[net-gold] Secrecy News -- 04/09/12
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- Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:27:31 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 11:15:17 -0400
From: Steven Aftergood <saftergood@xxxxxxx>
To: saftergood@xxxxxxx
Subject: Secrecy News -- 04/09/12
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SECRECY NEWS
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from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2012, Issue No. 31 April
9, 2012
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Secrecy News Blog:
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/
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** INSTITUTIONALIZING INNOVATION IN SECRECY POLICY
** U.S. OIL IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, AND MORE FROM CRS
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INSTITUTIONALIZING INNOVATION IN SECRECY POLICY
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It is possible to imagine all kinds of changes in government secrecy policy
that would make the secrecy system smaller, more efficient, more susceptible
to error correction, and more attuned to shifting security requirements.
Such changes might include, for example, self-cancelling classification
markings, numerical limits on classification activity, broadly distributed
oversight and declassification authority, new mechanisms for challenging
classification decisions, and so on.
But before any such change could be adopted in practice, it would almost
certainly need to be tested and validated for use, particularly if it
involved a real departure from current procedures.
A classification policy "test bed" in which a variety of new classification
policies could be put into practice on a limited scale would therefore be
desirable, and would signify a non-rhetorical commitment to policy change.
It is interesting to note that the need to systematically approach change
has been recognized in other national security contexts, which might serve
as a model for secrecy reform.
The U.S. Army actually has its own "Logistics Innovation Agency" whose
mission is "to provide innovative solutions for improved operational and
tactical logistics readiness."
The Agency "uses well-defined processes of exploration, discovery,
demonstration, and transition to integrate logistics solutions that help
prepare the Army for uncertain and complex future operating environments,"
according to an updated Army regulation published last week.
http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ar10-25.pdf
Similarly, the U.S. Navy has an Office of Innovation that "promotes,
fosters, and develops innovative science, technology, processes and policies
that support the Department of the Navy."
These and similar entities might be persuaded or directed to undertake pilot
projects on innovations in national security classification. If successful,
such efforts could advance a consensus view of sharply limited secrecy that
is more responsive to the public interest in both security and disclosure.
U.S. OIL IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, AND MORE FROM CRS
New and newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that
have not been made readily available to the public include these.
U.S. Oil Imports and Exports, April 4, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42465.pdf
Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and
Issues for Congress, April 6, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS22373.pdf
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues and Options for
Congress, April 6, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL33741.pdf
Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and
Issues for Congress, April 6, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R40248.pdf
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background, Issues, and Options
for Congress, April 6, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL34391.pdf
The Republic of the Philippines and U.S. Interests, April 5, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33233.pdf
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Steven Aftergood
Project on Government Secrecy
Federation of American Scientists
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