From a report prepared in January 1996 by the White House's African American working group, then headed by Deputy Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, who is now the White House's nominee for Labor Secretary. According to the White House, the hiring objectives listed in the report only represented "a wish list."

Staffing Recommendations

1. African Americans should be hired for the following senior management positions with the campaign:
   • Deputy Campaign Manager for Constituent Affairs
   • Assistant Deputy Campaign Manager for Finance
   • Assistant Deputy Campaign Manager for Communications
   • Assistant Deputy Campaign Manager for African Americans
   • GOTV [Get Out The Vote] Director

2. African Americans should also be well represented in senior field positions. The following table presents our recommendations for the placement of African Americans in key positions throughout the campaign:

State	Clinton/Gore State Director	Clinton/Gore Press Secretary	Coordinating Campaign State Director	CC Political Field Director	CC GOTV Director
Ala.
Ark.			Black
Calif.				Black	Black
Colo.					Black
Conn.		Black
Del.
D.C.	Black		Black	Black	Black
Fla.				Black	Black
Ga.				Black	Black
Ill.				Black	Black
Ky.				Black
La.			Black		Black
Md.	Black				Black
Mass.
Mich.		Black			Black
Minn.				Black
Miss.			Black		Black
Mo.		Black		Black	Black
Nev.				Black
N.J.		Black		Black	Black
N.Y.			Black		Black
N.C.			Black
Ohio	Black			Black	Black
Oreg.
Pa.				Black	Black
S.C.	Black				Black
Tenn.				Black	Black
Tex.		Black			Black
Va.		Black		Black	Black
Wash.				Black
Wis.				Black	Black

We are not ready to recommend specific names to fill the field positions in the table above, since local politics, the makeup of the state steering committees, and other such issues will affect who is eventually hired. However, identifying qualified African Americans should not be a problem.

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