All: My apologies for this second email -- however, Dan Metcalfe provided a few additional tweaks. Even more important, I overlooked some emails buried in my in box expressing support for the letter. I've added those additional names. Regards, jwl On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Bill Leonard <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Thanks to all who have responded to date wrt support for a letter going to > General Jones asking for an opportunity for public comment prior to a new > classification Executive Order being signed by the President. > > Attached is the latest version with the names and organizations of those > who have agreed to date to support this letter. It slightly differs in two > regards from the earlier draft. First, it includes a number of > non-substantive tweaks offered by Dan Metcalf. Second, it reflects the fact > that the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) has endorsed the > concept of additional public comment on the actual words of a revised E.O. > For those who have not seen, the PIDB letter can be viewed at: > http://www.archives.gov/declassification/pidb/letter07-21-09.pdf . I and > others do not believe this recommendation of the PIDB vitiates the need for > our letter -- on the contrary, it makes it all the more important since > there is no guarantee that the PIDB's endorsement of this recommendation > will be accepted. > > For those who have already let me know of your support, please review and > ensure I properly captured the name of your organization and > the organization official endorsing the letter. If I have left anyone off, > please let me know and accept my apologies. > > For those who would like to support but have yet to let me know, please let > me know by 5:00 pm, Thursday, July 30, 2009. The plan is for this letter to > be sent to General Jones on August 1, 2009 and publicly released the same > day. > > Regards, > > jwl >