Meeting Agenda Thursday, February 23, 2012

• Discussion of Report to the President and comments submitted by Members

• Board process to approve/finalize the Report
• Timeline for delivery of the Report

• Strategy for publicizing the Report
  
  • Delivery to the White House
    
  • Discussions with Agencies and with public interest groups
    
  • Discussions with Congress
    
  • Other venues for public outreach and publicity
    

• Updates by Mr. Fitzpatrick
  • Visit from UK officials on Cabinet Office effort to transform
    classification
    
  • Update on technology research from NARA’s Advanced Search
    Committee and planning for a Vendor Day in April

• Developing an aggressive, two-year work plan
  • Thinking “Big” – potential areas for the Board to investigate, monitor, and advocate that will require a longer term planning
    
  • What is/are the continuing role/ambitions of the Board?
    • Advocating for a new framework for classification and/or declassification review processes in the digital environment?
    • Researching technologies and enterprise solutions?
    • Developing a framework for metadata standards?
    • Monitoring and reporting on implementation by agencies?
• Additional advocacy for recommendations in the two Reports issued by the Board (2007, 2012)
  • Reforming the treatment of historical "FRD" information
  • Advocating for discretionary release of "younger" information
  • Allowing for the review of Classified Congressional records
  • Eliminating agency ownership/referrals for historical records
  • Providing continued recommendations (or monitoring) on the operations of the National Declassification Center

Meeting Agenda Friday, February 24, 2012

• Two-year aggressive work plan
  • Details of Board's continuing role and program based on the previous day's discussion

• Building a Legislative Proposal
• Funding Requirements
  • Based on the next two-year work program

• Finalize Report to the President
• Delivery strategy of the Report
• Two-year aggressive work plan for the Board
• Legislation: Reauthorization of the Board
• Schedule of meetings based on the work plan of the Board