NARA: 8 million pages down, 392 million to go.

• Position: OPEN RECORDS - National Archives and Records Administration - Brief article

The National Archives and Records Administration said its National Declassification Center (NDC) processed and made public about 8 million pages of material between January 1 and June 30, 2010. In its first status report, the NDC said it has formally declassified and released 2% of the estimated 400 million back-logged pages.

In a December 2009 Executive Order, President Barack Obama created the NDC to streamline the daunting declassification...