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National Declassification Center Releases its Sixth Bi-annual Progress ReportThe NDC is pleased to release its Sixth Bi-annual status report. http://www.archives.gov/declassification/ndc/reports/2012-biannual-july-december.pdf This report details the progress made since January 2010 in meeting the President’s December 29, 2009 charge to eliminate the approximately 400 million page back log of reviewed, but not publicly available records at NARA. The report specifically focuses on progress made during the second [...] Posted by Don on January 22, 2013, under NDC Bi-annual Reprt. The Middle East: A 1945 PerspectiveThis post is from NDC Archives Specialist John Ritz. While working on a FOIA request for Department of State records, I came across a document which immediately caught my attention. I showed it to several coworkers who encouraged me to share it with a broader audience. The document is a Memorandum of Conversation between President Roosevelt and [...] Posted by Don on January 17, 2013, under Uncategorized. Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings DeclassifiedOur colleagues in the Special Media Services Division recently announced on their blog “Media Matters” the declassification of nearly 200 new items. Follow the link below for a listing of the new releases. http://blogs.archives.gov/mediamatters/2013/01/11/declassified-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/ Posted by Don on January 14, 2013, under New Openings. The Public Interest Declassification Board Releases its Report to the PresidentToday, the Public Interest Declassification Board released online its recommendations to the President on Transforming the Security Classification System. The full Report can be found at http://www.archives.gov/declassification/pidb/recommendations/transforming-classification.html. The report centers on the need for new policies for classifying information, new processes for declassifying information, and the imperative for using and integrating technology into these processes. [...] Posted by Don on December 6, 2012, under Uncategorized. The Public Interest Declassification Board Announces its December 6, 2012 MeetingThe Public Interest Declassification Board will host an open meeting on Thursday, December 6, 2012 to discuss its recommendations to the President on Transforming the Security Classification System. The full Report to the President will be published online on December 6th at http://www.archives.gov/declassification/pidb. The meeting will focus on the Board’s fourteen recommendations. The recommendations center [...] Posted by Don on December 3, 2012, under Uncategorized. NDC Third Annual Open Forum Video Now AvailableThe video from the August 29, 2012 NDC Open Forum is now available and may be viewed here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNnxN3M9TUc Posted by Don on October 25, 2012, under NDC Communication. New Web Home for NDC New Releases and Bi-Annual ReportsThe National Archives recently developed a new web portal for declassification information. As a result some of the links in older blog posts to released entries and bi-annual reports are not working correctly. The new portal provides centralized pages for all new releases and reports. You may access these by clicking the links below. New [...] Posted by Don on October 19, 2012, under NDC Bi-annual Reprt, NDC Communication, New Openings. Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) Declassified Documents AvailableThe Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) provides the public and users of the classification system with a forum for further review of classification decisions. For the first time, documents declassified by the ISCAP are available for public access on a new site accessible from the declassification portal: http://www.archives.gov/declassification/iscap/decision-table.html The Executive Order 13526, “Classified National Security [...] Posted by Don on October 3, 2012, under NDC Communication. NARA Launches Declassification PortalThe National Archives has launched a new declassification portal that provides a single point of access for declassification actions happening at NARA: http://www.archives.gov/declassification/ From this portal, users can get information about recent records releases at the National Archives. Users can find information about the National Declassification Center, the Public Interest Declassification Board, the Presidential Libraries, and the Interagency [...] Posted by Don on October 3, 2012, under NDC Communication. Help Transcribe Records Related to the Katyn Forest MassacreTwenty records related to the Katyn Forest Massacre are now available on the National Archives Transcription Pilot Project. Help transcribe telegrams, messages, letters and reports, including handwritten script. Your efforts help improve the accessibility of the records. For more information on how to get started, check out the Transcription Tips. Learn more about the Katyn [...] Posted by Don on September 12, 2012, under Special Projects. |
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