1 - The Black Vault

High Priority Review: The Document Deelassification Division (DDD), Office of
Nuclear and National Security Information bas received a request from Jonathan
Medalia, Congressional Research Service, to conduct a declassification review of a
draft repolt entitled Nuclear Weapons for Destroying Buried Targets. This report
provides technical and legislative background, strategic implication, and pros and
cons ofthe Fiscal Year 2001 National Defense Authorization Act provision
directing the Department ofEnergy to assist the Department ofDefense with a study
of defeating deeply buried or hardened targets. ODD bas assigned this action a high
priority to expedite the review to prepare this document for public release.
Media Interest: No
DOE Contact: Byron Davis, SO-223, (30i) 903-1679
Evelyn J. Self, 50-223, (301) 903-8004
Temporary Re-Allocation of Statutory Reviews Program (SRP) Staff: For the
past two weeks, onc Federal staff member of SRP has assisted the Historical
Records Audit Program (HRAP) in its production oftheir Third Annual Report to
Congress. SpecificaUy, the SRP staff is performing quality assurance reviews of
boxes of documents possibly containing Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted
Data. At ·this time, it is not known whether the SRP staff will be needed to further
assist HR.AP.
Media Interest: No
DOE Contact: Evelyn Self, SO-223, (301) 903-8004
High Priority Review: The Document Declassification Division (DDD), Office of
Nuclear and National Security Information received a compact disk containing
approximately 5,000 pages of information for the presidential transition team. This
disk was produced by the Office ofDefeose Programs (DP) and contained a DP
overview, fact sheets, briefings and issue papers, selected legislation, key plarming
documents, environmental documents, GAO reports. Congressional Research
Service reports, and treaties. Due to the extremely short time allotted. for a
declassification review, DDD handled this package as our highest priority and
dedicated an eight reviewer team, duplicated the CD to provide each team member a
copy, and was able to complete this high priority review in only a few hours.
Media Interest: No
DOE Contact: Byron Davis, SO-223, (301) 903-1679
Evelyn J. Self, SO-223, (301) 903-8004
Sensitive Electronic Information Detection (SEID) Team Ships Updated
Knowledgebase and Detection Engine: The SEID team shipped an updated
knowledgebase and detection engine to the Sandia National Laboratories in
preparation for the second phase of field testing ofthe Review Assistance System
(RAS). This phase oftesting will focus primarily on core topics in Thennonuclear
Wl.!'apons and is scheduled to begin January 8.
Media Interest: No
DOE Contact: Thomas P. Curtis, SO-223, (301) 903-0521