Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER :
180-10070-10144
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
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 Notel. Case#: NW 88326 Date: 2025
JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION FORM
AGENCY INFORMATION
Date: 08/20/93
Page: 1
AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER :
180-10070-10144
RECORDS SERIES :
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
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ORIGINATOR : HSCA
FROM:
TO :
TITLE :
DOCUMENT INFORMATION
DATE: 03/06/78
PAGES: 8
SUBJECTS :
HSCA; ADMINISTRATION
RIFE, REBECCA A.
DOCUMENT TYPE:
CLASSIFICATION :
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DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/16/93
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Box 3.
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[R] ITEM IS RESTRICTED
PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM
(Please Use Typewriter
or Ballpoint Pen)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:_:_:_:_:_ (Any erasures, corrections, or changes
Washington, D.C. 20515
To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I hereby authorize the following payroll action:
Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)
Rebecca A. Rife
on this form must be initialed by the
authorizing official.)
Employee Social Security Number
192-34-0781
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
Assassinations
☐ Appointment
☐ Salary Adjustment
☐ Title Change
Effective Date
12/31/78
Type of Action
☑✓ 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? 56
3. ☐ Joint Committee.
(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)
_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 January 2
79
19_
(If appropriate, signature of Subcommittee Chairman or Ranking Minority Member)
(Type or print name and title of above official)
(Signature of Authorizing Official)
LOUIS STOKES
(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)
CHAIRMAN
(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 ___
APPROVED:
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Monthly Annuity $__
.00
as of
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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Benefits
Payroll
(Revised: August 1, 1977)
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
Rebecca A. Rife
Employee Social Security Number
192-34-0781
Employing Office or Committee/Subcommittee
Select Committee on Assassinations
3/6/78
Type of Action
Appointment
☐ Salary Adjustment
☐ 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*
Secretary
13,500.00
* 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. 879 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.
Date
3/6
78
19
(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:
Office Code ___
Monthly Annuity $__
.00 as of
APPROVED:..
Chairman, Committee on House Administration
Copy for Initiating Office or Committee
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Benefits
. Payroll_
(Revised: August 1 1977!
MEMORANDUM
TO:
ALL STAFF
RE: Payroll Certification
The Regulations and Accounting Procedures for Allowances and
Expenses of Committees, Members and Employees of the U.S. House of
Representatives require that, among other things, the Committee's
monthly payroll certification include the relationship, if any, of
each employee to any current Member of Congress. This certification
is signed monthly by our Chairman.
The following are the relationships to be included in the
certification:
father
mother
son
nephew
niece
brother-in-law
sister-in-law
daughter
brother
sister
uncle
aunt
first cousin
husband
stepfather
wife
stepmother
father-in-law
stepbrother
mother-in-law
stepsister
half-brother
half-sister
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
Please complete the appropriate portion below, sign and date
this form, which will then become a part of your permanent personnel
file. If this status changes, you must notify the Committee's Budget
Office immediately of the change.
I am not related to any current (95th Congress) Member of Congress.
I am related to a current (95th Congress) Member of Congress.
(Please specify.)
Rebecca
a. Rike
Signature of Employee
March 6, 1978
Date
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1. Name (Last, First, Middle)
Congress of the United States
Employment Information Form
☐ Mr. ☑ Miss ☐ Mrs.
and Address (Number, Street, City, State, and ZIP Code)
Rife, Rebecca Anne
10. Birth date (Month, Day, Year)
11/11/42
11. Home State
125 South Reynolds St Apt. J-410 Pennsylvania
Alexandria, Va.
22304
2. Home phong (including Area Code) 3. Other phone (including Area Code)
370-6755
12. Height
Feet 5 Inches 6
13. Are you a United States citizen?
Friend Judy Sullivan 697-1173x Yes ☐ No
Leave messages
4. Kind of job you are applying for:
Secretarial/Staff Assistant
5. Term of Employment: ☐ Full Time ☐ Summer
6. Will you accept temporary employment?
7. Will you accept part-time employment?
☑ Yes ☐ No
☑ Yes ☐ No
8. When will you be available? Immediately
9. Are you presently employed by the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representa-
atives, or other office of the Congress? ☐ Yes ☐ No
18. Skills
1- P.M-
14. Lowest acceptable annual salary
in specific figures.
