Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy

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Appendix F

List of Commission Meetings and Programs

I. Formal Meetings and Programs of the Commission
January 10, 1995
First Meeting of the Commission, U.S. Capitol, Room S-116
Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman and Commissioner introductions
March 30, 1995
Second Meeting of the Commission, U.S. Capitol, Room S-116
Commissioners are sworn in by Mr. Calvin R. Snowden, U.S. General Services Administration; Speakers: Mr. Steven Garfinkel, Director, Information Security Oversight Office; and Mr. Jeffrey H. Smith, Partner, Arnold and Porter, and Chairman of the Joint Security Commission
May 17, 1995
Third Meeting of the Commission, U.S. Capitol, Room S-116
Speakers: Ms. Regina Genton, Director of Intelligence Programs, National Security Council; Mr. Steven Garfinkel, Director, Information Security Oversight Office; Dr. John Earl Haynes, Library of Congress; and Dr. Harvey Klehr, Emory University
June 20, 1995
Fourth Meeting of the Commission, U.S. Capitol, Room S-116
Speakers: The Honorable John W. Carlin, Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration, accompanied by other senior Archives officials; and Dr. Harold C. Relyea, Specialist, American National Government, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
July 27, 1995
Fifth Meeting of the Commission, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room SD-215
Speakers: Mr. Edward J. Appel, National Security Council; Mr. Gerald A. Schroeder, Department of Justice; Mr. Eric Biel, Commission Staff Director; and Mr. Jacques Rondeau, Commission Deputy Staff Director
October 19, 1995
Sixth Meeting of the Commission, U.S. Capitol, Room HC-4
Presentation by Commission Staff
December 6, 1995
Seventh Meeting of the Commission, U.S. Capitol, Room S-116
Speaker: Mr. Peter D. Saderholm, Staff Director, U.S. Security Policy Board
March 15, 1996
Industry Roundtable at E-Systems, Inc., Garland, TX
Chairman Moynihan and Commissioners Faga, Podesta, and Sonnenberg in attendance
Discussion Facilitators: Mr. John Hancock, Commission Senior Professional Staff Member; Mr. James Van Houten, Vice President for Security, Rockwell International Corporation; Mr. Kerry Redlin, Information Systems Security Specialist, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems; and Mr. David Kendrick, Manager of Defense Industrial Security Programs, E-Systems, Inc.
April 18, 1996
Industry Roundtable at Loral Federal Systems, Gaithersburg, MD
Commissioners Podesta and Sonnenberg in attendance
Discussion Facilitators: Ms. Shirley J. Krieger, Director of Support Services, Honeywell Space Systems Group; Mr. Daniel J. Ryan, Vice President, Science Applications International Corporation; and Mr. Marshall C. Sanders, Security Manager, TASC Systems Division
May 16, 1996
Public Access Roundtable, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC
Chairman Moynihan and Commissioners Deutch, Faga, Fortier, Fox, Hamilton, Hume, Huntington, Podesta, and Sonnenberg in attendance
Panelists: Mr. Terry Anderson, journalist and former hostage in Lebanon; Dr. Alexander DiVolpi, Argonne National Laboratory; Mr. David G. Major, Aegis Research Corporation; Mr. Paul McMasters, The Freedom Forum; Mr. Morton Halperin, Council on Foreign Relations; Dr. Anna Kasten Nelson, Assassination Records Review Board; Mr. Tom Blanton, The National Security Archive; and Mr. David Bearman, Archives and Museum Informatics
July 12, 1996
Eighth Meeting of the Commission, Library of Congress, Members Room
Discussion of draft staff findings and recommendations
November 19, 1996
Ninth Meeting of the Commission, U.S. Capitol, Room S-116
Discussion of Draft Report
December 12, 1996
Tenth Meeting of the Commission, U.S. Capitol, Room S-116
Discussion of Revised Draft Report

II. Commissioner Activities and Presentations
July 11, 1995
Chairman Moynihan delivers remarks at ceremony commemorating "VENONA: Soviet Espionage Against the U.S. Atomic Energy Program," Central Intelligence Agency
August 9, 1995
Commissioner Podesta and Commission staff visit the National Security Agency
August 29, 1995
Commissioner Sonnenberg and Commission staff visit the Federal Bureau of Investigation
October 12, 1995
Commissioners Hume and Fortier and Commission staff visit the U.S. Atlantic Command, Norfolk, VA
October 13, 1995
Commissioner Fortier and Commission staff visit the Department of Defense Security Institute, Richmond, VA
November 7, 1995
Vice Chairman Combest addresses the Open Source Solutions Conference, Washington, DC
November 28, 1995
Commissioner Faga addresses the National Security Industrial Association, Crystal City, VA
November 29, 1995
Commissioner Fortier and Commission staff meet with representatives of six major industrial associations: National Security Industrial Association, American Society for Industrial Security, National Classification Management Society, Aerospace Industries Association, Contractor SAP/SAR Working Group, and Industrial Security Working Group, Rockwell, Arlington, VA
