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Selected Agency Declassification Plans

Section 3.3 of Executive Order 12958, as amended dictates that on December 31, 2006, all permanently valuable 25 year old classified records shall be automatically declassified unless they are otherwise exempted pursuant to the executive order. Here are selected agency plans for complying with those automatic declassification requirements. (All files are in PDF.)

• National Archives and Records Administration, December 22, 2004
• Department of Defense, December 20, 2004
• Central Intelligence Agency, April 15, 2006
• Department of the Army, January 11, 2006
• Department of Commerce, July 26, 2005
• Department of Energy, January 2006
• Department of Homeland Security, July 13, 2005
• Department of Justice, October 27, 2005
• Department of Labor, January 8, 2006
• Department of the Navy, December 20, 2004
• Department of Transportation, January 7, 2005
• Joint Staff, March 16, 2005
• Department of State, 2004
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2004
• National Reconnaissance Office, December 31, 2004
• National Security Agency, January 13, 2005
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission, December 29, 2004
• Office of Science and Technology Policy, December 2004
• Peace Corps, April 14, 2005
• US Agency for International Development, 2005
• US European Command, February 10, 2005
• US Pacific Command, May 21, 2004
• US Special Operations Command, January 3, 2005

Sources and Resources

• Thanks to Michael Ravnitzky
• Declassification Review and Referral Guide, U.S. Department of Justice, November 2005

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Maintained by Steven Aftergood
Updated November 17, 2009