The new administration has revoked Executive Order 13233. Basically, Executive Order 13233 was an attempt to prevent access to information from the executive branch as stipulated in Nixon v. Administrator of General Services. You can read more about the decision at the National Coalition for History and more background of the Executive Order at Wikipedia. - Thank you to Kate Theimer for the posting on A&A.
Essentially, the Obama administration is making good on the promise of achieving security without sacrificing our core values. I hope that somewhere in Washington D.C. a few archivists are celebrating and giving a toast to "access".
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