National Coalition for History

On March 19, 2008, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) released 11,046 pages of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s White House schedules. These records are available on-line at the Clinton Library website. (click here) The records are being released in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch. Read the full article »

On March 17, 2008, the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) heard public comments on its report Improving Declassification that was sent to the President in 2007. The PIDB is an official advisory group promoting the declassification of historical federal records related to national security. Late last year, the PIDB provided detailed recommendations to the President on fifteen issues it identified that would improve the federal government’s declassification procedures. Read the full article »

This week, the National Security Archive at George Washington University named the U.S. Department of the Treasury as the winner of its annual “Rosemary Award” for the worst performance by a federal agency in responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Read the full article »

John Updike, Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, poet, author and critic, will deliver the 2008 Jefferson Lecture, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced this week. The annual NEH-sponsored Jefferson Lecture is the most prestigious honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. Read the full article »