---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1260.30"
title: "36"
number: "1260.30"
heading: "What is the NDC?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1260.30"
---

# §1260.30. What is the NDC?


The National Declassification Center (NDC) is established within NARA to streamline declassification processes, facilitate quality-assurance measures, and implement standardized training for declassification of records determined to have permanent historical value.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2101 to 2118; 5 U.S.C. 552; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 298; Presidential Memorandum of December 29, 2009 “Implementation of the Executive Order, Classified National Security Information,” 75 FR 733, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 412; 32 CFR Part 2001.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 81828, Dec. 29, 2011, unless otherwise noted.