The NDC has released a listing of 237 separate entries that have completed declassification processing between May 23 and July 5, 2012 and are now available for researcher request. This release consists primarily of military records. Highlights include: Navy records relating to the underwater search for a missing thermonuclear bomb near Palomares Spain, Department of … Continue reading NDC Releases 237 New Entries Between May 23 and July 5, 2012
The NDC is pleased to release its Fifth Bi-annual status report. http://www.archives.gov/declassification/ndc/reports/2012-biannual-january1-june30.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 … Continue reading NDC Releases its Fifth Bi-annual Report
Recently, the agency updated its Open Government Plan for 2012-2014. Over the next two years, work around the agency will continue to improve transparency, participation, and collaboration. NARA will strengthen its culture of open government by focusing on common values and restructuring the agency to better serve the American people. A new mentoring program will … Continue reading NARA Releases Open Government Plan for 2012-2014
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
Records Relating to Civil Disturbances, 1968 (RG 319 A1 1695; NND 57082; 1 box) By Dr. Trichita Chestnut Forty-four years ago on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, TN. Despite appeals for peace, race riots … Continue reading Records Relating to Civil Disturbances, 1968
By Ms. Jenny Namsiriwan Crabb The National Archives has numerous gems in its collection. We are discovering more of them as we continue our work in the National Declassification Center. I discovered one such gem as I was working with a project regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis in February 2012. The collection in its entirety … Continue reading Cuban Missile Crisis
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
On Friday, 9 March, I was joined by Director/ISOO John Fitzpatrick and Agency Services Executive Jay Bosanko in a meeting with representatives from OMB and several public interest groups. Although we all discussed several items of interest related to reducing classification and expanding governmental transparency, the majority of our discussion was a give-and-take focused on … Continue reading NDC Update
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