December 13-14, 1995
Commissioner Hume and Commission staff visit the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, Lewisburg, PA, for interview with convicted spy Ronald Pelton, and the Allenwood Federal Correctional Facility, Allenwood, PA, for interview with convicted spy Michael Walker
January 26, 1996
Commissioner Hamilton interviewed by Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes, concerning secrecy issues
February 15, 1996
Commissioner Faga addresses the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security breakfast, Washington, DC
February 15, 1996
Chairman Moynihan and Commissioners Faga, Hume, and Sonnenberg meet with Central Intelligence Agency officials and National Reconnaissance Office officials at the Department of State
March 4, 1996
Chairman Moynihan addresses the Department of State�s Open Forum on "Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy in the Information Age"
March 14, 1996
Chairman Moynihan, Commissioners Faga and Sonnenberg, and Commission staff visit Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX
March 15, 1996
Commissioners Faga and Podesta and Commission staff visit EDS (Electronic Data Systems), Plano, TX
April 10, 1996
Commissioners Hume and Sonnenberg and Commission staff visit the National Security Agency and meet with Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minihan (USAF) and Deputy Director William Crowell
April 12, 1996
Chairman Moynihan and Commission staff visit the National Security Agency, meet with Director Lt. Gen. Minihan (USAF) and Deputy Director Crowell, and tour the National Cryptologic Museum
April 18, 1996
Vice Chairman Combest addresses the Seventh Annual National Operations Security Conference, McLean, VA
May 28, 1996
Commissioners Fortier, Hume, and Podesta and Commission staff visit the National Security Agency and meet with Deputy Director William Crowell
July 9, 1996
Commissioner Podesta addresses the National Classification Manage-ment Society Annual Training Seminar, Baltimore, MD
August 19, 1996
Commissioner Fortier and Commission staff meet with Ambassador James Collins, Department of State
September 9, 1996
Commissioner Faga addresses the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) Annual Seminar, Atlanta, GA
September 10, 1996
Commissioner Fortier addresses the Seventh Annual Department of Defense Security Conference, Rockville, MD
September 13, 1996
Commissioner Podesta addresses the Center for the Study of Intelligence Conference, "The State of the Intelligence Community�s Historical Declassification Program," National War College, Ft. McNair, Washington, DC
September 13, 1996
Chairman Moynihan addresses the American Society of Newspaper Editors luncheon, Arlington, VA
October 3-4, 1996
Chairman Moynihan delivers opening and closing remarks at the VENONA Conference, National War College, Ft. McNair, Washington, DC
November 20, 1996
Commissioner Fortier addresses the Contractor SAP/SAR Working Group at Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA
December 12, 1996
Commissioner Podesta addresses the American Society of Access Professionals� Conference on the 30th Anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act, Rockville, MD

III. Commission Staff Activities/Presentations
September 12, 1995
U.S. Central Command, Tampa, FL
September 13, 1995
U.S. Special Operations Command, Tampa, FL
September 14, 1995
American Society of Access Professionals Freedom of Information Act Symposium, Rockville, MD
October 25, 1995
National Policy Forum, "American Competitiveness in the Information Age," Washington, DC
October 31- November 2, 1995
Presentation by John Hancock to the Contractor SAP/SAR and Industrial Security Working Group Conference, Sunnyvale, CA
November 6, 1995
National Military Intelligence Association Seminar, Washington, DC
November 7-9, 1995
Open Source Solutions Conference, Washington, DC
November 8, 1995
Presentation to the Information Warfare course at the National Defense University, Ft. McNair, Washington, DC
December 14, 1995
"Implications of Information Technology for U.S. National Security and Foreign Economic Policy," Conference at Ft. McNair, Washington, DC
December 15, 1995
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, MA
January 4, 1996
Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, GA
January 5, 1996
American Historical Association Conference, Atlanta, GA
January 17, 1996
National Archives and Records Administration and the Department of Energy meeting with historians and public interest representatives on declassification of DoE records, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC
February 5-6, 1996
Personnel Security Research and Education Center (PERSEREC), Monterey, CA
February 23, 1996
Department of Defense Historical Records Declassification Advisory Panel Meeting, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC
March 7, 1996
