Openness Policy
The following are documents relating to the Department of Energy's policy on Openness.
- History of Classification and Declassification
- Protecting the Nation's Nuclear Information, also available in (PDF)
- Executive Order 12958, as amended
- Special Historical Records Review Plan (Supplement) (Public Laws 105-261 and 106-65) March 1, 2000 (PDF, 352 KB)
- Final Rule: 10 CFR Part 1045 "Nuclear Classification and Declassification"
Published in the Federal Register on January 5, 1998 - Classified National Security Information Directive
- United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992, DOE/NV--209-REV 15, December 2000
- Annual Report on the Restricted Data Program: Calendar Year 2000 (PDF, 874 KB)
- Documents Provided at the Secretary's December 22, 1997 Press Conference
- Report of the Fundamental Classification Policy Review Group (January 1997)
- Interim Report – Responsible Openness: An Imperative for DOE (August 1997) (PDF)
- Criteria and Procedures for DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program
- Acquisition Regulation; Department of Energy Management and Operating Contracts
- Plowshare Program Summary (PDF)
- Department of Energy Fundamental Classification Policy Review