Joint Staff

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UNCLASSIFIED

• Joint Staff
• Automatic Declassification Project

William J. Kane
July 14 , 2006
UNCLASSIFIED
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• Process
• Review Joint Staff Permanently Historical Records
  and Records Referred to the Joint Staff From
  Other Agencies
• Review in Accordance with the Executive Order
  12958, as amended, Kyl-Lott Amendment, Privacy
  Act and Proper Referral of Other Agency Equities
• Document Level/Pass Fail Review
• Primarily Use Exemption (5) - reveal actual U.S.
  military war plans that remain in effect
• 10-Year Exemption with Continuous Re-review
  Effort
• Government Declassification Specialists Provide
  Quality Assurance Reviews to Ensure the
  Identification and Protection of Joint Staff
  Equities
• Staffing
• Two GS-13 Government Declassification Specialists
• Three Contractors at the National Archives II
  (Full Time Participation in the Interagency
  Referral Center)
• Two Contractors at the Pentagon
• One Contractor at the Navy Historical Center
  (Navy Yard)

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Joint Staff Auto-Declass is on track to meet the
31 Dec 2006 deadline for review of Joint Staff
docs per EO 12958
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• Review Progress
• Review of 14,877,373 Million Pages of Joint Staff
  Records by 31 December 2006
• 5,479,673 Pages Declassified 37
• Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)
  Approved 2006 Declassification Plan and 2002
  Declassification Guide
• Determined by ISOO to be on Track for 31 December
  2006 Deadline
• Additional Progress
• Participation in the Monthly External Referral
  Working Group
• Full-Time Participation in the Interagency
  Referral Center at the National Archives
• Participation in Document Declassification
  Support System (DDSS) - Automated Referral System
• Provides and Participates in Equity Recognition
  Training Sessions

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• Future Priorities/Goals
• Complete Review of Joint Staff Permanent Records
  Prior to 31 December 2006 Deadline
• Complete DDSS Notification of Referrals of Other
  Agencies Classified Equities Prior to 31
  December 2006 Deadline
• Complete Review of Referral Records from Other
  Agencies Prior to 31 December 2009 Deadline
• Continue Participation in DDSS and Equity
  Recognition Training Sessions

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• Challenges
• Unknown Number of Pages Still to be Referred from
  Other Agencies Prior to 2006 Referral
  Notification Deadline