Presentation by Sheryl Walter to the American Society of Access Professionals Regional FOIA Symposium, Denver, CO
March 13, 1996
Presentation by Eric Biel and John Hancock to the Industrial Security Working Group conference, Fairfax, VA
March 19, 1996
Presentation by Eric Biel to the Library of Congress/Congressional Research Service conference, Washington, DC
April 1, 1996
Presentation by Eric Biel to the National Security Institute Conference, Reston, VA
April 18, 1996
Seventh Annual Operations Security Conference, McLean, VA
May 10, 1996
Department of Defense Historical Records Declassification Advisory Panel Meeting, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC
May 21-23, 1996
Second Annual Intelligence Community Information and Classification Management Conference, McLean, VA
May 22, 1996
Presentation by Sheryl Walter to the Second Annual Intelligence Community Information and Classification Management Conference, McLean, VA
May 23, 1996
Presentation by Michael Smith to the Second Annual Intelligence Community Information and Classification Management Conference, McLean, VA
May 23, 1996
Presentation by Eric Biel and John Hancock to the Non-NFIB Security Officers Conference, Tysons Corner, VA
June 6, 1996
Presentation by Eric Biel and Sheryl Walter to the Department of State�s Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation
June 25, 1996
Presentation by Eric Biel to Personnel Security Research and Education Center (PERSEREC) conference, "Vision 2021," McLean, VA
June 25-26, 1996
Personnel Security Research and Education Center (PERSEREC) conference, "Vision 2021," McLean, VA
July 2, 1996 U.S.
Army Center for Lessons Learned, Fort Leavenworth, KS
July 17, 1996
Presentation by Jacques Rondeau to the Computer Security Program Managers� Forum, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Potomac, MD
July 23-25, 1996
Controlled Access Program Oversight Committee (CAPOC) conference on the Future of SCI Control Systems, Williamsburg, VA
July 24, 1996
Department of Energy�s Openness Advisory Panel, Washington, DC
August 9, 1996
Department of Defense Historical Records Declassification Advisory Panel Meeting, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC
August 31, 1996
Paper by Sheryl Walter presented to the American Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
September 13, 1996
Center for the Study of Intelligence Conference, "The State of the Intelligence Community�s Historical Declassification Program," Ft. McNair, Washington, DC
September 16-18, 1996 Open Source Solutions Conference, Reston, VA September 18, 1996
Presentation by Eric Biel to the Open Source Solutions conference, Reston, VA
October 9, 1996
Presentation by Eric Biel and Sheryl Walter to the Center for International Policy Seminar on Intelligence Reform, Washington, DC
October 14-16, 1996
"An Overview of Critical Counterintelligence Issues for CIA Managers," training conference sponsored by the Counterintelligence Center
October 22-25, 1996
Information Security Conference, Baltimore, MD
November 13, 1996
Presentation by Eric Biel to the American Society of Industrial Security DC Chapter Security Seminar, Ft. McNair, Washington, DC
November 15, 1996
Department of Defense Historical Review Declassification Advisory Panel Meeting, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Washington, DC
November 20, 1996
Presentation by Eric Biel to the Foreign Service Institute Political Training Seminar, Arlington, VA
December 3, 1996
Department of Energy�s Openness Advisory Panel Meeting, Washington, DC
December 5, 1996
Presentation by Sheryl Walter to the United States Information Agency Declassification Conference, Washington, DC
December 13, 1996
American Society of Access Professionals Conference on the 30th Anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act, Rockville, MD
January 3, 1997
Presentation by Sheryl Walter to the American Historical Association Annual Meeting (joint panel with the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations), New York, NY

IV. Commission Staff Meetings
Listed below are the individuals with whom the Commission staff met during the course of its investigation (beginning in June 1995). Where the staff met with several officials from an agency or other organization (in some cases, on more than one occasion), only that agency/organization name is provided; the individuals who participated in the meeting are not listed separately. In some cases, components of a particular department or agency are listed separately (for example, the National Photographic Interpretation Center is listed separately from the Central Intelligence Agency). Finally, several individuals with whom the staff met requested that their names not be listed here. The Commission appreciates their assistance and honors their requests to remain anonymous for purposes of this report.
Agencies/Organizations
Aegis Corporation
Aerospace Industries Association
Air National Guard
American Historical Association
Assassination Records Review Board
BDM International
British Security Service
BTG, Inc.
