A Review of the Department of Energy Classification Policy and Practice (1995) / Chapter Skim
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Pages 11-14
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For example, a major reason for the Secretary's Openness Initiative was the intense public interest in the environmental consequences of activities in the DOE weapons complex and in the studies of the health effects of radiation exposures. All information of this sort -- about environmental, safety, and health (ES&H)
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,3 an estimate up by a factor of 10 over the one given in the Secretary's December 1993 press conference. And the Committee has been told that DOE is losing ground in its declassification efforts -- more new classified documents are being generated than oIc3 documents are being clecIassified.4 Thus, in addition to policy questions, the Openness Initiative must address difficult issues of document examination, document control, and public communications.
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guidance, and update and issue classification guides at DOE headquarters and in the field to reflect revised policies. Develop procedures for continued, periodic re-evaluations of policy to keep pace with future worici conditions and domestic objectives.
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Chapter 4 addresses the complex issues of information policy, and Chapter 5 assesses ways to improve the declassification process. Chapter 6 examines changes in incentives and accountability that will be necessary to significantly alter the current culture of DOE operations.
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