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Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman papers
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Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman (b. 1939) represented Delaware in the United States Senate from January 15, 2009 - November 15, 2010. Democrat Ted Kaufman was appointed by Governor Ruth Ann Minner to fill the Senate vacancy caused by the resignation of newly elected Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; Senator Ted Kaufman did not seek election to the office in a special election for the seat in November 2010.
Edward E. Kaufman, known personally and professionally as "Ted," was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 15, 1939, to Helen Carroll and Manuel Kaufman. His mother was a teacher and his father, a social worker, was Deputy Commissioner of Public Welfare. Ted Kaufman attended Central High School in Philadelphia. He received a bachelor's of science degree in mechanical engineering from Duke University in 1960. The same year, he married his wife, Lynne Mayo, and they eventually had three daughters. Kaufman began his career as a sales engineer in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, working for the American Standard Industrial Division, which deepened his interest in marketing and business.
Kaufman then pursued a business degree at the University of Pennsylvania where he received an MBA from the Wharton School in 1966. Following graduation, he moved to Delaware to work for the DuPont Company in various technical, marketing, and finance positions. He worked as a technical representative for engineering products in Boston and Los Angeles before returning to Wilmington to work on financial analysis. Back in Delaware, Kaufman became involved in politics.
In 1972 Kaufman volunteered to work on the Senate campaign of Democratic candidate Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. At age 29, Biden was successful in the first of seven elections to represent Delaware in the United States Senate. Kaufman began working on Biden's staff full time in 1973, managing his state office in Wilmington. Kaufman initially planned to stay on Biden's staff for one year with a leave of absence from his work at DuPont. Kaufman stayed on and served as state director in charge of the Wilmington office until 1976 and became Senator Biden's chief of staff from 1976-1995. From the 1980s until 1994, Kaufman also served as an advisory board member of the Congressional Management Foundation, an organization working directly with staff and members of Congress to enhance operations and citizen engagement.
In 1995, President Bill Clinton appointed Kaufman as a charter member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an independent, federal agency in charge of all U.S. government and government-sponsored non-military international broadcasting. Kaufman's appointment was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and he served until 2008.
Also during the period 1995-2008, Kaufman was president of Public Strategies, a political and management consulting firm in Wilmington, Delaware. Beginning in 1991, Kaufman was also active teaching in three of Duke University's programs: the School of Law (Duke in D.C.), the Sanford School of Public Policy, and the Fuqua Graduate School of Business.
Throughout this period, Kaufman remained engaged with politics. Between 1997-2001, he was the Democratic National Committeeman from Delaware, and during the 2000 Delaware gubernatorial elections, he served on the strategy committee to elect Ruth Ann Minner. When Minner was elected, Kaufman also served on her transition committee. Kaufman continued to serve as a senior advisor to Joe Biden, and in late 2008, he was co-chair of Biden's vice presidential transition team.
On November 4, 2008, incumbent Senator Joe Biden won re-election to his seat in the United States Senate, but he also was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with presidential candidate Barack Obama. Biden was sworn in to his seventh Senate term, but he resigned his seat on January 15, 2009 and was inaugurated to the vice presidency on January 20, 2009.
On November 24, 2008, Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner announced her decision to appoint Ted Kaufman to fill the Senate seat that would be vacated when Biden assumed the office of Vice President. Governor Minner explained that she wanted to appoint someone whose policies closely matched Biden's. She also wanted someone who would not run in the November 2010 special election to complete the rest of Biden's unfinished Senate term.
Senator Kaufman's first committee appointments were on those which Joe Biden had previously served (and also chaired): the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. In March 2010, Kaufman was appointed to two additional committees: Armed Services, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. His appointment to Armed Services marked the first time a Delawarean had served on that committee.
In Kaufman's work on foreign relations, he supported international press freedom, public diplomacy, and civilian-military cooperation. His work on the Foreign Relations Committee, as well as the Armed Services Committee, took him on six trips to the Middle East. Kaufman was an active proponent of the Middle East peace process and human rights in Iran, joining with several other Senators to pass the Victims of Iranian Censorship (VOICE) Act, signed into law in July 2009. Kaufman also was co-chair and founder of the Senate Global Internet Freedom Caucus.
