Transcript Document 7676889

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NGA Automatic
Declassification Program
Executive Order 12958, As Amended
Presented to the
Public Interest Declassification Board
Mr. Alan Florkowski
Date: 15 December 2006
Briefer: Deputy Director, Information Management Office, NGA
NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
NGA History
Declassification
Program History
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National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) established October 1996.
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Created under the Department of Defense to provide mapping and charting
products/services and imagery intelligence to a wide variety of customers,
including the Armed Forces and the government. NIMA integrated a long list
of predecessor agencies and departments to form one agency with the goal
to provide imagery and geospatial information in a timely fashion.
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NIMA’s creation brought together the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), the
Central Imagery Office (CIO), the Defense Dissemination Program Office
(DDPO), and CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), as
well as the imagery elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the Defense Airborne
Reconnaissance Office (DARO) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Moved functional responsibility for Airborne Imagery and Commercial
Satellite Imagery Libraries from DIA to NIMA in October 2002.
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NIMA became National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in 2003.
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NGA Automatic Declassification Program History
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CIA implemented Declass Program in April 1995.
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NIMA implemented Geospatial Intelligence Declass Program in February 1998.
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Ownership of former National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC/CIA)
program resolved March 2000. NIMA became responsible for declass of all
permanent records associated with imagery analysis products.
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NIMA implemented Imagery Analysis Products Declass Program in November 1998 -- (Using CIA File Series Exemptions) ---NGA staff employees began working in CIA
Declass Center.
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NIMA inherited Airborne Imagery Declass Program from DIA and implemented aerial
film review program in March 2003.
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NGA submitted the Agency’s first NGA Declassification Program Plan to ISOO in
January 2004. The plan consolidated review production data from NGA’s three
Declass Programs:
- GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE
- IMAGERY ANALYSIS PRODUCTS
- AIRBORNE IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE
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REVIEW
NGA AutoSITES
Declassification Program Review Sites
NARA II, College Park, MD
Westfield
Bethesda
National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency, St. Louis, MO
International Point, Herndon, VA
Reston
Washington Navy Yard
National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency, Arnold, MO
DIAC – Bolling AFB, Washington DC
NGA College
NGA Sites
Auto Declass Program Review Sites
NGA and Auto Declass Program Review Sites
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NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
REVIEW
NGA AutoMETHODOLOGY
Declassification Program: Progress & Plans
• Meet E.O. 12958, as Amended, Requirements:
- All 25-Year-Old and Older Text Records Reviewed
by 12/31/2006
- Referrals to be Reviewed by 12/31/2009
- All 25-Year-Old and Older Special Media to be
Reviewed by 12/31/2011
• Determine the following for Reviewed Records:
- Declassify
- Exempt
- Declassify As Redacted
- Refer
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NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
NGA Auto Declassification Review Process:
Geospatial Intelligence Program
Identify records for
review
-Geospatial Intelligence Auto Declass
Program Began Feb 98
- NGA Records Management Program is
an ISO 9000-Certified Process
- Geospatial Intelligence Declass
Review Program is a Sub-Process of the
NGA Records Management Program
Yes
Is Doc a
Referral?
No
Receive records from
WNRC/NARA
-Methodology: Pass/Fail
Review records using
the Pass/Fail Method
Is Doc
Exempted?
Yes
Tab documents and
apply appropriate
exemption code, return
box to storage
No
Records Returned
to NARA or WNRC
Document is
considered declassified
Tab with agency name
that was identified on
the document
Referral agency is
notified and letter of
equity is sent
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REVIEW
NGA AutoMETHODOLOGY
Declassification Progress:
Geospatial Intelligence Program
• Requirement for 31 Dec 2006: On Target for 15.5M Pages
• Reviews to be Conducted by 31 Dec 06: 247K Pages
Total Reviewed (as of 30 Sep 06): 15.2 Million Pages of Textual Records
12.2M Pages Declassified
80.3%
2.7M Pages Exempt
17.8%
Pages Declassified
Pages Exempt
Pages Referred
280K Pages Referred
1.9%
• Other Requirements: Estimated Textual Referrals
Required by 12/31/2009 – 1.2 Million Pages
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NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
NGA Auto Declassification Review Process:
Imagery Analysis Products Program
Convert
NGA records into
Electronic form
Imagery Analysis
Review Team receives
the record electronically
Perform a 1 st level
review of the imagery
Forward document to
quality review
2nd level review
Repeat the same
Decision steps as 1
level review
Yes
Eligible for
Declass?
