The Public Interest Declassification Board held an executive session on October 29, 2026, at the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) in College Park, Maryland. PIDB members Mark Angelson, Carter Burwell, Ezra Cohen, Valdez Demings, Carmen Medina, Ryan Montoya, and Alissa Starzak attended, joined by officials from the Executive Office of the President and the Department of War (DoW).
During the session, the Board received a demonstration of ARLIS’s declassification modernization project. DoW officials also briefed the Board on the Automated Classification Management Environment (ACME). The session concluded with a discussion of several administrative matters.
The meeting agenda is available on the PIDB website.