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Newer News: December 2020

November 2020

• Declassification of size of 2020 US nuclear stockpile denied, letter from DOE Office of Classification, November 23. "After careful consideration by the Formerly Restricted Data Declassification Working Group it was determined that the information requested cannot be declassified at this time."
• Biden's press secretary needs to throw open the windows of the White House by Dan Froomkin, Press Watch, November 19. "After four years of con games, cover-ups, conspiracy theories and contradictions, the next president of the United States needs to restore the nation's trust in his office -- and the only way to do that is with radical transparency."
• Biden may have trouble unearthing Trump's national security secrets by Natasha Bertrand, Politico, November 9. "The law requires sitting presidents to preserve all records relating to the performance of their official duties -- but it has no real enforcement mechanism."
• DNI establishes Climate Security Advisory Council, notification to Congress, November 6. "The CSAC is composed of representatives from the following departments and agencies...."
• DOD moves Google-like tool for searching U.S. military weapon spending behind firewall by Jason Sherman, Inside Defense, November 3. "On Oct. 26, the Defense Technical Information Center removed from its public website its DOD Investment Budget Search tool, which breaks down annual spending requests for U.S. military weapon system acquisition from mammoth budget books into program- and project-level packages, with search tools that allowed for quick filtering using basic and advanced search functions."

Older News: October 2020

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