President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Dec. 29 creating a national declassification center. The center's mission is to declassify government materials and make them available to the public.
The detailed order also establishes the principle that no records may remain classified indefinitely and provides deadlines for declassifying information exempted from automatic declassification at 25 years.
The center will be part of the National Archives, and its director will be chosen by the archivist of the United States in consultation with the secretaries of State, Defense, Energy, and Homeland Security, the attorney general, and the director of National Intelligence.
The executive order said the establishment of the national declassification center is effective immediately.
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Executive order creates national declassification center
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The White House, Executive Order - Classified National Security Information , Dec. 29, 2009
The White House, Presidential Memorandum - Implementation of the Executive Order, "Classified National Security Information," Dec. 29, 2009
The White House, Promoting Openness and Accountability by Making Classification a Two-Way Street , Dec. 29, 2009