How has the classification process been simplified?
With the amendment, the separate set of criteria for withholding information between 10 and 25 years from the date of origin has been eliminated. The revised language maintains ten years as the norm for most original classification actions, there is now one set of criteria for classification up to 25 years, section 1.4 of the Order and another for withholding beyond 25 years, section 3.3 (b).