$10,500
15. Number of dependents. other
than self
16. Weight
125
0
17. Social Security Number
192-34-0781
@85-90
wpm.
☑ Typing 75-80 wpm. ☐ Shorthand
To be considered for positions involving typing or shorthand, applicants must
undergo tests actually administered either by the Placement Office or by the US.
Civil Service Commission. If the latter is used, attach Notice of Rating dated:
within the past 12 months.)
Office equipment (specify)
☐ Computer: ☐ Terminal Operator, ☐ Programmer, ☐ Systems Analyst
(State expertise with specific systems, languages, and components.)
19. List eligible ratings attained on U.S. Civil. Service Commission examinations, titles of examinations and dates of ratings.
Register
Have been a G.S. 8 Social Worker. On Mid-Level Register and Clerk-Typist
20. Did you graduate from high school, or will you graduate within the next nine months? Yes June 1960 □ No.
Course emphasis: ☑ Academic, ☐ Business, ☐ Other (specify)
21. Training schools attended (for example, business, vocational, armed forces, or trade). Give for each the name and location of school, dates attended, subjects
studied, number of classroom hours of instruction per week, certificates, and any other pertinent data.
MONTH/YEAR.
HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
Waynesboro Business School, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania - Attended during
high school and studied typing and speed-writing.
22. A. Name and location (City and State) of
colleges or universities attended.
Chatham College, Pgh.
Pennsylvania
Dates
Attended
COURSES STUDIED
Major
Minor
CREDITS COMPLETED Grade-Point Rank.
Average on in.
Class
4.0 Scale
Semester Quarter
Psyc/Soc.
From Το
3.2 Upper ½
Degree
Type of Year of
Degree
1950-64 В..
B. Chief undergraduate college subjects
CREDITS COMPLETED:
Semester
Quarter
C. Chief graduate college subjects
CREDITS COMPLETED
Semester
Quarter
Strong liberal arts
Many survey courses (including political science)
Psychology/sociology major
D. Special achievements and awards. (Provide all scholastic achievements and honors and show participation in extracurricular, civic, community and similar
sactivities, and in professional and scientific societies.).
Awarded
college scholarship from Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Hagerstown, Maryland
25. Other languages. (Shop proficiency in speaking, writing, and reading.) 24. Dates of military service, if any.
..Some French
Branch: N.A. Rank:
From:
To:
Serial No.:
Answer the following questions. (If you answer "Yes" to any of these questions, give all pertinent details in Item 28.)
YES
ΝΟ
25. Have you been convicted of any offense against the law or forfeited collateral or are you now under charges for any offense against the law?
Omit all traffic violations and any offense committed prior to your 21st birthday which was finally adjudicated in juvenile court or under a
Youth Ofender Law.).....
26. While in the military service, were you convicted by general court-martial or discharged under other than honorable conditions?..
27. Does the U.S. Government employ in a civilian capacity any relative of yours (by blood or marriage)?
(If your answer is "Yes," list in Item 28 for each relative: (1) full name; [2] relationship; and [3] department, agency, or affice.)
(28. Space for detailed answers. Indicate Item number to which answers apply.
Mtem No.
Do Not Write In This Block
77
TYPING:
TEST RESULTS
W.P.M. ON A 5 MINUTE TEST
81
W.P.M.,
4
ERRORS).
SHORTHAND:
OTHER TEST
SCORES:
VERIFIED BY:
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OFFICE OF PLACEMENT AND OFFICE MANAGEMENT
W.P.M. ON A 3 MINUTE TEST
DATE:
(A resume is not a substitute for this form. Any resume submitted should be limited
to 2 pages.)
Describe Employment Experience On This Form.
29. PART-TIME And SUMMER Employment During The Last Three Years.
was
Name of Employer
Dates
Salary
Position and Duties
Worked for Sen. Gary Hart for a month in 1975 when one of his secretarie
on vacation. Worked in office of Cong. Stanley Lundine for a month
when he won special election in 1976. Typed invitations to a luncheon fo
30. FULL-TIME Employment. (List Most Recent Experience First.) Dem. Nat 1. Comm. Dinner Comm.
Dates of employment (month, year December 1977
XXXXX
1.
