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EO 131762000-11-27Clinton

Facilitation of a Presidential Transition

This executive order establishes a Presidential Transition Coordinating Council to facilitate the transfer of power from the Clinton administration to the incoming Bush administration following the 2000 election. It mandates coordination of orientation activities, creation of a transition directory and catalogue of presidential appointee positions, and preparation of orientation materials for new political appointees.

EO 131421999-11-19Clinton

Amendment To Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information

This executive order amends Executive Order 12958 to extend automatic declassification deadlines for classified national security records over 25 years old, creating staggered timelines (6.5 years, 8 years, and 25 years from information origin) based on record complexity and sensitivity. It also formally establishes the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) within the National Archives and Records Administration, granting it binding directive authority and on-site review powers over agency classification programs.

EO 131101999-01-11Clinton

Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group

This executive order establishes an interagency working group led by the Archivist of the United States to locate, inventory, and declassify Nazi war criminal records for public release at the National Archives, with a report to Congress due within one year and the group terminating after three years.

EO 129581995-04-17Clinton

Classified National Security Information

This executive order establishes a comprehensive uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information across the federal government. It creates automatic declassification timelines (generally 10 years for original classification, 25 years for historically valuable records), establishes new oversight bodies, and mandates training and procedural requirements for officials with classification authority. The order significantly expands transparency by requiring declassification instructions on all classified documents and creating mechanisms for public challenge of classification decisions.

EO 129511995-02-22Clinton

Release of Imagery Acquired by Space-Based National Intelligence Reconnaissance Systems

This executive order declassified and transferred historical Cold War-era satellite imagery from the Corona, Argon, and Lanyard missions to public archives within 18 months. It also established a permanent review program for declassifying other obsolete intelligence imagery, with a 5-year deadline for broad-area film-return systems.

EO 129371994-11-10Clinton

Declassification of Selected Records Within the National Archives of the United States

This executive order declassifies approximately 43.9 million pages of historical records in the National Archives, spanning World War II-era military and intelligence documents through post-1945 collections including Vietnam War records. The Archivist must make these records available for public research within 30 days, except for specific information that agency heads and the Archivist determine must be protected under non-national-security FOIA exemptions.

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