As a member of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Kaufman participated on two Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Justices Sonia Sotomayor (2009) and Elena Kagan (2010). As a member of the Senate Impeachment Trial Committee, Kaufman sat on the 2010 impeachment trial of Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., United States Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Financial sector reform came to be a signature issue for Kaufman. Although he was not a member of the Banking Committee, he addressed issues of too-big-to-fail financial institutions, financial fraud, high frequency trading, and other market and financial structure issues. Kaufman co-introduced the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA) in April 2009; the bipartisan proposal received broad support and was signed into law. Senator Kaufman was a vocal supporter of reinstituting the Glass-Steagall Act (the Banking Act of 1933) to limit affiliations between commercial banks and securities firms. Kaufman also co-introduced the Safe, Accountable, Fair and Efficient (SAFE) Banking Act of 2010, which would have limited the size of banks.
As the only serving Senator who worked as an engineer, Kaufman was an active promoter of the expansion of education and programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). He worked to procure funds for research and extension grants through the 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Bill, particularly to encourage women and minorities from rural areas to participate in STEM opportunities. In April 2010, Kaufman received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) prestigious President's Award, presented to companies and individuals who have made significant contributions to the engineering profession.
In October 2010, Kaufman was appointed to the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP). COP, a bipartisan organization created by Congress in 2008, was charged with overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the $700 billion the Treasury was authorized to spend to stabilize the U.S. economy. Kaufman was elected as the panel's second chairperson, and he oversaw the panel as it conducted hearings, evaluated official data, and released reports. Kaufman served as chair until the committee ceased operation in March 2011.
After his time in the Senate, Kaufman continued to engage with issues, such as financial reform, and write editorials for various news outlets, including the Wilmington News Journal and Forbes.
Duke Law. "Ted Kaufman: Visiting Professor of the Practice." http://law.duke.edu/fac/kaufman/ (Accessed January 2014).Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman interview with Dr. James Stocker, 29 August 2012, Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society: www.sechistorical.org: the Virtual Museum and Archive of the History of Financial Regulation. http://www.sechistorical.org/museum/oral-histories/h-k/ (accessed January 2014)"Kaufman, Edward E. (Ted), (1939- )." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000373 (accessed January 2014)."Ted Kaufman: United States Senator for Delaware. Biography." Ted Kaufman papers, Archived Website captured November 2010, University of Delaware Library. http://green.lib.udel.edu/webarchives/kaufman.senate.gov/senator/index.htm (accessed January 2014)."UD Special Collections receives Sen. Kaufman's papers," UDaily (University of Delaware). http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2011/nov/senator-kaufman-papers-112410.html (accessed January 2014).United States Congress. Joint Committee on Printing.Official Congressional Directory 2009-2010: 111th Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2009.
The Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman papers span the dates 1994-2013, with the bulk of materials representing his 22 months of service as a U.S. Senator from Delaware, 2009-2010. The records consist mainly of files kept by Senator Kaufman's DC and Wilmington offices. Records include correspondence, legislative bills, photographs, press clippings, schedules, speeches, and other material related to Kaufman's service as a U.S. Senator from Delaware. Additional materials relate to his earlier political career and post-Senate activities.
The collection consists of approximately 29 linear feet of paper records and 68 gigabytes of electronic records. The paper and electronic records mirror each other in scope and organization, but the electronic records include significantly more photographs of press events; Kaufman at work in the Senate; and congressional delegation (CODEL) trips to the Middle East. The electronic records also include C-SPAN videos of hearings and floor speeches, and clips from news reports; audio recordings, mostly of interviews; and materials related to Kaufman's activities after his time in the Senate.
The first series, Personal & Political files, contains daily schedules maintained by both Senator Kaufman and the Wilmington office. It also includes invitations, Senate Democratic Policy Files, and an archived copy of Kaufman's Senate website. The Personal & Political electronic records files contain documents, photographs, and videos related to Kaufman's Senate service and materials dated from after his time in the Senate.
The second series, Legislative files, consists of materials related to legislative and committee work. Materials included in legislative staff files and Kaufman's legislative working files are background research, memoranda, correspondence, reports, and briefing books on various topics, such as Wall Street reform, financial fraud, naked short selling, and market restructuring; health care reform; science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) Education; and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Senate Panel and Committee Work consist mainly of Kaufman's work on the Senate Impeachment Trial Committee and the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). It also includes some Judiciary Committee materials.
The third series, Constituent Services, reflects work performed for Delaware and Delawareans, such as obtaining federal funds for grants and projects throughout the state and responding to letters from constituents.
The fourth series, Press, includes both paper and electronic files and consists of news clippings, speeches, and photographs of Kaufman with politicians, diplomats, and at events. It also includes op-eds written by Kaufman during his tenure as Senator.
The fifth series, Office administration, is comprised of staff lists, schedules, and related correspondence maintained by Norma Long.
The sixth series, Memorabilia and realia, is comprised of oversized charts, awards and plaques, and commemorative pens.
