President Joe Biden will no longer allow secret rendezvous to take place at the White House after unveiling a ‘visitor log’ that will showcase who visited the fortified people’s house, Your Content has learned.
“Today the Biden-Harris Administration posted visitor logs from January 2021.” a statement from the White House reads. “The Biden-Harris Administration will be the first administration to post visitor logs from its first full year in office.”
Visitor log disclosures will occur on a monthly basis, according to the press release.
As Your Content previously reported on Feb. 16, President Biden held an off-the-record meeting with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on a private jet nearby Air Force One.
“The President was joined by Governor Evers upon departure from Pabst Theater en route Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport” White House Correspondent Brittany Shepherd previously wrote in an e-mail from the press pool. “Biden escorted the gov onto the plane for a brief chat.”
Moments later Shepherd added: “Also just escorted him off the plane. Unclear what they talked about but figured I should pass it along.”
“This release was made in accordance with the reinstated policy to voluntarily disclose White House visitor logs.” The White House said in a statement.
“These logs give the public a look into the visitors entering and exiting the White House campus for appointments, tours, and official business — making good on President Biden’s commitment to restore integrity, transparency, and trust in government.”
The White House revealed from January 20 to 31, 2021, only 400 records are included, but as vaccinations increase and the pandemic response continues to make progress, officials “look forward to welcoming many more visitors onto the White House campus and back into the People’s House.”
In keeping with the Obama-Biden Administration’s policy, select records that implicate privacy, national security, or other concerns will be withheld. To learn more about the policy, read the official White House voluntary disclosure policy. To view visitor log records, view the official White House disclosure page.
Voluntary Disclosure Policy
As previously announced, President Biden is reinstating a policy to voluntarily disclose White House visitor logs.
These logs will include appointment information for individuals who have been processed to enter the White House complex, including the White House, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, and New Executive Office Building.
Naval Observatory records related to White House business will also be released when they are generated.
The voluntary disclosure policy will apply to records created for appointments after 12:00 p.m. on January 20, 2021.
The White House considers these records to be subject to the Presidential Records Act or the Federal Records Act and will continue to preserve them accordingly.
This policy will be subject to the following five exceptions:
- The White House will not release fields within the access records that implicate personal privacy or law enforcement concerns (e.g., dates of birth, social security numbers, and contact phone numbers).
- The White House will not release access records of staff members (e.g., staff processed through the visitor system to enter the complex before being issued their badge).
- The White House will not release access records whose release would threaten national security interests.
- The White House will not release access records related to purely personal guests of the First and Second Families (i.e., visits that do not involve any official or political business).
- The White House will not release access records related to a small group of particularly sensitive meetings (e.g., visits of potential Supreme Court nominees). The White House will disclose each month the number of records withheld on this basis, if any, and it will release such records once they are no longer sensitive.