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 to the President on Transforming the Security Classification System. The Bill promotes transparency and efficiency by reducing unnecessary classification and addressing the growing backlog of records awaiting declassification.
The PIDB will host this open meeting on Thursday, November 21, 2013 to discuss its recommendations and focus more specifically on declassification prioritization. To register and attend, please visit Eventbrite.
Be sure to stay connected to the Board’s activities and look for more information about the Board on our blog, Transforming Classification, and on the PIDB website.
The classification workday’s top priority should be immediate release of ALL 1100+ yet sealed JFK assassination files, as here explained:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/177829203/11-22-13-A-Silent-Vigil-Begins-for-JFK-Records-Release-Washington-D-C
This comment is non-partisan and in perfect compliance with your “comment and posting policy.” Failure to post this comment may result in litigation for censoring what should be open and free public comment, escpecially on a sensitive or controversial topic. Your policy does not prohibit a person from disclosing their own identifying information, or that of public officials and media personalities in a linked document. I am the author of the document linked below; it is not gratuitous, but rather explains in detail my comment: “I believe the single, highest priority for declassification is to release, ‘in full,’ ALL remaining records associated with John Kennedy’s Assassination:” http://www.scribd.com/doc/177829203/One-Person-Can-Make-a-Difference-Will-You-Join-the-Vigil-for-JFK-Records-Release-Washington-D-C