The papers are arranged into six series, and four series have been arranged further into subseries. The original order was largely maintained in many series and subseries, including schedules; legislative staff files; Senate panel and committee work; and Kaufman's legislative working files. Additional schedules, committee files, and Senator Kaufman's legislative working files were received after the bulk of the collection was processed, and these materials were integrated into the papers. Sampling techniques were used on constituent issue mail to remove repetitive and redundant correspondence.
Electronic records are arranged alphabetically and were arranged at the series level to reflect the series of the paper records. Sub-levels of directories and files are largely in original order. File titles were changed if they contained problematic characters or required descriptive information. Approximately 30 gigabytes of duplicate files, mostly photographs, were removed. Additionally, some digital materials from CDs and DVDs were added to the bulk of the electronic records, which originally were saved on an external hard drive.
- Boxes 1-29: Shelved in SPEC MSS record center cartons
- Boxes 30-31: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (18 inches)
Gift of Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman, 2010-2013.
Processed and encoded by Danielle Emerling and Tammi Kim, March 2014.
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- United States. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- United States. Congress. Senate--Archives
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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- Delaware
- Delaware--Politics and government
- Delaware--Politics and government--1951-
- United States--Politics and government--20th century
- United States--Politics and government--21st century
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- University of Delaware Library Special Collections
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- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- 2014 March 11
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This collection is open for research. Access to electronic records is provided on-site in Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library. The archived website of Ted Kaufman's Senate office is open for research.
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Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/
Collection Inventory
Senator Kaufman's Personal Daily schedules include Kaufman's daily schedule and regretted invitations in Delaware listed on 8 ½" x 11" sheets of paper. They also include smaller schedules on card stock that contain highlights of the day and phone calls Kaufman made. Kaufman often wrote notes on the smaller schedules. Accompanying the schedules are background materials, such as news clippings; briefing books for hearings and press appearances; memos from staff regarding legislation; "week ahead" summaries; and meetings. Invitations from the President, Vice President, other government officials, and invitations to working coffee meetings of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sometimes were kept with the schedules. Speeches, statements, and reports, often edited by the Senator, are also attached, and they pertain largely to financial system and Wall Street reform, STEM education, and foreign relations, particularly in the Middle East. Memos, speeches, and reports related to additional issues, such as health care reform and job creation, are also present. Additionally, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding reports for Delaware and materials for Delaware events and projects, such as the Indian River Bridge project and the Sussex County Truman-Kennedy dinners, can be found in this subseries.
The second set of schedules, the Wilmington Office schedules, consists of daily schedules maintained by Senator Kaufman's Delaware scheduler and office manager, Norma Long. Long's schedules include invitations for Delaware events, arrangements for travel and event attendance, and regretted invitations in Delaware. Memoranda and schedules related to Senate hearings and votes are sometimes attached.
The Invitations subseries contains summary files of invitation regrets and acceptances.
The Senate Democratic Policy Files subseries includes a small number of Democratic Party strategy documents related mainly to Wall Street reform, job creation, and health insurance reform.
The Personal & Political electronic records subseries consists of materials created both during and after Kaufman's Senate service. The Addition, 2010-2013, includes photographs of Kaufman during his Senate term, as well as scanned photographs from his time on the staff of Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The Addition file also consists of materials related to Kaufman's publishing agreement with Forbes online, an American business magazine, and Kaufman's published and unpublished writings. Many of his writings are op-eds for various news outlets and are related to a number of issues, including climate change, finance reform, and foreign policy. Finally, the Addition includes statements and press releases related to the May 2013 American Enterprise Institute panel on "too-big-to-fail" banks and news clippings related to legislation co-introduced by Senators Sherrod Brown and David Vitter to address too big to fail.
The Announcement file consists of news articles, press releases, and statements made by Kaufman and others following Kaufman's appointment to the Senate, and the Op-eds file includes a selection of editorials written by Kaufman during his time in the Senate. The Partnership for Public Service file contains a digital copy of a DVD and includes video interviews with eight federal employees. The Sammies file consists of biographies and photographs of the 2009 Service to America Medals award recipients.
Scheduling includes call logs, correspondence, photographs, schedules, and speeches, arranged by year. Call logs record daily incoming calls and sometimes include messages left by callers. Correspondence consists of scans of incoming and outgoing letters. Schedules include daily schedule books, which are scans of Kaufman's personal daily schedules (see. I.A); meeting logs; and logs of regretted invitations. Speeches are organized by floor speeches, Delaware speeches, and Washington speeches made by Kaufman. Scheduling also includes a file with materials outlining Kaufman's work on Engineering and STEM education. The Senate staff file includes photographs of Kaufman's office staff, and Softball Pictures consists of photographs of the staff softball team. The Swearing In file includes lists of attendees for Kaufman's swearing in and reception; an invitation to the reception; and a reception menu.
