Show Us the Data: The Most Wanted Government Documents

In May of 2008, Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) and For Official Use Only (FOUO) became Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The Controlled Unclassified Information Office is now housed through the national archives. In the interest of full disclosure of unclassified documents, this new department should hardly exist. However, in the past year, large amounts of government documents have moved into the control of this office. The arguments surrounding the new office, SBU and FOUO date back to 1986 Congress/NSA debates. The paradox between preventing information that would be useful to an adversary from falling into the wrong hands or officials simply hoarding power through controlling unclassified information continues...