EO 12958 requires all classified material be reviewed by 31 December 2006 or the material will be declassified and made available to the public. The EO 12958 Declassification process requires significant resources and discipline to complete. This is a daunting task. It places extensive demands on an organization's personnel and resources for what amounts to a temporary, one-time event. Many agencies may experience difficulty meeting document review deadlines either through compliance standards or simply having adequate resources, potentially exposing some of your organization's information.

In the first nine years that EO 12958 has been in effect, government agencies have declassified over a billion document pages.

Nortel Government Solutions Gets the Job Done

Nortel Government Solutions provides a fully compliant service to meet your agencies declassification requirements and ensure that only the information that should be declassified is declassified. The Nortel Government Solutions declassification team has a thorough knowledge of EO 12958 and its requirements to classify, safeguard, and declassify national security information. Nortel Government Solutions currently has teams performing record declassification review at multiple sites in MD, DC, and MO, and has reviewed approximately 13,000,000 document pages. Nortel Government Solutions has the extensive experience, the proven skills, and the established processes necessary to help with your record review and declassification effort. The major services we perform are:

1. Classification Guides. Nortel Government Solutions is skilled at developing, finalizing and updating declassification guides customized to your organization's situation.
2. Program Management Database. All information and progress is maintained in a Program Management database, enabling real-time reporting and tracking of the declassification progress. A well-designed and maintained database is critical to a successful document declassification program. Nortel Government Solutions will customize to an organizations specifice requirement and implement a program management database capable of tracking the inventory of records, retaining indexing information, producing reports, and interfacing with other IT systems.
3. Training. Proper training must be available to insure adequate task performance. Nortel Government Solutions provides complete training and personnel management at all levels for government personnel who perform EO 12958 related activities.
4. Liaison Activities. An agencies review and declassification program must be in line with executive level policy. Nortel Government Solutions works closely with both the government wide External Referral Working Group (ERWG) and the ISOO on a continuing basis.

   Benefits

1. You will know your costs up front. Your organization will know in advance the upfront and recurring costs needed to implement and manage your EO 12958 program. With this information, your decision makers can move forward with the certainty of committing to a project whose true costs are specified in advance.
2. We will act as your supplemental staff. When we assign our experts to take on your review and declassification needs, your in house staff will have the freedom to focus their time and attention on mission critical activities. We can effectively work with your management to plan, implement and coordinate your declassification strategy.
3. Our integrated EO 12958 solution will meet all policy requirements. Nortel Government Solutions' breadth of experience with document review and declassification will ensure that your agency remains in full compliance with all ISOO directives.
4. You will see a return on investment. We are the leading experts on EO 12958. Our efficient management will streamline the review and declassification process, saving you precious time and money.

About Nortel Government Solutions

Nortel Government Solutions is a full-service system integrator and service supplier to the Federal government, as well as to state/local governments. Our staff provides an array of technical products and services, as well as analytical and acquisitions support services that empower the government to ensure the security, livelihood, and well being of its citizens. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., Nortel Government Solutions offers a one-stop shop for solutions designed to improve workforce productivity, reduce operating costs, and streamline/unify inter-agency communications. Nortel Government Solutions is a U.S. company wholly-owned by Nortel.