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GGD-93-39R 1 (1993-05-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackif0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States 'GAO Generl Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Generl Government Division B-233631 May 13, 1993 The Honorable Gary A. Condit Chairman, Government Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture Subcommittee Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives 149269 Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to the Subcommittee's request that we determine if the Department of Justice (DOJ) acted in accordance with applicable procedures in providing documents to former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh after he left office in August 1991. To make this determination, we interviewed Mr. Thornburgh's private archivist and the DOJ records managers who handled Mr. Thornburgh's documents. We also reviewed a sample of Mr. Thornburgh's documents to determine if they contained classified or sensitive information. In addition, we reviewed DOJ policies and federal regulations on removal of documents by former employees. We did our work during March and April 1993 in Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh. MATERIALS PROVIDED TO MR. THORNBURGH In December 1992 and January 1993, DOJ provided Mr. Thornburgh 102 boxes of materials relating to his position as Attorney General.' According to DOJ, the 102 boxes consisted of 11 boxes of original documents, 89 boxes of copied documents, and 2 boxes of microfilm. DOJ records managers said that they did not keep the 11 boxes of original documents because these documents were determined to be either personal, which the Department had no right to 'In addition to the 102 boxes of materials, DOJ records managers said that Mr. Thornburgh took 156 boxes of personal and nonrecord material in September 1991, one month after he left the Department. Records managers said DOJ did not incur the costs of shipment. GAO/GGD-93-39R Thornburgh Papers RESTRICTED--Not to be released outside General Accounting Office unless specifically approved by the Office of Congressional Relations. 5S1120

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