What are libraries doing to declassify Presidential papers and records?
• The Presidential libraries hold some of the most sensitive and high policy level papers and records in the Federal government. • Prior to the implementation of Executive Order 12958, which called for the declassification of papers and records over 25 years old, the libraries held over 23 million pages of classified papers and records, Hoover through Bush. • For libraries with papers and records over 25 years old, the libraries have reviewed, declassified and opened a tremendous amount of materials. • The libraries use a variety of approaches in conducting a declassification review on their papers and records. For many of the older Presidential classified documents, libraries can use guidance delegated to the Archivist of the United States from equity-holding entities, such as the Department of State and the National Security Council, to declassify documents. Using this approach, libraries have been able to review nearly 2 million pages and release 1.2 million pages of declassified pa
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