Background The following are the instructions given to each agency, for submitting the SF-311 forms: This reporting requirement applies to each department, independent agency or establishment in the executive branch that creates, handles, and/or stores classified national security information. The reporting period is on a fiscal year basis. Submissions must be unclassified and typewritten, and reach the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) no later than November 15 following the reporting period. Consolidate the submissions of component activities into a single report. Agencies, however, shall retain the input from component activities for possible ISOO review. Under the Freedom of Information Act…
Author: John Greenewald
Background The following letter was sent from the ranking member of the U.S. Congress, Subcommittee on Government Operations of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, to the Administrator of the General Services Administration Emily W. Murphy. It states that, “…according to Congressional intent and past precedent set by President Clinton, as of today, there is no apparent President-Elect.” The letter, as obtained directly from the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Reform, is published below — in full. Official Press Release by the Committee on Oversight and Reform WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Jody Hice (R-Ga.) today wrote Emily Murphy,…
Background This report discusses the October 31, 2014, crash involving the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) reusable suborbital rocket, N339SS, which was operated by Scaled Composites LLC. SS2 broke up into multiple pieces during a rocket-powered test flight and impacted terrain over a 5-mile area near Koehn Dry Lake, California. The pilot received serious injuries, and the copilot received fatal injuries. SS2 was destroyed, and no one on the ground was injured as a result of the falling debris. SS2 had been released from its launch vehicle, WhiteKnightTwo, N348MS, about 13 seconds before the structural breakup. Scaled was operating SS2 under an experimental…
Background This is the U.S. Cyber Command Situational Awareness Report on the Wikileaks release of classified information. Document Archive WikiLeaks Release of Classified Documents from a Department of State Database – Situational Awareness Report 2010-SA-0025 [8 Pages, 3.5MB] – This version was released after a 2020 Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request. WikiLeaks Release of Classified Documents from a Department of State Database – Situational Awareness Report 2010-SA-0025 – HIGHLIGHTED VERSION – [8 Pages, 3.5MB] – This version was released after a 2020 Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request. Archived Versions WlkiLeaks Release of Classified Documents from a Department of State Database…
Background The following are the released editions of the NRO’s internal publication, The RECON. More dates have been requested, and will be added when they are released. Declassified Documents The RECON issues, 4/20/09, 5/4/09, 5/15/09, 6/01/09 [67 Pages, 10.34MB The RECON issues all of 2008 [23 Pages, 0.8MB] The RECON issues from 09/2001 through 01/2002 [124 Pages, 11.24MB] The RECON issues all of 2003 [327 Pages, 37MB] – This PDF file has bookmarks that mark every date issue discernible from the release.