Constituent Mail Analysis Project > Administrative Subtopics

Senator Nunn's staff used the CMS system to index all of the communications (letters, petitions, phone calls, faxes, email, etc.) received by the office. The following is a list of some of the subtopics that appear in the top fifteen subtopics lists, but which do not relate to legislative issues. For more information about subtopics not listed below, please contact the Research Services staff in the Special Collections and Archives Division.

Subtopic	Description
Applicant	used for correspondence regarding a request that Senator Nunn sponsor a candidate applying to one of the military academies.
Buck	designates a routine letter routing the constituent's written request for assistance or action to the appropriate federal agency for further investigation. Used primarily for case work.
Catastrophic	related to catastrophic health insurance
Declined	used for replies sent to Senator Nunn regarding employment
General	indicates that the content of the letter was not substantive enough to merit categorizing by a particular subtopic
Meetings	used for invitations for Senator Nunn to speak, attend an event, receive an award, meet with a group, etc. Related subtopics include Meetings Declined and Meetings Accepted.
New	opening a new case
Notch	related to Social Security
NRN	no reply necessary
Pro	constituent supports the topic
Recommendation	used replies to letters regarding employment or requesting a recommendation from Senator Nunn
Routine Request	denotes letters requesting information about Senator Nunn or about the State of Georgia
T-you	denotes a thank you letter
XXX	used to indicate that no subtopic was assigned in this instance.