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| Abbreviation | The Archive |
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| Formation | 1985, United States |
| Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Purpose | Freedom of information, journalism, transparency, open government, research |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., United States |
Parent organization | The George Washington University |
| Website | The National Security Archive |
The National Security Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-governmental, non-profit research and archival institution located on the campus of the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1985 to check rising government secrecy. The National Security Archive is an investigative journalism center, open government advocate, international affairs research institute, and the largest repository of declassified U.S. documents outside the federal government.[1] The National Security Archive has spurred the declassification of more than 15 million pages of government documents by being the leading non-profit user of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), filing a total of more than 70,000 FOIA and declassification requests in its over 35+ years of history.
- ^ "About the National Security Archive". The National Security Archive.