Perform Redaction or
Release the document
in full
No
Deny in Full
Document is stamped
certified
Documents are
prepared to be placed
on CD
st
Forward imagery to
certification
level 3 review
Final Review on CD
Repeat decision steps
from level 1 & 2
Forward CD to
NARA/
Done
- NGA Records Management Program is an ISO 9000-Certified Process
- Imagery Analysis Products Declass Review Program is a Sub-Process of the NGA Records
Management Program
- Imagery Analysis Products Auto Declass Program Began Nov 1998
- Methodology: Redact (Electronic Redaction System) & Pass/Fail (Manual Review)
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REVIEW
NGA AutoMETHODOLOGY
Declassification Progress:
Imagery Analysis Products Program
• Requirements for 31 Dec 2006: On Target for 3.36M Pages
• Reviews to be Conducted by 31 Dec 06: 12.5K Pages
Total Reviewed (as of 30 Sep 06): 3.35 Million Pages of Textual Records
2.9 M Pages Exempt
87%
Pages Declassified
Pages Exempt
Pages Referred
415.5K Declassified
12.4%
15.7K Pages Referred
.6%
• Other Requirements: Estimated Textual Referrals
Required by 12/31/2009 – 10K Pages
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NGA Auto Declassification Review Process:
Airborne Imagery Intelligence Program
Yes
Airborne Declass
receives metadata
or aerial film
Is record
a referral ?
Record data is
reviewed
Package and deliver
Film to agency
Done
No
Order film from WNRC
Perform a physical
inventory of the film
when received
Use record data
to label box exempt or
declassified
Yes
Is record
exempt?
Package film in a new
box and assign a
new accession number
No
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NGA Records Management Program is
an ISO 9000-Certified Process
Airborne Imagery Intelligence Declass
Review Program is a Sub-Process of the
NGA Records Management Program
Label same box
with a new control
number
Physically review film
for classified info
Airborne Imagery Auto Declass Program
Began Mar 03
Methodology: Pass/Fail
Return box to
WNRC
Package film for
delivery to NARA
Deliver to NARA
Complete
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REVIEW
NGA AutoMETHODOLOGY
Declassification Progress:
Airborne Imagery Intelligence Program
• Requirements for 31 Dec 2006: Continue Reducing Film Backlog
• Reviews to be Conducted: Complete by 31 Dec 2011
Total Reviewed (as of 30 Sep 06): 103,038 Aerial Film Cans*
57,997 Aerial Film
Cans Declassified
56%
45,041 Aerial Film
Cans Exempt
44%
Pages Declassified
Pages Exempt
Aerial Film Cans
Referred: None
Pages Referred
• Other Requirements: Aerial Film Cans for Review by 2011
Deadline – 68K (34M Text Page Equivalents)
*Note: 103K Film Cans (Special Media) Reviewed = 51.5M Equivalent Text Pages Based
on Conversion Formula: 1 Aerial Film Can = 500 frames (avg) = 500 text pages (equiv)
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NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
REVIEW
FUTUREMETHODOLOGY
FOCUS AREAS
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Transition from Film to Digital Media:
- Digital Only Imagery Production will Impact NGA Auto Declass Program
- Archival Requirements Policy and Process will be Needed for Review of
Digital Records
• Ramifications of Our Success:
- Declassified Aerial Film Transferred to NARA Custody Required for
NGA’s Mission Today
- Declassified Aerial Film Cans Requested from NARA for NGA Imagery
Analysts Compete with External Customers
- Working with NARA Loan Process to Reduce Strain on Resources
• Recent BRAC Decision to Move NGA East:
- Numerous NGA East Buildings to Consolidate to One Campus at
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Stand-Up New Campus East (NCE) by 2011
- Impacts the NGA Auto Declass Program - Rolling Program/Referrals
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NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
REVIEW METHODOLOGY
SUMMARY
OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Our Program:
• Processes Well Established (ISO 9000-Certified)
• Meets Requirements of E.O. 12958, as amended
• NGA has met the 31 DEC 06 Deadline for Textual Records Review &
will meet the 31 DEC 11 for Special Media Review
• NGA Declass Program in Place to Meet Existing Future Deadlines
51.5M Equivalent Textual Pages (Special Media)
Reviewed Thru FY06 (103,038 Aerial Film Cans)
TOTAL TEXT PAGES
REVIEWED
TOTAL AERIAL FILM CANS
REVIEWED (Text Page Equiv)
18.6M Textual Records
Reviewed Thru FY06
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