Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification
AGENCY :
RECORD NUMBER :
HSCA
180-10147-10260
RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
December 8, 1995
Status of Document:
Postponed in Part
Number of releases of previously postponed information: 4
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
Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.
Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction 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
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Released under the John F.
Kennedy Assassination
Records Collection Act of
1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).
Case#:NW 88326 Date:
2025
JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
FORM
IDENTIFICATION
Date: 07/08/95
Page: 1
AGENCY INFORMATION
AGENCY : HSCA
:
180-10147-10260
RECORD NUMBER
RECORDS SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
ORIGINATOR : HSCA
FROM:
ΤΟ :
TITLE :
DATE: 10/30/77
PAGES
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4
SUBJECTS : SPEISER, MARK A.
DOCUMENT TYPE : PRINTED FORM
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
RESTRICTIONS : 3
CURRENT STATUS: RELEASED WITH DELETIONS
DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/26/95
OPENING CRITERIA :
COMMENTS : Box 3
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[R] ITEM IS RESTRICTED
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
December 7, 1978
Type of Action
Mark A. Speiser
Employee Social Security Number
023-36-0715
☐ Appointment
☐ Salary Adjustment
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
Assassinations
☐ Title Change
☐ Termination (At close of business on effective date)
☐ Leave without pay (Beginning with effective date above and ending
close of business _ _
Specify Date
(If type of action is an Appointment, Salary Adjustment, or Title Change, complete appropriate information below.)
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary*
* If employee is a civil service annuitant (includes U.S. House of Representatives), the gross annual salary shown should include the annuity received by the employee
plus the salary received from the employing office.
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. Special (Investigative staff of Standing Committee) or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res 956 of 95th Congress.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number_
If applicable, Level_
Step__
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
December 11
Date_
78
19°
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
(If appropriate, signature of Subcommittee Chairman or Ranking Minority Member)
(Type or print name and title of above official)
LOUIS STOKES
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Title If Member, District and State)
○ All appointments and salary adjustments for employee's under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must.
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Office of Finance use only:
ID
Office Code
Monthly Annuity $__
.00
as of
Benefits
Payroll_
(Revised: August 1, 1977)
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen).
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes.
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
Type of Action
Mark A. Speiser
March 1,
1976
Employee Social Security Number
023-36-0715
☐ Appointment
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
Assassinations
☐ Title Change
Salary Adjustment
☐ Termination (Af close of business on effective date)
☐ Leave without pay (Beginning with effective date above and ending
close of business__
Specify Date
(If type of action is an Appointment, Salary Adjustment; or Title Change, complete appropriate information below.)
Staff Counsel
Position Title
Gross Annual Salary*
$32,000
* If employee is a civil service annuitant (includes U.S. House of Representatives), the gross annual salary shown should include the annuity received by the employee
plus the salary received from the employing office.
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. ☐ Special (Investigative staff of Standing Committee) or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res.
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.) ··
956 of 95th Congress.
Position Number ___
If applicable, Level _ Step
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date March 14,
19_78
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
LOUIS STOKES
(If appropriate, signature of Subcommittee Chairman or Ranking Minority Member)
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Type or print name and title of above official)
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must
be approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
NW 88326
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
ID
Office Code ______
Monthly Annuity $__
.00
as of
Benefits
Payroll.
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
(Revised: August 1 1977)
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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
(Any erasures, corrections, or changes
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Effective Date
30 Ls.
Mark A. Speiser
Employee Social Security Number
023-36-0715
Employing Office or Committee
October 1, 1977
☑Appointment
Type of Action
☐ Salary Adjustment
Termination (At close of business on effective date)
Assassinations
(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)
Position Title
Staff Counsel
(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)
1. ☐ Standing Committee: Staff -☐ Clerical or ☐ Professional.
2. Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 465
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
Position Number__
Gross Annual Salary
$28,000
of 95th Congress.
If applicable, Level __
Step_
I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C: 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of
relatives.
Date
October 31
1977
Louis Stokes
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
Chairman
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
eb
(Title If Member, District and State)
All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification: Act and for Committee em-.
ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees; must
be approved by the Committee on House. Administration.
Office of Finance use only:
Office Code ____
Monthly Annuity $.
00
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APPROVED: ____
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
MEMORANDUM
Didem
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Thomas Howarth, Budget Officer
Elizabeth Berning, Chief Clerk
I. Charles Mathews, Special Counsel
October 26, 1977
RE:
Mr. Mark A. Speiser
Mr. Mark A. Speiser has accepted the position of
Senior Staff Counsel with the Martin Luther King Task
Force. His effective starting date will be October 27,
1977, and his starting salary will be $28,000.00.
Mr. Speiser is a 1972 graduate of the University of
North Carolina Law School and was previously employed as
an Attorney-Advisor with the SEC. He also spent two years
with the Organized Crime Strike Force in the Southern District
of New York.
Your full co-operation will be appreciated in familiarizing
Mr. Speiser with staff procedures and welcoming him aboard.
ICM: jl
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