by Ms. Rania Mahmoud Patent records (RG 326 - Records of the Atomic Energy Commission, Office of the General Counsel: Subject File Relating to Patents, 1942-1965, Entry A1 66) that have recently been declassified include signed original documents by several renowned Nobel Prize-winning scientists associated with the Manhattan Project. These AEC records from the 1940’s … Continue reading Nobel Prize winning scientists associated with the Manhattan Project.
By Michael Rhodes Last year, the National Declassification Center released, scanned, and posted several pages from declassified U.S. Air Force reports. Digital copies of those same documents are now available, in full, on the National Archives Archival Research Catalog (ARC) [http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/] Project 1794 Final Development Summary Report, 06/1956 [ARC ID 6920770] Program Planning Report, Project … Continue reading Project 1794 Documents in ARC
The NDC is pleased to release its Sixth Bi-annual status report. http://www.archives.gov/declassification/ndc/reports/2012-biannual-july-december.pdf 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 second … Continue reading National Declassification Center Releases its Sixth Bi-annual Progress Report
By Ms. Brewer Thompson While going through boxes of documents for declassification, we occasionally come across things that are interesting, though unclassified. This comes from Record Group 326: Atomic Energy Commission, entry P 14-B, Subject Files of John McCone, Chairman; box 20 folder 3, O & M 2-2 R Correspondence with Individuals "RICKOVER". It is … Continue reading Rickover and the Whale
This post is from NDC Archives Specialist John Ritz. While working on a FOIA request for Department of State records, I came across a document which immediately caught my attention. I showed it to several coworkers who encouraged me to share it with a broader audience. The document is a Memorandum of Conversation between President Roosevelt and … Continue reading The Middle East: A 1945 Perspective
Our colleagues in the Special Media Services Division recently announced on their blog "Media Matters" the declassification of nearly 200 new items. Follow the link below for a listing of the new releases. Declassified Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings – 1st Quarter
Today, the Public Interest Declassification Board released online its recommendations to the President on Transforming the Security Classification System. The full Report can be found at http://www.archives.gov/declassification/pidb/recommendations/transforming-classification.html. The report centers on the need for new policies for classifying information, new processes for declassifying information, and the imperative for using and integrating technology into these processes. … Continue reading The Public Interest Declassification Board Releases its Report to the President
The Public Interest Declassification Board will host an open meeting on Thursday, December 6, 2012 to discuss its recommendations to the President on Transforming the Security Classification System. The full Report to the President will be published online on December 6th at http://www.archives.gov/declassification/pidb. The meeting will focus on the Board’s fourteen recommendations. The recommendations center … Continue reading The Public Interest Declassification Board Announces its December 6, 2012 Meeting
I want to thank NDC staffer Stephanie Coon for her discovering these records and writing the following article. Inside a box of recently declassified records related to awards presented to foreign nationals, the NDC discovered a certificate and medal for Exceptional Service presented by the United States Air Force to Dr. Cristjo Cristofv, in recognition of his … Continue reading A Mysterious Medal
The video from the August 29, 2012 NDC Open Forum is now available and may be viewed here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNnxN3M9TUc
