Rocco C. Siciliano

Dear Mr. Silverman:

Thank you for submitting your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to
the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) via email to
foia@nara.gov. We received your request on October 10, 2023. Your request
states:

*All files on Rocco Carmine Siciliano, born March 4, 1922 and died November
6, 2018. His death was reported in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-rocco-siciliano-20181117-story.html
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-rocco-siciliano-20181117-story.html>*

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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 12:15 AM
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Rocco C. Siciliano
To: FOIA <foia@nara.gov>

Nat'l Archives & Records Admin
FOIA Office
Room 3110
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740

October 10, 2023

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following
records:

All files on Rocco Carmine Siciliano, born March 4, 1922 and died November
6, 2018. His death was reported in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-rocco-siciliano-20181117-story.html

He was also my grandfather.

During the Eisenhower administration, Siciliano served as assistant
secretary of Labor and special assistant to the president for personnel
management. Under Nixon, Siciliano was under secretary of commerce. He was
also chairman of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Jacob Silverman

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November 6, 2023

Jacob Silverman

requests@muckrock.com

Dear Mr. Silverman:

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
(24-01667) concerning Rocco A. Siciliano. We received it in this office
October 10, 2023.

The Rocco Siciliano papers are at the J. Willard Marriott Library at the
University of Utah. For information about the collection, see the website
at

https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv75296.

I got one hit on my advanced search of the National Archives Catalog at
https://catalog.archives.gov/advanced-search in records of the Commerce
Department (Record Group 40) at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131494042. A
folder title list is attached.

I did a similar search in records of the Department of Labor (Record Group
174) but got no hits in the catalog.

A similar search with the Eisenhower Library as the location of the
materials resulted in hits on two oral history interviews described at
https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=%22Rocco%20Siciliano%22&levelOfDescription=series%2CfileUnit&referenceUnits=%22Dwight%20D.%20Eisenhower%20Library%22&typeOfMaterials=Textual%20Records
which may be of interest to you. See the catalog pages for contact email
addresses.

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matter of policy, the National Archives is staffed to assist researchers
with their work, including but not limited to pointing researchers to
helpful finding aids to begin their research. However, given the
limitations on staff resources, we do not generally conduct substantive
research in response to requests filed under the Freedom of Information
Act, except in circumstances where documents are easily locatable.

We will be happy to make the records and their finding aids available to
you or your representative in the Textual Research Room (Room 2000) here at
the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. If you are interested in
hiring a researcher who works for a fee, see the list provided on our
website at https://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help.

We do not consider this response a denial under the Freedom of Information
Act because the records are open and available for research. However, if
you are not satisfied with our action on this request, your options for
appeal and dispute resolution are outlined in the attachment.

Sincerely,

Tab Lewis

Textual Reference Operations

National Archives at College Park, Maryland