Carter Center, Jimmy Carter Library
Center for Cryptologic History
Center for Democracy and Technology
Center for International Policy
Center for National Security Studies
Central Imagery Office
Central Intelligence Agency
Coca-Cola Company
Community Management Staff
Computer Sciences Corporation
Congressional Research Service
Customs Service
Declassification Productivity Research Center
Defense Information Systems Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Investigative Service
Department of Defense
Department of Defense Gulf War Declassification Project
Department of Defense Historical Records Declassification Advisory Panel
Department of Defense Joint Staff
Department of Defense Personnel Security Research Center
Department of Defense POW/MIA Office
Department of Defense Security Institute
Department of Energy
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of State Historical Advisory Committee
Department of the Air Force
Department of the Army
Department of the Navy
Department of the Treasury
Drug Enforcement Administration
E-Systems, Inc.
Embassy of Australia
Embassy of Canada
Embassy of the United Kingdom
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Federation of American Scientists
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
Freedom Forum
General Research Corporation
House Government Reform and Oversight Committee Staff
House National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice Subcommittee Staff
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Staff
Information Minister of Canada
Information Security Oversight Office
Internal Revenue Service
Jaycor
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Kroll Associates
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Loral Federal Systems
MITRE Corporation
National Archives and Records Administration
National Computer Security Center
National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History
National Counterintelligence Center
National Cryptologic Museum
National Defense University
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Intelligence Council
National Photographic Interpretation Center
National Reconnaissance Office
National Security Agency
National Security Archive
National Security Council Staff
National Treasury Employees� Union
Natural Resources Defense Council
Office of Management and Budget
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Planning Research Corporation
PRB Associates
President�s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board Staff
Rockwell International
Science Applications International Corporation
Security Division, U.K. Cabinet Office
Senate Committee on the Judiciary Staff
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Staff
Society of American Archivists
The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC)
Treasury Board Secretariat, Government of Canada
U.S. Army Center for Lessons Learned
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
U.S. Security Policy Board Staff
Washington National Records Center
Wang Corporation
Individuals
Aftergood, Steven
Alger, John
Anderson, Maynard
Anderson, Terry
Andrew, Christopher
Ansley, Norm
Appel, Edward
Armstrong, Scott
Bagley, James
Baker, James
Banks, Brenda
Barnes, Judith
Barron, James
Battaglia, Charles
Bearman, David
Becker, Irv
Beers, Randy
Bellinger, Jon
Berman, Jerry
Blanton, Tom
Bok, Sissela
Bolt, Alison
Bond, James
Boorstin, Robert
Boswell, Eric
Broad, Earnest
Brown, Eileen
Bruce, Jim
Capps, Michael
Caputo, Andrew
Castillo, Joseph
Cavanaugh, James
Chambers, Marian
Chance, Velecia
Choate, Sandra
Christy, James
Cohen, Edmund
Cohen, Sheldon
Collins, Claudia
Collins, Amb. James
Cook, Blanche Wiesen
Cooney, Manus
Crawford, Kent
Crowell, William
Dalinsky, Barry
Daman, Stephanie
Davenport, Dewayne
David, James
Davidson, William
Davis, Fletcher
Davis-Harding, Rene
Deer, Tim
DeGraffenreid, Kenneth
Deitering, Randy
Dempsey, James
Dempsey, Joan
Denk, Roger
Dietrich, Lt. Col. Steve
Disher, Susan
DiVolpi, Alexander
Donahue, Arnold
Donlan, Matt
Dougherty, Martin
Doyle, Kate
Dreyfuss, Robert
Eberstadt, Nicholas
Eldridge, Joseph
Elliff, John
Engel, Lee
Epstein, Richard
Ermarth, Fritz
Falcon, Lee
Fawcett, Stephanie
Ferroggiarro, Will
Ferrone, John
Fogarty, Thomas
Forbes, Marjorie
Forbes, Suzanne
Fradel, Jim
Freeman, Bennett
Frields, John
Fuqua, Don
Gaddis, John Lewis
Garfinkel, Steven
Gasiewicz, Philip
Geiger, William
Gelbar, Daniel
Gelbard, Amb. Robert
Genton, Regina
Glyn-Jones, Christopher
Goldberg, Don
Goldberg, Stanley
Goldman, Janlori
Goodman, Mel
Grafeld, Peggy
Green, Harold
Gries, David
Gualtieri, Roberto
Guttman, Daniel
Haag, David
Hadley, Steven
Hallman, Robert
Halperin, Morton
Hammit, Harry
Hanlon, Kathy
Harris, Gary
Harris, Jeffrey
Hastings, James
Haugh, LeRoy
Haynes, John Earl
Hayward, Robert
Hershberg, James
Heusser, Roger
Hibler, Neil
Hickman, Stan
Hickock, Gene
Hill, Jimmie
Hitz, Frederick
Honts, Charles
Howe, Larry
Howell, Beryl
Huff, Dick
Huffstetler, Robert
Huffman, Linda
Irving, Peggy
Jacobson, Dan
Jelen, George
Johnson, Deborah
Kaiser, Frederick
Kanin, David
Kastenmeier, Robert
Katz, Steven
Katzke, Stuart
Katzmann, Robert
Keene, David
Kimball, Warren
Kimberly, Laura
King, Bob
Kingsley, Don
Kloss, Cynthia
Knauf, Daniel
Knecht, Ronald
Koh, Harold
Kohn, Richard
Kornbluh, Peter
Kostelnik, Maj. Gen. Michael (USAF)
Kotapish, William
Krofteck, Joseph
Kurtz, Michael
Kvetkas, Jr., William
Lafferty, John
Lamoureux, Bernard
Langbart, David
Lapham, Anthony
Lattanza, Richard
Leadbeater, J. Alan
Lee, William
Leonard, Michael
Levin, Michael
Levine, Ed
Light, Paul
Lilly, Jacqui
Lipscomb, Thomas
Locher, Jim
Machak, Frank
Major, David
Mark, Edward
Marshall, Mary
Martin, Kate
Matano, Albert
May, Ernest
Mazer, Roslyn
McDonald, Kenneth
McFadden, Maj. Gen. George (USA, ret.)
