The National Declassification Center (NDC)

The NDC issued its Latest Director's Report:

• Director's Report on Operations of the National Declassification Center Year End Summary  [ PDF Format ]
  
  
• Read previous reports

The NDC issued its latest Release Listing:

The NDC has released a listing of 149 entries that have completed declassification processing between June 29, and December 31, 2015 and are now available for researcher request. This release consists of records from both military and civilian agencies.

• Request new release listings
  
  • e-mail: archives2reference@nara.gov
  • call: Archives 2 Reference at 301-837-3510
    
  • cite the HMS Entry and Series Title when making a request
    
    
• Read previous release listings
  
  

Participate in the NDC Prioritization Plans:

• Comment on the Plan: ndc@nara.gov
• What is the Prioritization Plan?

The National Declassification Center (NDC) was created when President Obama signed the new Executive Order released by the White House on December 29, 2009.

NDC began operations in early January 2010 under the direction of Dr. Michael J. Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records Services, Washington.  Initially, the NDC will focus on the following:

• timely and appropriate processing of referrals between agencies for accessioned Federal records and transferred Presidential Records;
  
• general interagency declassification activities necessary to fulfill the requirements of sections 3.3 and 3.4 of this order;
• the exchange among agencies of detailed declassification guidance to support equity recognition;
• the development of effective, transparent, and standard declassification work processes, training, and quality assurance measures;
• the development of solutions to declassification challenges posed by electronic records, special media, and emerging technologies;
• the linkage and effective utilization of existing agency databases and the use of new technologies to support declassification activities under the purview of the Center