1. Information Security Oversight Office, National Archives and Records Administration, 2003 Annual Report, March 31, 2004. Executive branch agencies reported 3,978 original classification authorities; 234,052 original classification decisions; 13,993,968 derivative classification decisions; and a total 14,228,020 combined classification decisions, p.5.
2. The August 15, 2000, ISOO Report to the President on classification noted an “exceptional” achievement with agencies reporting declassifying almost 127 million records for FY1999, and a four-year combined result of almost 720 million pages declassified. Available at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/isoo/isoo99.html
3. 5 U.S.C. 1505, July 26, 1935.
4. 5 U.S.C. 1001–1011, June 11, 1946.
5. 5 U.S.C. 552, July 4, 1966. This revised Section 3 of the Administrative Procedure Act.