UNREDACTED: The National Security Archive Blog

Category: Documents

Includes “Document Friday” posts as well as other posts that focus on government documents

Trump and Putin’s G20 Meeting Puts Spotlight on the PRA, Senators Hone in on Bad EPA FOIA Regs, and More: FRINFORMSUM 6/27/2019

June 27, 2019
New Digital National Security Archive Document Collection Covers Nonproliferation Policy from 1954 to 1968

June 24, 2019
FOIA Helps Show Elaine Chao’s Transportation Department Has Special Liaison for Husband’s Home State Projects: FRINFORMSUM 6/13/2019

June 13, 2019
Presidential Memo “Effectively Amends” EO 13526: FRINFORMSUM 5/30/2019

May 30, 2019
Declassified CIA Clandestine Service Emails Fret Over “UBL/Devil dolls” Story

May 15, 2019
FOIA Reporting Shows Spike in Death Rates, Scabies Outbreak, and Lax Records-Keeping in Michigan Prison System: FRINFORMSUM 5/02/2019

May 2, 2019
U.S. Completes Historic Transfer of 47,000 Declassified Documents to Argentine Government: FRINFORMSUM 4/12/2019

April 12, 2019
Government’s Oldest FOIA Request Even Older than Reported: FRINFORMSUM 3/28/2019

March 28, 2019
Soviet Union Had First Real Taste of Democracy 30 Years Ago Today – and Politburo Document Shows How Committee Made Sense of It

March 26, 2019
Army Charges $300K for Water Test Records as Senate Judiciary asks DOJ: Why the “Continued Culture of Reflexive Secrecy” Around FOIA? FRINFORMSUM 3/21/2019

March 21, 2019
Deloitte Launches FOIA-Processing Software, FOIA Shows Interior Dept. Issued Thousands of Oil Drilling Safety Waivers, and More: FRINFORMSUM 2/28/2019

February 28, 2019
Cyber-Attacks and Fire Support: Documents Illustrate Historic Trend in Integration of Military Technology

February 28, 2019
Obama Library to Depart From Status Quo, Signs of Life for Central FOIA Portal, and More: FRINFORMSUM 2/21/2019

February 21, 2019
State Department Makes FOIA Reading Room Less User-Friendly: FRINFORMSUM 2/7/2019

February 7, 2019
Did the CIA Change its Procedure for Reviewing Historical Records? FRINFORMSUM 1/17/2019

January 17, 2019
Tom Blanton’s ISOO 40th Anniversary Keynote Speech

January 15, 2019
New Digital National Security Archive Document Collection Spotlights Soviet-U.S. Relations at Cold War’s End

December 19, 2018
The “Indiana Jones Warehouse:” How to use FOIA to get Documents from Purgatory

October 4, 2018
New Tet Documents? Not So Much.

August 7, 2018
John Moss and the Roots of the Freedom of Information Act: Worldwide Implications

April 17, 2018