From August 1976 TO
Name of immediate supervisor
Fred Hansen
Area Code and Phone No.. if known 254-5232
Exact title of position
Annual Salary
Starting S
Secretary (temp. position) Present $-
10,
800
11,500
Name of employer (firm, organization, etc.) and address (including ZIP Code, if known)
ACTION, 806 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C...
May inquiry be made of your present employer regarding your character, qualifications, and record of employment? ☑ Yes ☐ No
Reason for wanting to leave Temporary position ended. Seeking permanent employment.
Description of work Performed clerical duties: typing, sorting mail, answering
phones, answered telephone inquiries, composed own correspondence at
times. Helped coordinate office during reorganization.
Dates of employment (month, year)
2.
From
Name of immediate supervisor
Jan.-March 1975
Mr. Bill Wise
Area Code and Phone No., if known
Exact title of position
Secretary (?)
Annual Salary
Starting $
Leaving $
8500
8500
Name of employer (firm, organization, etc.) and address (including ZIP Code, if known)
Birch Bayh for President in '76, K St.N.W.
Washington, D.C. (Call Sen. Bayh's office.
Reason for leaving Campaign folded.
Description of work Worked for press secretary, typed press releases and correspon-
dence, mailed press releases to national mailing list; maintained press.
release files and national mailing list; answered routine calls from pres
Staped of onloyot (write) thank-you notesitleanditielp with financeport.
3.
From Apr. 1974 To Jan. 1975
Name of immediate supervisor
Mr. Andrew Pepsin
Legal Secretary
Starting $
8,
,
000
Leaving $ $ 8,000
Area Code and Phone No., if known 833-9800
Name of employer (firm, organization, etc.) and address (including ZIP Code, if known)
Wilkinson, Cragun and Barker, 1735 New.
York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Reason for leaving Change fields%; boring, no room for advancement in legal field
Description of work Typed legal briefs and correspondence; helped librarian prepare
summaries of Federal Register, relieved receptionist.
Dates of employment (month, year)
Exact title of position
Annual Salary
6800
4.
Nov. 1972
From
"To
March 1974
Senate Majority Press
Starting $
Leaving $
7200
Office. Harrisburg, Pa.
Name of immediate supervisor
Mr.
Vince Carocci
Area Code and Phone No., if known
Name of employer (firm, organization, etc.) and address (including ZIP Code, if known) A
Senate Majority Press Office, Main Capitol
Harrisburg, Penna.
Reason for leaving Turned down a promotion to return to Washington.
Description of work Handled personal secretarial duties; edited, typed and mailed
press releases for Dem. state senators; did research. Set up a new filin
system for newspaper clippings. Wrote a 100 page summary of a review of
BasER Public Employees Belations and have definite knowledge of your qualifications and fitness for the position for which
you are applying. Do NOT repeat names of supervisors listed under Items 29 and 30.
PRESENT BUSINESS OR HOME ADDRESS
(Number, Street, City, State, and ZIP Code)
TELEPHONE NUMBER
FULL NAME
Mr. Theron Bell
(Ms. Jan Fernengel
ACTION Administratory 806 Connecticut Av., NW
Marketing Rep. Alexandria, Va. 765-0826
Louis and Sandra Kushner, Esq.
CERTIFICATION
CERTIFY that all of the statements made in this form
20..
ny attachment are true, complete, and correct to the
knowledge and belief, and are made in good faith.
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Dunmoyle Place, Pittsburgh, Pa.
SICTURE (Sign in in
"Rebecca A. Rife
GHD: 1977 (91-004
DATE SIGNED
February 14, 1978
Rebecca Anne Rife
125 South Reynolds Street, J-410
Alexandria, Virginia 22304
(703)370-6755
WORK HISTORY
July 1976-December 1977. ACTION, 806 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington,
(
D.C. Secretary to the 
Director of the Peace Corps Placement Office.
formed secretarial 
duties, aided in coordinating office activities during a.
