Fifth Session of the DoD Historical Records Declassification Advisory Panel: OpenSession

摘要

Executive Order 12958, Classified National Security Information, requiresautomatic declassification of historical files over 25 years old. The Department of Defense (DoD) historical Records Declassification Advisory Panel (HRDAP) was established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act as a subcommittee to the Historical Advisory Panel. The HRDAP charter is to recommend information and topic areas for early declassification priority, that would be most valuable to historians. The HRDAP is chaired by Dr. Alfred Goldberg, OSD Historian. Six civilian historians and the historians from the military services and the JCS comprise the panel. The transcripts for the open sessions are prepared by a contract transcription. service.