The contents in this series include meeting minutes, memoranda, agendas, and administrative files pertaining to economic development in San Jose. Also included are files concerning the American Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation (ACTPN), a national committee on economic policy. Hammer was recommended to the ACTPN by President Bill Clinton, and was elected chair of the committee. Other items of interest in this series include the files of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, and those of the New Realities Task Force.