freedom of information

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• SOURCE: CSPAN
  3/7/2023
  

  Matthew Connelly Presents Digital Lessons on the History of Government Secrecy

  Historian Matthew Connelly offers a series of talks and lesson plans for social studies teachers about the origins and significance of government secrecy, classified information, and freedom of information. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/3/2022
  

  "Archives Rat" John Prados Punctured Military Secrecy to Write History

  "Running through all his work was the contention that records of intelligence and covert activities represented a sort of historical dark matter: a vast amount of material that, while invisible in conventional narratives, could, if revealed, radically shift our understanding of the past."

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  12/1/2020
  

  AHA Joins Lawsuit to Protect Historical Records

  The AHA is party to a lawsuit pressing the Trump administration and the National Archives to comply with laws requiring complete preservation of presidential records. 

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• SOURCE: FOIA Ombudsman Blog (National Archives)
  5/14/2020
  

  The Importance of Preserving Pandemic Records

  The National Archives has joined other organizations in a call to ensure that records related to the pandemic and governments' responses are preserved and made accessible to future researchers.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/4/20
  

  Why You May Never Learn the Truth About ICE

  by Matthew Connelly

  The National Archives is letting millions of documents, including many related to immigrants’ rights, be destroyed or deleted.