Transforming the Security Classification System and Improving Declassification
In: Defense, Security and Strategies
Intro -- TRANSFORMING THE SECURITYCLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ANDIMPROVING DECLASSIFICATION -- TRANSFORMING THE SECURITYCLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ANDIMPROVING DECLASSIFICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 TRANSFORMING THE SECURITYCLASSIFICATION SYSTEM:REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRANSFORMING THE SECURITYCLASSIFICATION SYSTEM -- LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Transforming the Classification System -- Transforming the Declassification System -- Using Technology to Aid Classification and Declassification -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRANSFORMINGCLASSIFICATION -- THE DECLASSIFICATION SYSTEM -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRANSFORMINGDECLASSIFICATION -- USING TECHNOLOGY TO AID CLASSIFICATION ANDDECLASSIFICATION -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A: PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATIONBOARD MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES -- Presidential Appointees -- Congressional Appointees -- APPENDIX B:WITNESSES APPEARING BEFORE THEBOARD -- APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY -- APPENDIX D: BOARD'S AUTHORIZING STATUTE -- End Notes for Executive Summary -- End Notes for Recommendations -- Chapter 2 IMPROVING DECLASSIFICATION:AREPORT TO THE PRESIDENT -- INTRODUCTION -- A Brief Historical Perspective on Declassification Activity in theU.S. Government -- What the Declassification System Generally Looks Like Today -- What the Declassification System Must Look Like Tomorrow -- SUMMARY OF ISSUES AND CORRESPONDINGRECOMMENDATIONS -- DETAILS OF THE 15 ISSUES -- Issue No. 1: Understanding What the Declassification System IsAccomplishing -- Background -- Recommendations -- Issue No. 2: Prioritizing the Declassification Review ofHistorically Significant Information -- Background -- Recommendations -- Issue No. 3: Expediting the Declassification of PresidentialRecords -- Background -- Recommendations