    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
    [January 19, 1996]
    [Pages 71-72]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Missing Persons and Missing Children
    January 19, 1996

    Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

    Subject: Missing Persons or Children Notices in Federal Facilities

        By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States of America, and in order to provide for
    the posting of missing persons or children notices in buildings owned or
    controlled by the Federal Government, I hereby direct as follows:
        Section 1. Posting of Missing Persons or Children Notices in Federal
    Facilities. Executive departments and agencies possessing custody or
    control over buildings or facilities occupied by Federal employees shall
    take such actions as are reasonable, necessary, and appropriate to
    provide for the posting of missing persons or children notices in public
    and other appropriate areas of such domestic buildings or facilities, as
    determined by the Federal official having pri-

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    mary responsibility for management and operation of the building or
    facility involved.
        Sec. 2. Duties of Federal Official. Such official shall maintain, or
    shall designate a representative to maintain, the physical area upon
    which missing persons or children notices may be placed. The official or
    the designated representative shall give priority and special prominence
    to notices involving missing children who are believed to have been
    abducted by non-family members or otherwise are in imminent physical
    danger.
        Sec. 3. Exceptions. Nothing in this memorandum shall require an
    executive department or agency to provide public access to its buildings
    or facilities if such access could impede or disrupt the performance of
    official duties by government employees or potentially be harmful to the
    national security.
        Sec. 4. Consultation. Executive departments and agencies shall
    consult with the Department of Justice and the General Services
    Administration in carrying out the purposes of this memorandum.
        Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This memorandum is intended only to improve
    the internal management of the Federal Government, and is not intended,
    and should not be construed, to create any right or benefit, substantive
    or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States,
    its agencies, its officers, or its employees.

                                                          William J. Clinton