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==History== | ==History== | ||
The position was established under President | The position was established under President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953, one of the recommendations of the [[Hoover Commission|Hoover Commission (Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch)]]. Under Eisenhower, the first staff secretaries focused particularly on screening national security communications; in this role, Colonel [[Andrew J. Goodpaster]] was thought to overshadow the President's [[National Security Advisor (United States)|special assistant for national security]].<ref>[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/nsc/history.html Description of creation of staff secretary position]</ref> | ||
With the appointment of businessman [[Jon Huntsman, Sr.]], as Staff Secretary in the [[Presidency of Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon White House]], the role was vastly expanded to absorb the functions of the Office of Management and Administration. These new roles included personnel management, finance and operations, services (such as access to the White House Mess and limousine fleet), facilities and furniture, and oversight of the Executive Clerk and [[White House Visitors Office|Visitors Office]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/textual/special/smof/secretary.php |title=Staff Secretary |access-date= November 26, 2014 |publisher= NixonLibrary.gov}}</ref> | With the appointment of businessman [[Jon Huntsman, Sr.]], as Staff Secretary in the [[Presidency of Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon White House]], the role was vastly expanded to absorb the functions of the Office of Management and Administration. These new roles included personnel management, finance and operations, services (such as access to the White House Mess and limousine fleet), facilities and furniture, and oversight of the Executive Clerk and [[White House Visitors Office|Visitors Office]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/textual/special/smof/secretary.php |title=Staff Secretary |access-date= November 26, 2014 |publisher= NixonLibrary.gov}}</ref> | ||
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During the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan Administration]] the Offices of the Staff Secretary and the Executive Clerk were reunited with Presidential Correspondence in a configuration that has remained fairly consistent through the subsequent presidencies.<ref name=ClintonTransition /> | During the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan Administration]] the Offices of the Staff Secretary and the Executive Clerk were reunited with Presidential Correspondence in a configuration that has remained fairly consistent through the subsequent presidencies.<ref name=ClintonTransition /> | ||
President Trump's second [[White House Chief of Staff]], [[John F. Kelly]], reiterated the importance of the role of the Staff Secretary in managing the flow of information around the White House.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/us/politics/trump-white-house-kelly-memos.html |title = John Kelly's Latest Mission: Controlling the Information Flow to Trump |date= August 24, 2017 |access-date= August 25, 2017| work= | President Trump's second [[White House Chief of Staff]], [[John F. Kelly]], reiterated the importance of the role of the Staff Secretary in managing the flow of information around the White House.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/us/politics/trump-white-house-kelly-memos.html |title = John Kelly's Latest Mission: Controlling the Information Flow to Trump |date= August 24, 2017 |access-date= August 25, 2017| work= The New York Times |author= [[Maggie Haberman]]}}</ref> His decision to allow a Staff Secretary with only an interim security clearance has been criticized.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} | ||
==List of Staff Secretaries== | ==List of Staff Secretaries== | ||