Digest of Other White House Announcements

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.

January 2

In the afternoon, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton returned to Washington, DC, from Hilton Head, SC.

January 3

In the afternoon, the President met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

January 4

In the afternoon, the President had lunch with the Vice President.

In the evening, the President had dinner with experts on European affairs.

January 5

In the afternoon, the President had lunch with columnists.

January 6

In the afternoon, the President traveled to Hot Springs, AR, to attend the funeral of his mother, Virginia Clinton Kelley, on January 8.

The President appointed Katherine D. Seelman to be the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, part of the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

January 7

The President announced that he intends to nominate William A. Reinsch to be the Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration.

The President appointed the following individuals to Senior Executive Service positions in the administration:

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Tony Hernandez, Regional Administrator, Region 8

Joseph J. O'Hern, Regional Administrator, Region 7

Department of Agriculture

Vicki J. Hicks, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Commodity Operations, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

Mary Ann Keeffe, Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service

R. Alan King, Deputy Administrator for Commodity Operations, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

Paul W. Johnson, Chief, Soil Conservation Service

Department of Energy

Daniel C. Tate, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for House Liaison, Congressional, Intergovernmental and International Affairs

Environmental Protection Agency

Denise T. Graveline, Deputy Associate Administrator, Communications and Public Affairs

Department of Commerce

Jeffrey Hunker, Senior Policy Adviser, Office of Policy and Planning

Sally Yozell, Director of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, NOAA

General Services Administration

Faith A. Wohl, Director, Workshop Initiatives

Department of Health and Human Services

Carol L. Roddy, Senior Adviser to the Surgeon General

Department of the Interior

Katherine Louise Henry, Associate Solicitor for Surface Mining

Department of Justice

Paul R. Friedman, Deputy Associate Attorney General

Frank Sharp Holleman III, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division

Cynthia C. Lebow, Senior Counsel for Policy, Civil Division

Department of State

Mary Faith Mitchell, Senior Population Coordinator, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration

Department of the Treasury

John Paul Whitehead, Assistant to the Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service