The NDC has released a listing of 504 separate entries that have completed declassification processing between March 13, and May 22, 2012 and are now available for researcher request. This release consists primarily of military records. Highlights include: Defense Threat Reduction Agency records relating to Operations Windstorm and Greenhouse, Naval Air Systems Command records relating … Continue reading NDC Releases 504 New Entries Between March 13 and May 21, 2012
Several people have noted that the blog post announcing the December-March new openings cut off some of the information. Below is a link to the complete spreadsheet. The NDC released a listing of 190 separate entries http://www.archives.gov/declassification/ndc/reports/released-entries-03-12.xls that have completed declassification processing between December 20, 2011 and March 12, 2012 and are now available for researcher … Continue reading Link to New Openings Spreadsheet
The NDC released a listing of 190 entries that have completed declassification processing between October 3 and December 19, 2011 and are now available for researcher request. Highlights include records from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and United States Information Agency. The entire list is posted below. NDC Released Entries December 20, 2011 … Continue reading NDC Releases 190 Entries Between December 20, 2011 and March 12, 2012
The National Archives invites you to participate in the Open Government Idea Forum at http://naraopengov.ideascale.com/. This important dialogue will help provide new ideas and direction to the revision of the National Archives’ Open Government Plan. Whether you’re an archivist, historian, genealogist, National Archives researcher, citizen concerned with records management, policy expert in declassification, or advocate … Continue reading NARA Open GOvernment Idea Forum
On February 1, 2012, the National Declassification Center (NDC) began a new tradition by awarding the first Jeanne Schauble Memorial award to Mr. Ed Cachine for outstanding contributions to the NDC and declassification community. The award was created to honor the memory of Jeanne Schauble, long-time Director of the Initial Processing and Declassification Division and … Continue reading Ed Cachine Honored with the First Jeanne Schauble Memorial Award
Recently, there has been some discussion and confusion about steps the National Declassification Center (NDC) is taking to meet the Presidents goal to permit public access to all declassified records from this backlog no later than December 31, 2013. The Fourth Bi-annual Report indicates that of the approximately 400 million pages believed to be in … Continue reading National Declassification Center Processes…Explained
The NDC is pleased to release its Fourth Bi-Annual status report. This report details the progress made since January 2010 in meeting the President’s December 29, 2009 charge to eliminate the approximately 400 million page back log of reviewed, but not publicly available records at NARA. The report specifically focuses on progress made during the … Continue reading National Declassification Center Releases its Fourth Bi-Annual Report
The NDC has released a listing of 131 separate entries that have completed declassification processing between October 3 and December 19, 2011 and are now available for researcher request. Highlights include records from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff. Requests to access the newly released records or to order … Continue reading 131 New Entries Released by the NDC
Here is a good article from Sunday's Washington Post that discusses the challenges faced by the NDC and its achievements to date. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/national-archives-needs-to-declassify-a-backlog-of-nearly-400-million-pages/2011/11/29/gIQAMAYmPO_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop
The NDC has released a listing of 157 separate entries that have completed declassification processing between June and September, 2011 and are now available for researcher request. Highlights include records from the Army, Navy, Air Force, United States Information Agency (USIA) and Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State. Requests to access the newly … Continue reading NDC Releases 157 New Entries
