Counsel’s Office (WHCO) Staff Member Office

Files, and Obama Presidential Electronic Records.

WHORM Subject and WHORM Alpha Files are processed at the document level.  

The WHORM Alpha File was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of documents arranged by name of persons, organizations, or events.  

The WHORM Subject File was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and consists of a series of documents assigned a letter/number combination and filed in a subject category. A complete listing of the subject categories, including a detailed description of each category, is available on the National Archives Catalog.

Staff Member Office Files are maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity.  Staff Member Office Files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. 

The Executive Office of the President (EOP) instance of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Obama administration staff. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program, such as Exchange Email or the Worker and Visitor Entry System (WAVES). In addition to records captured from the White House’s electronic systems, EOP-ERA also contains records from the home and shared drives used by White House staff.

The following is a list of documents, folders, and electronic search results lists (SRLs) that were processed in response to FOIA 22-16548-F:

Textual Records

Records Management, White House Office of

Subject Files - FG006-01 (White House Office - Staff - Staff Meetings)

1002254

1006399

1006412

1010141

1020976

 

Subject Files - FG001 (Administration Accomplishments)

1008674

Subject Files - FG001-07 (Briefing Papers)

1029226

Subject Files - PP (Presidential Personal)

1009337

 

Staff Member Office Files

Counsel’s Office, White House (WHCO)

Pappas, Louis - Subject Files

Binder - HECC (House Energy and Commerce Committee) Health

Reform: PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of

America) Negotiations

 

Binder – PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers

of America)

 

PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America)

 

PRA (Presidential Records Act) and PhRMA) (Pharmaceutical

Researchers and Manufacturers of America)

 

Wright, Andrew – Subject Files

White House Health Reform Investigation – Select Emails by Topic

(Kim’s File): PRA (Presidential Records Act) PhRMA

(Pharmaceutical Industry)

 

Electronic Records

Email – Other Axelrod Rahm Ricchetti contains 102 assets, of which 11 are released in full, 2 are withheld in part, and 89 are withheld in full.

Email – Other FROM Axelrod Rahm Ricchetti contains 51 assets, of which 17 are released in full, 2 are withheld in part, and 32 are withheld in full.

Email – Presidential Axelrod Rahm Ricchetti contains 436 assets, of which 7 are released in full, 3 are withheld in part, and 426 are withheld in full.

Email – Presidential FROM Axelrod Rahm Ricchetti contains 113 assets, of which 5 are released in full, and 108 are withheld in full.

Shared Drives CEA contains 3 assets, of which all 3 are released in full.

Shared Drives OA contains 8 assets, of which all 8 are withheld in full.

Shared Drives WHO contains 25 assets, of which 3 are released in full, 4 are withheld in part, and 18 are withheld in full.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Barack Obama Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.
 

Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
 

Official records of Barack Obama’s presidency are housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).
 

Staff Archivists, 2025. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.