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7 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 89-94

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From page 89...
... DOE's current criteria for reviewing information for possible declassification should be expanded to include explicitly the benefits of openness in enabling an informed public debate on public issues, and, more generally, in enhancing the public's right to know what its government is doing. Public availability of information should be an important consideration, although this factor should not be the prevailing or overriding criterion for declassification decisions.
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From page 90...
... DOE shouIc! establish an Information Policy Advisory Board, appointed by the Secretary and composed of experienced outside experts broadly representative of the major stakeholders in DOE's classification policy.
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From page 91...
... Specifically, the Department should explore arrangements in which each party to the exchange retains the right to allow or prevent the public release of the information that it is providing to the other party, so that disagreements about whether information should be publicly released do not obstruct mutually beneficial exchanges. The focus on improving control and accounting of Russian fissionable materials should not be allowed to delay the release of Reclassifiable information about American nuclear weapons that is needed to enable informed debate about policies appropriate to the new international conditions.
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From page 92...
... Customer demand should play a paramount role in setting declassification priorities, particularly while DOE policy is undergoing fundamental review and change. A national DOE advisory committee, such as the Information Policy Advisory Board proposed in this report, could provide advice about declassification of information and documents bearing on national policy debates.
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From page 93...
... as a screening tool to identify documents most likely to contain RD. To minimize the needless generation of cIassifiect documents and to facilitate declassification, DOE should put in place a number of specific procedures: Classified or otherwise controlled information should be included in documents only if absolutely necessary.
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From page 94...
... The Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy or other appropriate indepenclent group should consider legislation to ensure that meaningful judicial review is available for data classified under the ALA, as it is for NSI. DOE should clarify the obligations of members of academic and industrial communities who hold security clearances.
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