[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book I)]
[January 29, 2008]
[Page 130]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Memorandum on Review of Recommendations From the Public Interest 
Declassification Board
January 29, 2008

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of 
National Intelligence, the Assistant to the President for National 
Security Affairs, the Counsel to the President, and the Assistant to the 
President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Subject: Review of Recommendations From the Public Interest 
Declassification Board

    The Public Interest Declassification Board, an advisory group 
established by the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000, as 
amended (50 U.S.C. 435 note), has submitted a report entitled 
``Improving Declassification.'' The report addresses 15 issues and makes 
49 recommendations relating to declassification of classified national 
security information.
    Please submit in writing no later than April 15, 2008, through the 
Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs and for 
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, your views on each of the 
recommendations, including with respect to each recommendation your view 
of whether and to what extent it should be implemented. Your views with 
respect to the recommendations should take into account the public 
interest in declassification of national security information, effective 
records management, and the effective conduct of United States 
diplomatic, economic, military, energy, homeland security, and 
intelligence activities, as well as such other matters as you deem 
appropriate for consideration.

                                                          George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on January 30.