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
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
OSD Declassification Programs The Declassification and Historical Research Program has primary responsibility for the administration and operation of the Office of the Secretary Defense (OSD) Declassification programs
36 CFR Part 1260 -- Declassification of National Security Information The National Declassification Center (NDC) is established within NARA to streamline declassification processes, facilitate quality-assurance measures, and implement standardized training for declassification of records determined to have permanent historical value
What Are Declassified Documents and How Are They Released? When a document is declassified, officials update the record with standardized markings rather than simply removing the old ones These new markings identify who authorized the change and the date it happened
Declassified Documents - University at Buffalo The U S Federal Governments' process of classifying, safeguarding and declassifying documents is outlined in Executive Order 13526 For additional information on declassified documents, visit NARA Declassification For FOIA details, please visit NARA's FOIA page
Procedures for Declassifying Intelligence of Public Interest Procedures established in both the executive and legislative branches provide for initiating action to declassify intelligence Each involves a deliberate process for evaluating the need to serve the public interest alongside the requirement to protect intelligence sources and methods
Declassification Transparency Initiatives - National Security Agency . . . NSA reviews for declassification all permanently classified documents 25 years or older under the provisions of Executive Order 13526, “Classified National Security Information”, dated 29 December 2009 and routinely releases them to the National Archives Records Administration (NARA)
Dispelling Myths: How Classification and Declassification Actually Work Routine declassification most regularly occurs when reviewing records for release under a FOIA request and other public release programs, and agencies typically grant declassification authority to officials who supervise these releases