McMasters, Paul
McMenamin, Robert
McMillan, Priscilla
McNulty, F. Lynn
Mead, Walter Russell
Mellon, Christopher
Metcalfe, Dan
Michaelson, Avra
Miller, Page Putnam
Moore, Brig. Gen. William (USAF)
Moore, John Norton
Moose, Richard
Morrell, Jim
Mountcastle, Brig. Gen. John (USA)
Mulvey, Mark
Munson, Margaret
Murray, Pat
Myer, Daniel
Narath, Al
Nelson, Anna Kasten
Nelson, Peter
Neu, Richard
Newberger, Stuart
Nisbet, Miriam
Norris, Genie
Nye, Joseph
Odom, Lt. Gen. William (USA, ret.)
Oettinger, Anthony
Oleson, Peter
Oliver, James
Otey, Glen
Page, Cary
Parra, Joseph
Passarelli, James
Pastor, Robert
Pendlebury, David
Pescatore, John
Pitcher, Sadie
Pitts, William
Plesser, Ronald
Porteg, Steve
Quist, Arvin
Rademaker, Stephen
Rank, Jeffrey
Ray, Gerda
Rees, Richard
Reicher, Dan
Relyea, Harold
Rhenish, Barbara
Riccardi, Col. Frederick (USAF)
Richelson, Jeffrey
Rigamer, Elmore
Rogalski, Robert
Ronan, Mary
Rosen, Col. Rick (USAF)
Rosenau, Bill
Rossman, Kenneth
Rowen, Henry
Ryan, Daniel
Saderholm, Peter
Sanford, Bruce
Scalingi, Paula
Schauble, Jeanne
Schecter, Jerry
Schecter, Leona
Schewe, Donald
Schmidt, Raymond
Schroeder, Gerald
Schwartau, Winn
Scott, R. Adm. Hugh (USN, ret.)
Sessoms, Gayla
Sheehy, Michael
Siebert, Bryan
Simonton, Andrea
Skaggs, Congressman David
Slany, William
Smith, Jeffrey
Smith, Col. Linda (USAF)
Snider, Britt
Spaulding, Mark
Spaulding, Suzanne
Springer, Edward
Steele, Robert
Steinauer, Dennis
Stern, Gary
Stern, Todd
Stewart, Nina
Stovel, Ferris
Straub, Christopher
Studeman, Adm. William (USN, ret.)
Swietlik, Craig
Thomas, Maj. Gen. Jack (USAF, ret.)
Timm, Howard
Tippit, John
Tompkins, Frederick
Torous, Becky
Treverton, Gregory
Truchon, Pamela
Trulock, Notra
Turley, Jonathan
Turner, Robert
Ulsch, N. McDonnell
Uncapher, Mark
Van Camp, Anne
Varey, James
Waguespack, Michael
Walker, Frederick
Walsh, John
Wampler, Robert
Warshaw, Richard
Watson, Peter
Webster, Mark
Weinberg, Gerhard
Weiner, Tim
Wells, Linton
Wendt, James
White, Amb. Robert
Whitman, David
Williams, Richard
Wilson, Charles
Winer, Jonathan
Winkler, Ira
Winston, Joan
Wood, Lt. Gen. C. Norman (USAF, ret.)
Woolsey, R. James
Zubok, Vladislav
Zuckerman, Michael
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