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Openness Policy

The following are documents relating to the Department of Energy's policy on Openness.

• U. S. Department of Energy Open Government Plan
• Orders Pertaining to Openness
• History of Classification and Declassification
• Department of Energy Fundamental Classification Policy Review
• Department of Energy Fundamental Classification Guidance Review
• Department of Energy Office of Classification Outreach Program

• Report of the Fundamental Classification Policy Review Group (January 1997)
• Interim Report – Responsible Openness: An Imperative for DOE (August 1997) (PDF)

• Classified National Security Information Directive
• Subject Area Indicators and Key Word List for Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data (PDF)
• Protecting the Nation's Nuclear Information, also available in (PDF)
• Plowshare Program Summary (PDF)
• Restricted Data Declassification Decisions; 1946 to the present; (RDD-8); January 1, 2002
• Special Historical Records Review Plan (Supplement) (Public Laws 105-261 and 106-65)
• 10 CFR Part 1045 "Nuclear Classification and Declassification"
• United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992, DOE/NV-209-REV 15, December 2000 (PDF)

• Criteria and Procedures for Doe Contractor Employee Protection Program
• Acquisition Regulation: Department of Energy Management and Operating Contracts