Access to electronic records is provided on-site in Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library.
Senator Kaufman's archived Senate website, which was captured and preserved by the University of Delaware Library in November 2010, contains press releases, legislation sponsored by Kaufman, and media. External links, forms, and search boxes may not function within the website.
This subseries has been further divided into the files of legislative staff members. The staff members represented in this subseries is primarily legislative assistants, but legislative director and senior counsel files also are included. Legislative assistants were largely responsible for conducting research and providing advice on upcoming legislation. Legislative assistants also worked on constituent correspondence, and drafted speeches, statements and memoranda for Senator Kaufman.
II.A.1 Bird, Rachel: Rachel Bird was a legislative assistant on Senator Kaufman's staff. Bird's files include a compiled record of Kaufman's work on engineering and STEM education, including all related legislation; speeches made on the Senate floor and to outside organizations; press clippings, op-eds, and press releases; speeches for Kaufman's "Great Federal Employees Initiative;" speeches about STEM by President Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan; and reports and recommendations from national boards and academies. Other files include Kaufman's decisions on STEM legislation, drafts of his op-eds and speeches, and earmark requests for the 2011 fiscal year from the Delaware congressional delegation to support projects and programs.
II.A.2 Goldstein, Josh: Josh Goldstein was a special assistant to Senator Kaufman's chief of staff. Goldstein's files include a compiled record of Kaufman's work on the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA), naked short selling, market structure, and financial regulatory reform. Kaufman's financial system reform record includes floor speeches, statements, legislation, op-eds, press releases and clippings, letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and opening statements and testimonies from hearings conducted by the Judiciary Committee. Goldstein's files also include a timeline of Kaufman's actions on financial system and Wall Street reform.
II.A.3 Hummon, Lisa: Lisa Hummon was a legislative assistant responsible for agriculture and environment issues. Her files primarily include correspondence between Senator Kaufman and various government agencies regarding issues such as the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, renewable energy, and transportation in Delaware.
II.A.4 Johnson, Pat: Patrick "Pat" Johnson was a legislative assistant responsible for health and veterans issues. The first part of Johnson's files consists of correspondence with health-related associations and organizations requesting funding for projects or information on a specific bill or amendment. These files are organized alphabetically by the name of the organization, and each file typically includes a brief summary written by Johnson, as well as copies of supplementary letters, reports, and publications. The second part of Johnson's files include memoranda related health-related legislation and defense and military issues. These files typically include background information on upcoming legislation, a copy of the bill or amendment, correspondence, and constituent letters.
II.A.5 Schroeder, Ted: Ted Schroeder held the position of senior counsel, and his files primarily reflect the work related to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Materials include background information on legislation, drafts of legislation, Congressional Record statements, and clippings. Also included are appropriation requests for the Delaware delegation and "Dear Colleague" letters from Senator Kaufman to the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science.
Materials in this section are also related to the 2008-2009 financial crises. Specific issues include the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), naked short selling, and the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA). Other files include testimony and reports from judicial hearings and materials related to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization.
II.A.6 Weissmann, Adam: Adam Weissmann was a legislative assistant who was primarily responsible for managing the "Great Federal Employees Initiative," where Senator Kaufman honored one exemplary federal employee on the Senate floor each week. Honorees were nominated by the
Partnership for Public Service , the Arthur Flemming Awards Commission, and by different federal departments and agencies. The goals of the program were to recognize the work of federal employees and to inspire Americans to consider careers in government. Files about this initiative include memoranda with information on potential award recipients and drafts of Kaufman's floor statements.Weissman's files also include copies of Senator Kaufman's farewell address and constituent correspondence, mostly from the office's Constituent Management System (CMS). The correspondence covers a variety of topics, including wildlife conservation, education, energy, healthcare, military issues, and the economy.
II.A.7 Woodfin, Jane; Jane Woodfin was Senator Kaufman's chief policy advisor and legislative director. Woodfin's files primarily contain copies of every letter cosigned by Kaufman and a copy of his record votes compiled by the Democratic Policy Committee. Senator Kaufman's cosigned letters are organized by subject into a master file copy, which also includes a timeline of when letters were cosigned; from whom the letter originated; and a copy of the "Dear Colleague" letter.
