http://goo.gl/AiCha

Snips from the scary story…

"The board said there is no way under the current system for agency records
managers to review, analyze and classify or declassify all of those
documents."

"The other issue at hand is the over-classification of documents because of
the risk averse culture of the government, and the amount of time it takes
to declassify. The recommendations also focus on how to improve the
declassification process."

"One of the ways to get declassification done more quickly is to make sure
each agency has a staff historian to review documents."

"The board is made up of people who are very committed to balancing the
two. We've all served in government in some fashion and have dealt with
classified information, and understand the need to have secrets, but we're
all convinced there could be better balance for the public."

"Reaction to the recommendations has been positive. One records manager
from the Air Force spoke up at the board's event Thursday at NARA and
expressed some concerns over the changes, specifically around the idea of
records versus documents. He said there are a lot of redundancies in
records, but the new classification of documents are actually fairly
small."

Thankfully, at least ONE PERSON SPOKE UP…. Can't quite understand why NARA
is getting involved in decisions made related to DOCUMENTS... isn't their
focus supposed to be on RECORDS?

Larry
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*Lawrence J. Medina
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RIM Professional since 1972*
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