WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT SUBJECT FILES: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (FG022)

Research Availability:
Open - all records in the subject category have been processed and are available for research
Partial - some of the records in the subject category have been processed and available for research
None - no records in the subject category have been processed nor made available for research
N/A - no records were in this category

File Code Description Research
Availability
FG022

Department of Health and Human Services
This primary subject category contains material relating to recommendations, nominations, appointments, and resignations from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); speaker requests for the Secretary of HHS; nominations of Secretary Margaret Heckler and Secretary Otis Bowen; numerous reports from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases; as well as administrative reports and testimonies by HHS personnel before Congressional subcommittees and conferences; and public complaints regarding topics such as the high cost of health care, budget cuts for HHS funded programs, the treatment received by Secretary Heckler during her divorce, and the treatment of Jo Ann Gasper over her handling of Title X grants. These complaints were initially sent to Ronald Reagan and then forwarded to HHS for response. 

Many case files in this subject category were transferred to their more appropriate secondary subject categories either because they were improperly labelled or because the White House forwarded it to other HHS agencies for response. This mostly affected correspondence forwarded for response by the Public Health Service (FG022-10); Social Security Administration (FG022-11); and the Health Care Financing Administration (FG022-13).

Open
FG022-02 Consumer Affairs, Office of
This secondary subject category contains material commending a member of the Consumer Affairs Office; a summary report of the activities completed in 1982; and an issue paper drafted by Virginia Knauer, Special Advisor to the President on Consumer Affairs, about the possible adverse consequences of the drastic budget cut the Consumer Affairs Office faced for fiscal year 1987. 
Open
FG022-04 Human Development, Office of
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the activities of the Administration on Aging; four fiscal year (1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983) annual reports on the Administration of Aging; the recommendations to nominate the Commissioner on Aging; and an information packet on the role of Commissioner on Aging. This secondary subject category also contains the fiscal year 1984 annual report on the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. 
Open
FG022-05 Inspector General, HHS
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the semiannual reports for fiscal year 1982, 1985, and 1988; the 1981 Annual Report on Legislative and Specific Illustrative Example Opportunities; and the letters of recommendations for different candidates for the position of Deputy Inspector General. 
Open
FG022-07 Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services
The White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within this secondary subject category to the Library.
N/A
FG022-09 National Cancer Institute (1.2 ft.)
A secondary subject category containing memos, correspondence, and reports re appointments to the National Cancer Advisory Board; resignations; annual reports of the National Cancer Advisory Board; and reports of the National Cancer Panel.
Open
FG022-10 Public Health Service (2 ft.)
A secondary subject category containing memos, correspondence, and reports re appointments to the Food and Drug Administration, Surgeon General, National Institutes of Health, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administrations, Public Health Service, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Advisory Committee, the National Institute of Mental Health, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Strategy Council, National Institute of Drug Abuse; requests from the public for non-FDA approved medications; complaints re the FDA approval process; reports of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council; National Institutes of Health grants; reorganization of ADAMHA; statements by C. Everett Koop; FDA Poison Control Project; FDA regulations and technology transfer; FDA regulations; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; USDA nutrition assistance programs; Health Research Extension Act of 1984; Public Health Service Act Amendments of 1984; Health Professions and Services Amendments Act of 1984; FDA report A Plan for Action; report of the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; FDA inspections; FDA Commissioner remarks; Public Health Service promotions; Congressional request for FDA documents re veterinary medicine; use and care of animals for research; National Institutes of Health biennial report; transfer of National Institutes of Mental Health to the National Institutes of Health; Administration of Developmental Disabilities report; National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Act of 1988; and FDA food labeling regulations.
Open
FG022-11 Social Security Administration
This secondary subject category contains materials related to the nominations and appointments of Jack Svahn and Dorcas Hardy as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) and responses to public complaints regarding: SSA handling of benefits and operating procedures, calls for federal investigations into SSA activities, claims of misconduct in specific regional offices, complaints about workers’ competency, anger over complications with receiving benefits, and customers’ dissatisfaction with SSA workers’ attitudes towards Ronald Reagan. The subject category also contains reports regarding SSA Data Communication contracts; the “float period” for checks issued under Title II; Stable Leadership and Better Management Needed to Improve Effectiveness at SSA; fiscal year 1988 Annual Report; and a discussion over memos about H.R. 825 which proposed to make SSA an independent agency as well as the administration’s opposition to the measure. 
Open
FG022-12 Social and Rehabilitation Service
The White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within this secondary subject category to the Library.
N/A
FG022-13 Health Care Financing Administration
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the nomination notice of Dr. William Roper as Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA); complaints from the public regarding: intention of HHS to issue financial regulations to eliminate the favorable waiver liability protection for home health agencies, a proposed plan to provide Medicare for heart transplant operation, a letter to Jack Svahn about the consolidation of the HCFA building in Baltimore, and requests for the President to replace William Roper due to his administration of the Medicare home health care benefit. 
Open