Digest of Other White House Announcements, Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2001

The following list includes the President’s public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this issue.

December 30

The President and Hillary Clinton went to Camp David, MD.

The White House announced that the President directed the Department of Health and Human Services to release $300 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program emergency funds to all States facing substantial increases in home heating fuel prices. *

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* This item was made available by the Office of the Press Secretary on December 29 but was embargoed for release until 10:06 a.m., December 30.
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January 1

The President and Hillary Clinton returned to Washington, DC.

January 2

In the afternoon, the President met with Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority in the Oval Office.

January 3

In the afternoon, the President attended the swearing-in ceremony for the U.S. Senate class of 2001.

The President announced the recess appointment of James H. Atkins as Chair and member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

The President announced the recess appointment of Allen Carrier as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.

The President announced the recess appointment of Edward Correia as a member of the National Council on Disability.

The President announced the recess appointment of Gerald S. Segal as a member of the National Council on Disability.

The President announced the recess appointment of Dennis Martin Devaney as Commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission.

The President announced the recess appointment Ross Edward Eisenbrey as a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

The President announced the recess appointment of Jayne G. Fawcett as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.

The President announced the recess appointment of Sheryl R. Marshall as a member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

The President announced the recess appointment of Yolanda Townsend Wheat as Chair of the National Credit Union Administration.

The President announced the recess appointment of Hsin-Ming Fung as a member of the National Council on the Arts.

The President announced the recess appointment of Robert M. Lyford as a member of the Board of Directors for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

January 4

In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Syracuse, NY, and in the afternoon, they returned to Washington, DC.

January 5

In the morning, the President went to Camp David, MD, and later he returned to Washington, DC, where he met with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA (Ret.), in the Oval Office.

In the afternoon, the President attended a Preserve America’s Forests event at the National Arboretum. Later, he traveled to Arlington, VA, where he attended an Armed Forces Presidential Tribute at Fort Myer. Later, he returned to Washington, DC.

The President announced his intention to appoint Ginger Ehn Lew as a member of the Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

The President declared a major disaster in Oklahoma and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter ice storm beginning on December 25, 2000, and continuing.

The White House announced that the President will present the Presidential Citizens Medal award to 28 recipients on January 8, in a ceremony at the White House.