Per-
period of reorganization.
January-April 1976. Birch Bayh for President in 176; 1735 K Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. Worked 
for Senator Bayh's press secretary during his presi-
dential campaign. Typed 
personal correspondence, typed and mailed press
releases to national mailing 
list, maintained growing lists of persons to
receive information, maintained 
files, answered inquiries mainly from the
press regarding the 
Senator's schedule and stands on issues. Stayed on at
request after campaign 
ended to write thank you notes and to help prepare
Federal Election Campaign 
Report.
1975. Traveled to Europe and worked for Olsten Temporaries and Potomac Tempo-
raries while searching for 
permanent employment. Also found temporary posi-
tions on my own initiative in the offices 
of Senator Gary Hart and WETA, the
public television 
station in Arlington, Va., and Lord and Taylor's. Per-
formed secretarial duties 
and sometimes administrative functions.
this 
experience as I learned to adapt quickly to all kinds of working situations
I value
and in general broadened my 
knowledge.
April 1974-January 1975. Legal Secretary, Wilkinson, Cragun and Barker, 1735
New York Avenue, N.W., Washington
, D.C. Typed legal briefs and correspondence,
helped librarian prepare summaries of Federal 
Register, and relieved recep-
tionist.
* November 1972-March 1974. Secretary to Vince Carocci, Senate Majority Press
Officer, Capitol, Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania.
for the director and five other persons in the office; edited, typed and mailed
Handled personal secretarial duties
(
press releases for all the Democratic state 
senators; did some research.
in constant contact with state 
legislators and members of the press.
Was
new filing system for 
newspaper clippings.
Set up a
Wrote a hundred page summary of a
review of Pennsylvania's Public Employees Relations Law.
tion to return 
to Washington.
Turned down a promo-
Fall of 1972. Office manager during the 1972 Presidential campaign of the Demo-.
Acratic Headquarters in Waynesboro, 
Pennsylvania (my home town). Recruited and
_coordinated office and field staff (
approximately 60 people), managed the budget,
purchased office supplies and decorated the 
office.
attended 
meetings and rallies with them. Planned campaign strategy with county
Met with local candidates,
political leaders. Liaison person with 
the national campaign headquarters.
1967-1972. Caseworker at the D.C. Welfare Department, Adoption Section, 101 E
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Counseled 
unwed mothers who applied for adoption
services, placed their infants for adoption
. Had extensive contact with other
referral social agencies. Prepared 
adoption reports. Left social work to change
ffields.
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1964-1967. Caseaid at Family and Children's Service, 327 Fifth Avenue, Piccs.
burgh, Pennsylvania. Placed pre-adoptive infants in foster homes, 
counseled
foster mothers in their care and prepared evaluations 
of the infants and 
foster
homes. Supervised some adoptive placements.
Summer of 1963. Employed as a summer intern at Franklin County Children's Aid
Observed and aided the
Society, Miller Street, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
social workers, did some counseling, interviewed and evaluated foster parent
applicants. Worked with the director of the agency in a 
public relations 
effort:
contacted and visited county residents, particularly 
leading citizens, to make
them more aware of the agency and its functions and to locate 
prospective 
foster
parents. Left to return to senior year of college.
EDUCATION
1970-1971. Took courses through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate>
School in free lance writing, urban affairs and 
duties of Capitol Hill 
Assistants.
1964. Awarded a B.A. in Psychology/Sociology from Chatham College, Pittsburgh,
Awarded full college scholarship
.
Pennsylvania. Strong liberal arts background.
1960. Graduated from Waynesboro Area Senior High School, Waynesboro, Pennsyl-
vania. Academic course..
1957-1958. Studied typing and speed-writing during summers at the Waynesboro
Business College, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
References available upon request.
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Thomas Howarth, Budget Officer
FROM:
I. Charles Mathews, Special Counsel
d.e.m.
DATE:
March 1, 1978
RE:
Ms. Rebecca A. Rife
Please be advised that effective Monday, March 6,
1978, Ms. Rebecca Rife has accepted the position of
Secretary with the John F. Kennedy Task Force. Her
effective starting salary will be $13,500.00.
ICM: j
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