The Public Interest Declassification Board met on July 16, 2025, at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Members received a classified briefing on several CIA tools focused on automating aspects of the agency's declassification and public release workflow—capabilities that align with the Board's mission to improve the efficiency, transparency, and timeliness of access to historically valuable … Continue reading PIDB Executive Session held on July 16, 2025
The Public Interest Declassification Board held an in-person executive session on June 18, 2025, at the National Archives in Washington, DC. The meeting was attended by PIDB members Mark Angelson, Carter Burwell, Ezra Cohen, Laura DeBonis, Val Demings, Carmen Medina, Ryan Montoya, and Alissa Starzak. The members discussed plans for a public meeting in the … Continue reading PIDB Executive Session held on June 18, 2025
The Public Interest Declassification Board held an in-person executive session on May 21, 2025, at the National Archives in Washington, DC. The meeting was attended by PIDB members Mark Angelson, Carter Burwell, Ezra Cohen, Val Demings, John W. McCarthy, Carmen Medina, Ryan Montoya, and Alissa Starzak. The meeting featured the following presentations: Jamie Joyce, executive … Continue reading PIDB Executive Session held on May 21, 2025
The PIDB held an in-person executive session on April 10, 2025, at the National Archives building. The meeting was attended by PIDB members Mark Angelson, Carter Burwell, Ezra Cohen, John W. McCarthy, and Ryan Montoya. The members in attendance unanimously voted to amend the PIDB Bylaws to allow two members to serve as Vice Chairs … Continue reading PIDB Executive Session held on April 10, 2025
The PIDB held a virtual executive session on July 17, 2024. The session featured a presentation on the Air Force's automation project, Battering Ram. The project is converting security classification guides and policy into a machine readable format. Battering Ram can automatically detect inconsistencies between the guides and policy, generate rulesets, and evidence for decisions. … Continue reading PIDB Executive Session Held on July 17, 2024
On Monday, June 24, 2024, the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) held a public meeting in the McGowan Theater of the National Archives Building. William Fischer, PIDB Executive Secretary and Acting Director of ISOO, welcomed attendees and Mary DeRosa, PIDB Chair, gave introductory remarks. The public meeting featured presentations on projects using artificial intelligence (AI) … Continue reading Public Meeting Highlights Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications for Modernizing Declassification and FOIA Processing
On Monday, June 24, 2024 the Public Interest Declassification Board will hold its first public meeting of 2024 at the National Archives and Records Administration. The meeting will be held in the McGowan Theater of the National Archives Museum at 701 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20408 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. The meeting will … Continue reading PIDB In-Person Meeting—Register Now!
The PIDB held a virtual executive session on May 15, 2024. The session featured a presentation by Adam Davis from the Department of Energy regarding the Advanced Computer Tools to Identify Classified Information (ACTICI). ACTICI uses artificial intelligence tools to aid derivative classifiers to review and identify information classified under the Atomic Energy Act. PIDB Chair … Continue reading PIDB Executive Session Held on May 15, 2024
Today’s post was written by Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) members Carter Burwell and Carmen Medina. On Friday, April 19, 2024, two members of the PIDB spoke at Columbia University at the 2nd Annual Conference in Honor of Robert Jervis. The event was titled "The Dark State? Government Secrecy and American Democracy" and was hosted at Columbia's … Continue reading Columbia University Hosts Conference: The Dark State? Government Secrecy and American Democracy
The PIDB held a virtual executive session on March 27, 2024. PIDB Chair Mary DeRosa led the meeting which was attended by PIDB members Carter Burwell, Andrew Byrnes, Ezra Cohen, David Hickton, Carmen Medina, and Alissa Starzak. NARA's General Counsel provided the annual ethics briefing. The members discussed plans for a public meeting and Board … Continue reading PIDB Executive Session held on March 27, 2024
