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The annual celebration of Sunshine Week reminds us of the need for greater transparency in government and greater public access to government information. As part of the initiative to promote freedom of information, we, the members of the Public Interest Declassification Board, renew our call on the need to transform our nation's security classification system. … Continue reading Commemorating Sunshine Week: More Sunshine Earlier

At the recent conference on the Berlin Wall, the Director of the National Declassification Center (NDC) announced that the NDC completed the quality assurance review of the nearly 352 million pages that constitute the backlog of classified Federal records in the custody of the National Archives.  The backlog was a result of previous reviews of … Continue reading National Declassification Center Completes Quality Assurance of Backlog Final

The PIDB still wants your suggested topics that you feel agencies should prioritize for declassification.  Beginning on January 27, 2014, the PIDB will begin compiling the responses and comments it received on this blog.  It will then use those ideas and report back to the public its conclusions and suggested next steps to assist the … Continue reading Final Call for Topics

We have already received many comments from our followers about what topics you would like to see declassified.  Today, we present you with a new  list of topics.  These topics all relate to records found at the Presidential Libraries. View the List Here:  Topics Related to the Presidential Libraries Like the other categories on our … Continue reading NEW PRIORITIZATION: Topics Related to the Presidential Libraries

We continue to receive comments and feedback on the topics posted on our blog.  We have a new list of general topics of interest to share with our followers.  This list contains topics of interest that do not fall squarely into one of the other categories we have featured on the blog. You can view … Continue reading NEW: GENERAL TOPICS FOR PRIORITIZATION

We thank you for your continued interest in prioritization and for the many comments from our followers we have received about what topics you would like to see declassified.  Today, we present you with a new list of topics that involve information classified as Formerly Restricted Data (FRD) information. View the List Here: Topics Re: … Continue reading PRIORITIZATION UPDATE: New Topics Re: Formerly Restricted Data (FRD) Information

On Friday, the President issued the Second Open Government National Action Plan (NAP) as part of the Open Government Partnership, a cornerstone of his administration.  I am very happy to report that the NAP contains the specific initiative, “Transform the Security Classification System.”  Under this initiative, the President pledges to implement reforms that will keep … Continue reading PIDB Initiatives Included in the President’s Second Open Government National Action Plan

We have already received many comments from our followers about what topics you would like to see declassified.  Today, we present you with anew  list of topics OLDER than 25 years. View the List Here:  Older Than 25 Years Like our first category of topics 25 years old and younger, this list of older topics … Continue reading NEW PRIORITIZATION CATEGORY: Topics Older Than 25 Years

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

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.