Source materials

In this article, I'll continue to explore the recently released Office of the Secretary: Evaluation of Email Records Management and Cybersecurity Requirements [PDF] prepared by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of State Office of Evaluations and Special Projects.

I will also use the transcript provided by the FBI of Director Comey's briefing, Statement by FBI Director James B. Comey on the Investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton's Use of a Personal E-Mail System.

Additionally, we will use two interconnected official documents known colloquially as the FAM/FAH. These are the United States Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual and Department of State Foreign Affairs Handbook. State describes these documents as:

The Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) and associated Handbooks (FAHs) are a single, comprehensive, and authoritative source for the Department's organization structures, policies, and procedures that govern the operations of the State Department, the Foreign Service and, when applicable, other federal agencies. The FAM (generally policy) and the FAHs (generally procedures) together convey codified information to Department staff and contractors so they can carry out their responsibilities in accordance with statutory, executive and Department mandates.

The FAM/FAH are, effectively, the employee handbooks for State Department employees.

Finally, the OIG investigation repeatedly cites a State Department memorandum known as 11 STATE 65111 (June 28, 2011). Unfortunately, I have not been able to find an original of this unclassified document, although the version I'm pointing to here (on the FOX News site) seems to match the extracted portions articulated in the OIG report.

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