Today the AFDO will present the PTFS supported semi-auto declassification solution to the External Referral Working Group (ERWG). For the past year, PTFS has worked closely with the Air Force’s Declassification Office (AFDO) to develop a solution for scanning, redacting, and declassifying sensitive microfilm. ERWG is a collaborative group that is charged with identifying major declassification and FOIA processing methods, technologies, and advancements for the betterment of US Government agencies charged with releasing content, with possibly sensitive information, to the public. For this project, the Air Force was tasked with preserving sensitive microfilm (before it deteriorated beyond recognition) and declassifying these… read more →
Early last week, The Washington Post reported on the Declassification Process of Pentagon Papers. The article highlighted the efforts of The National Declassification Center (NDC) of the National Archives to declassify the Pentagon Papers which were splashed over U.S. newspapers 40 years ago; The papers layed out the government’s history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. PTFS is currently supporting Federal Agencies and DOD with their declassification challenges by providing operations management, experienced staff and automated declassification solutions for similar projects. PTFS’s ArchivalWare DX leverages powerful automated knowledge management tools to increase FOIA and redaction processing efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, PTFS provides cleared analysts in areas of… read more →