Policy Memo Database

While many interesting memos may still be classified, a variety of open source memos and archives exist and provide invaluable lessons in policy writing. The database below is a useful shortcut to exploring policy memos -- in the U.S. and abroad, at the federal and local levels -- in order to compare and contrast styles, tone, and structure.

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Ukraine: The Budapest Memorandum of 1994

The following is the text of the Memorandum on Security Assurances, known as the Budapest Memorandum, in connection with Ukraine's accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed Dec. 5, 1994.

From: James Wine, Head of Community Relations Division of the DNC, To: JFK Campaign Coordinators, Re: "Religious Issues, October 1960

Link to JFK library - Oct. 1960, James Wine Memo RE: Religious Issue

From: Central Intelligence Agency, To: President George W. Bush Re: Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US DATE: Date: 08/06/2001

Clandestine, foreign government, and media reports indicate Bin Ladin since 1997 has wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the US.

From: Town Manager, Amherst, MA., To: Town Council, Re: Funds Appropriated to Address Systemic Racism, Date: 3/18/2021

The Town’s FY21 budget commits $80,000 to “explore, plan, and implement strategies to confront systemic racism.” Specifically, the funds were intended to explore, identify, and implement strategies to move toward racial and social justice.

From: County Administrator, To: Members of Pima County, AZ Board of Supervisors, Re: End of Mandatory County-Wide Temperature Screenings, Date: 6/18/2021

In April 2020, Pima County instituted mandatory temperature checks/wellness screening for all persons entering an indoor Pima County facility. This program was memorialized in Administrative Procedure (AP) 23-54, Temporary Wellness Checks to Safeguard the...

From: Equipment Policy Ad Hoc Committee, To: Oakland Police Commission, Re: Police Equipment Policy, Date: 6/7/2020

RECOMMENDATION The Equipment Policy Ad Hoc Committee (Committee) requests that the Oakland Police Commission (Commission) waive further policy development requirements, endorse the proposed draft ordinance regulating the acquisition and use of controlled...

From: Senior Project Manager, City of Aspen, CO. To: Mayor and City Council, Re: Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Update, Date: 9/2/2016

SUMMARY: City staff seeks input and to provide an update to Council regarding the proposed Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan project. The goals for the work session include the following: Highlight phase 1 summary. Introduce phase 2 of the master plan...

From: Presidential Advisor, To: President Lyndon Johnson, Re: Notes to prepare for a meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King, Date: 3/4/1965

The memo features detailed notes for a meeting that was to occur between President Lyndon B. Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The document is dated three days before the first march in Selma, Alabama. From the notes, voting rights was the focus of...

From: President Biden To: Sec. of State, Sec. of Defense, et. al. Re: Protecting Women's Health at Home and Abroad, Date: 01/28/2021

"Section 1. Policy. Women should have access to the healthcare they need. For too many women today, both at home and abroad, that is not possible. Undue restrictions on the use of Federal funds have make it harder for women to obtain necessary healthcare...

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From: Executive Committee, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, To: Participants of Civil Rights, Re: Voting Registration in the 89th Congress, Date:1964

"In this new year and this Congress there is a possibility of the Civil Rights Movement realizing new and effective legislation which will finally open the democratic Processes to all Americans"

From: NAACP Exec. Secretary To: President of Branches, et al., Re: Nat'l. Civil Rights Legislative Conference, Date: 7/25/63

"The Big Push for Civil Rights Laws is under way. The success of this drive depends in large measure upon the amount of thrust the NAACP and allied organizations put behind it...."

From: President of the Philippines, To: Heads of Departments, Agencies and Offices of the Government, Re: Nationwide Enforcement of Testing and Quarantine Protocols for air travel, Date: 5/27/21