Join the Declassification Prioritization Conversation. The PIDB wants to know what topics you would like to see declassified. Today, we present you with a list of topics 25 years old and YOUNGER. View the List Here: Topics 25 Years Old and YOUNGER This list captures topics we heard from Agency declassifiers, experts from the Presidential … Continue reading Prioritization: Topics 25 Years Old and YOUNGER
Month: November 2013
Declassify or not . . .that’s our question.
The Public Interest Declassification Board continues to advocate for transforming the security classification system. We now ask YOU to join the discussion about what the government should prioritize for declassification. Make sure the PIDB hears your voice by commenting on our blog, Transforming Classification, today through mid-January 2014. Please check back-in early this afternoon to … Continue reading Declassify or not . . .that’s our question.
DNI General Clapper Declassifies Additional IC Documents About Collection Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) declassified and publicly released documents relating to intelligence collection under sections 501 and 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The DNI has now declassified nearly 2,000 pages of documents since June. The declassified documents include Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions and orders, reports to Congress on FISA … Continue reading DNI General Clapper Declassifies Additional IC Documents About Collection Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Confirmed to Speak at the November 21st Public Meeting
The Public Interest Declassification Board is very pleased to announce that Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) will participate as keynote speaker at the next public meeting of the PIDB. Senator Shaheen introduced the "Preserving American Access to Information Act" on August 1, 2013, which directly addresses many of the Board’s recommendations found in its 2012 Report … Continue reading Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Confirmed to Speak at the November 21st Public Meeting
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT: The Public Interest Declassification Board Announces its November 21, 2013 Public Meeting
The Public Interest Declassification Board will host an open meeting on Thursday, November 21, 2013 to discuss its recommendations to the President on Transforming the Security Classification System. The meeting will focus more specifically on declassification prioritization. Press and media are welcome to attend. When: November 21, 2013 from 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Doors … Continue reading NEW ANNOUNCEMENT: The Public Interest Declassification Board Announces its November 21, 2013 Public Meeting