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This subseries primarily includes copies of bills introduced or cosponsored by Senator Kaufman. Other bills in this subseries include text on S. Res. 196, a resolution expressing support for freedom of the press, speech and expression in Iran, with notes and web citations on violations of press freedom.
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Senate Panel and Committee Work is further separated into files about the Senate Impeachment Trial Committee, the Congressional Oversight Panel, and the Judiciary Committee. A small number of files in this subseries are closed to researchers for 20 years. These files are Senate records and are subject to the rules of access stipulated in Senate Resolution 474 from the 96th Congress.
The Senate Impeachment Trial Committee includes congressional correspondence and a resolution pertaining to the impeachment proceedings for Judge Samuel B. Kent. A briefing book with memoranda and statements and a report on the impeachment trial of Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., are also included.
The Congressional Oversight Panel records consists of hearing briefing books, report drafts and printed editions, executive summaries, and expense reports related to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Reports and hearing materials reflect the panel's work in holding at least one hearing and releasing one report each month on a particular aspect of TARP, including executive compensation, foreclosure mitigation, and the domestic automotive industry. Executive summaries include talking points for each report and a summary statement.
Judiciary Committee includes materials related to a hearing on patent reform and a hearing on a constitutional amendment regarding Senate vacancies.
Senator Kaufman's Legislative Working files is a topically arranged set of Kaufman's own research and notes. The bulk of these files contain research, reports, memoranda, and notes related to health care reform and the Affordable Care Act. A number of files pertain to Afghanistan, corruption in that country, and the U.S. military counterinsurgency strategy. These files consist of briefing materials, memoranda from staff, and Kaufman's notes and main points from his trips to the region. Additionally, files about climate and energy, federal employees, and Senate committee assignment reform are included.
This subseries includes summary files of Kaufman's work in particular legislative areas, floor speeches and statements, legislation, op-eds and press, lists of sponsorships and co-sponsorships, and timelines of actions. Enlarged prints of Senate amendments and resolutions, both mounted and un-mounted, also are included.
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The Legislative electronic records files consist of accomplishment narratives, vote reports, floor statements, co-signed letters, issues files, and staff files. A small number of files in this subseries are closed to researchers for 20 years. These files are Senate records and are subject to the rules of access stipulated in Senate Resolution 474 from the 96th Congress.
The Accomplishments file includes narratives of Kaufman's work in the Senate on various issues, Delaware appropriations lists, sponsored and cosponsored bills, and weekly legislative projects lists. The FERA, Market Structure, Naked Short Selling; Financial Fraud Binder; Market Reform; and Wall Street files contain accomplishments narratives, timelines, speeches, press coverage, and copies of legislation related to those topics.
The Issues file is organized by topics, including the economy; education and social; energy and environment; engineering (STEM); federal workforce; foreign relations and armed services; health care; judiciary; presidential transition; and veterans. Each topic file is broken into subtopics that include memoranda, speeches, statements, op-eds, charts, vote recommendations, amendments, and correspondence. The Issues file also includes constituent correspondence form letters arranged by topic.
The Staff file consists of speeches, memoranda, correspondence, and press releases created by Kaufman's staff. The Adam Weissmann file pertains to a number of topics including the Presidential Transition Act (S. 3196) and recognizing federal employees. The Geoff Moulton, Ted Schroeder, and Nhan Nguyen file consists of materials related to campaign finance, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA), financial regulatory reform, health care fraud, impeachment, Supreme Court nominations, and the War on Terror. The Halie Soifer, Sherman Patrick, Jeff Colvin, and Daniel Garbe's file largely covers topics related to foreign relations and armed services, such as Kaufman's congressional delegation (CODEL) trips to the Middle East, meetings with foreign leaders and diplomats, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings. The Jane Woodfin file includes accomplishment narratives, appropriations and vote reports, floor statements, cosigned letters, and weekly legislation projects lists. The John Nolan file consists of materials about the federal budget, stimulus package, economy, and financial institutions. The Josh Goldstein file deals with financial and market issues, such as dark pools, high frequency trading, and market manipulation. The Lisa Hummon file contains materials about agriculture, energy and climate, natural resources, and transportation. The Pat Johnson file includes the topics of defense, health care reform, veterans' issues and appropriations for Delaware projects. Finally, the Rachel Bird file relates to STEM and engineering, STEM funding for Delaware, education, housing and other social issues.
Access to electronic records is provided on-site in Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library.
Grants and Projects includes funding information and announcements, particularly those related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA); letters of support for grant applications; and interest group information and outreach. This subseries also includes a number of files related to meetings and visits with interest groups and industries, conferences, and press events (PE).
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