The National Declassification Center | National Archives On April 11, 2024, the National Declassification Center (NDC) released a listing of 38 declassification projects that consists of 4,077,991 pages that completed declassification processing between January 1, 2024, through March 31, 2024 These records are now available for researcher requests
Dispelling Myths: How Classification and Declassification Actually Work While with each type of declassification, information is taken from classified to unclassified, how, and why one gets to that point differs in meaningful ways The first type of declassification is the most common but doesn’t have a name, so let’s just call it “routine” declassification
Declassification - Wikipedia Declassification is the process of ceasing a protective classification, often under the principle of freedom of information Procedures for declassification vary by country Papers may be withheld without being classified as secret, and eventually made available
Open Government | Declassification Frequently Asked Questions The automatic declassification process increases the potential release of formerly classified national security information to the general public and researchers, enhancing their knowledge of the United States’ democratic institutions and history, while at the same time ensuring that information which can still cause damage to national
PART 1260—DECLASSIFICATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Classified national security information, or classified information, means information that has been determined under Executive Order 13526 or any predecessor order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and is marked to indicate its classified status when in documentary form
How Does the U. S. Government Declassify Top Secret Documents? How Does the U S Government Declassify Top Secret Documents? The Trump White House released a declassified summary of the July 25, 2019, telephone call between former President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that eventually led to Trump's first impeachment Public Domain
The NDC Blog – Releasing all we can, protecting what we must On July 31, 2023, the National Declassification Center (NDC) released a listing of 217 declassification projects that consists of over two million pages that completed declassification processing between April 4, 2023 through July 31, 2023 These records are now available for researcher requests
Declassification – Transforming Classification The PIDB reviews and makes recommendations to the President for the identification, collection, and review for declassification of information of extraordinary public interest In anticipation of the … Continue reading PIDB Recommends the Prioritized Declassification of 9 11 Records