</s>Assassination Records Review Board Final Determination Notification AGENCY HSCA RECORD NUMBER : 180-10060-10493 RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS AGENCY FILE NUMBER: December 8, 1995 Status of Document: Postponed in Part Number of releases of previously postponed information: 5 Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United States or to any individual. Number of Postponements: 3 Postponments: All the postponents in this document represent Social Security numbers. Reason forBoard Action: the text is redacted because the public disclosure of the reduction could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest. Substitute Language: SSN Date of Next Review: 2017 Board Review Completed: 10/24/95 Released under the John 1 Kennedy Assassination Record Collection Act of 592 (44 USC 2107/Note). 092-NV 88326 Date: NW 8326 Dodl:32239501 Page 1

Summary  
The document contains multiple payroll authorization forms and administrative records related to Gale Lynn Oppenberg's employment with the U.S. House of Representatives. These records detail her appointment as a Research Attorney under the Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) effective December 27, 1977, with an initial salary of $18,000. Subsequent payroll entries from December 1, 1978, and January 2, 1979, reflect adjustments to her Social Security Number (redacted as [SSN REDACTED]) and salary amounts ($19,000 and $18,900 respectively). The records also include a payroll certification form requiring employees to disclose familial relationships with current members of Congress. Oppenberg stated she was not related to any 95th Congress members but had ties to a 59th Congress member (name partially misspelled as "Gale Lym Openley"). A separate memorandum from December 22, 1977, confirms her hiring and salary. The document also references the Assassination Records Review Board's decision to postpone releasing certain payroll records due to privacy concerns related to SSNs.  

Key People  
- Gale Lynn Oppenberg: Appointed as Research Attorney under HSCA; listed with multiple Social Security Numbers (redacted).  
- Louis Stokes: Signature on payroll authorization forms, identified as Chairman of the Committee on House Administration.  
- I. Charles Mathews: Special Counsel who confirmed Oppenberg's employment.  
- Thomas Howarth and Elizabeth Berning: Recipients of the memorandum regarding Oppenberg's hiring.  

Key Locations  
- U.S. House of Representatives (Washington, D.C.)  
- HSCA (House Select Committee on Assassinations)  

Key Events  
- Appointment of Gale Lynn Oppenberg as Research Attorney under HSCA on December 27, 1977.  
- Multiple payroll adjustments for Oppenberg between 1977 and 1979.  
- Payroll certification requirement mandating disclosure of familial relationships with Congress members.  
- Assassination Records Review Board's decision to withhold SSN-related records due to privacy concerns.  

Key Organizations  
- U.S. House of Representatives  
- Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Committee on House Administration  
- Assassination Records Review Board

JFK Declassified Files

180-10060-10493.pdf

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