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Executive Order 12958, As Amended Navy Declassification Program Presented to the Public Interest Declassification Board 14 July 2006 Shelly Lopez-Potter DON Declassification Program Manager. Missions and Responsibilities. Administer DON’s Executive Order (EO) 12958, as Amended
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Executive Order 12958, As Amended Navy Declassification Program Presented to the Public Interest Declassification Board 14 July 2006 Shelly Lopez-Potter DON Declassification Program Manager
Missions and Responsibilities • Administer DON’s Executive Order (EO) 12958, as Amended • Automatic Declassification Program: • Identify, Locate and Retrieve Records • Conduct Declassification Reviews • Meet 31 Dec 2006 Deadline for Textual Records Review • Maintain Electronic Database of All Records Reviewed • Ensure DON Compliance with Kyl-Lott Amendments • Central Control of DON Referrals (Incoming/Outgoing) • Prepare Annual Update to DON Declassification Plan • Meet Future Review Deadlines • As Records become 25 Years Old • Re-Review of Exempted Records • Plan for Referral (2009) • Special Media (2011) Deadlines • Represent DON on Interagency Working Groups
Roles and Responsibilities • Chief of Naval Operations • Chief of Naval Operations (N09N) – Special Assistant for Naval Investigative Matters and Security – is designated as the Senior Agency Official responsible for implementing the DON Declassification Program per EO 12958, As Amended • CNO (N09N2) Assistant for Information and Personnel Security – is responsible for issuing DON policy for implementation of EO 12958, As Amended
Roles and Responsibilities • DON Declassification Program Manager – is responsible for overall management of the DON Declassification Program. Designated Contract Officer’s Representative for DON Declassification Contract
DON Declassification Program Status Excluded 86.5M • 529.6M Pages Reviewed as of 30 Jun 2006 • 430.6M Textual • 97.4M Special Media • Declassification Review Results - See Chart • 6.4M Pages Remaining to Complete by 31 Dec 2006 16% Exempt 82.5M 15% 62% 7% Referred 35.1M Declassified 325.5M Declassification Review Results
Special Declassification Project Reviews • Nazi/Japanese War Crimes • POW/MIA records from Viet Nam • USS Pueblo Files and Audiotapes • USS Liberty Files • Argentina Human Rights Violations • Project SHAD • Rockefeller Library Papers • Ohio State University Admiral Byrd Papers
DON Review Process • Declassification reviews conducted at Naval Historical Center, Naval Sea Systems Command, NARA and regional archives and records centers: New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, San Bruno, Laguna Nigel • Pass/Fail (no redactions) • Page level review • Review for declassification – not reviewed for public release • All documents/folders not declassified are tabbed • Disposition decisions made at document level • Quality Control – 2 tier contractor review with a percentage checked by DON COR • Decisions entered into DON Master Declassification DB
DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW STAFFDeclassification reviews are conducted by trained/experienced DON civilians and contractor personnel utilizing appropriate DON Security Classification/Declassification GuidesSubject Matter ExpertsRecords Management PersonnelCommand Security Personnel
Interagency Cooperation • Support to Declassification Initiatives • External Referral Working Group (ERWG) • Classification Management Working Group • ISOO’s Referral Standard Working Group • NARA’s Interagency Referral Center (IRC) • Presidential Libraries Records Remote Archive Capture (RAC) Program • Equity Recognition Training • ERWG • Air Force Referral Standardization Lab • Conferences • Agency to Agency Meetings • Centralized Database • Document Declassification Support System (DDSS)
Challenges • Maintain appropriate level of funding, resources • Referral processing: • - No Referral Standards • Quantity of referrals from other agencies • Location(s) where referrals can be reviewed • Finding all boxes required for review • Lack of standards for reviewing Special Media • Centralized database • Unplanned “road blocks”