Category hub
Declassification countdowns
Countdowns to scheduled declassification releases — FBI, NARA, UK National Archives, and FOIA-triggered disclosures.
Date and source policy
- Included here
- 10 upcoming declassification countdowns; past entries are kept off this indexed hub.
- Date certainty
- 8 scheduled, 2 expected. Expected and windowed dates are labeled before users reach calendar actions.
- Schema safety
- This hub emits breadcrumb schema only. Detail pages withhold precise Event startDate schema for expected, tentative, or windowed records.
Source policy reviewed Apr 30, 2026. Category hubs aggregate source-linked records from the countdown catalog. Feed-derived entries keep their certainty labels, and the detail page remains the final place to verify the source.
Confirmation checklist
How to use declassification countdowns
Choose by certainty
Cards label expected and windowed records so users can separate firm dates from monitoring targets.
Open the detail page
Detail pages carry the source URL, schema posture, local-time handling, and reminder controls.
Check adjacent views
Use year and region paths when the next useful event is outside this category list.
Act only after source review
The hub is a discovery surface; logistics still belong to the linked source on each event page.
Category explainer
Browsing declassification countdowns
This page is a filtered listing — every card below is one declassification event with its own countdown. Category browsing is the right axis when the next relevant date matters more than any one specific event.
What defines this category
Declassification groups events by subject type. Countdowns to scheduled declassification releases — FBI, NARA, UK National Archives, and FOIA-triggered disclosures.
Why browse by category
Category browsing answers "what declassification event is next" without needing a specific title — distinct from year browsing (everything in one calendar year) or region browsing (one jurisdiction across all topics).
What is in view now
10 upcoming declassification countdowns across 2026–2028, drawn from United States, Europe.
How the list is filtered
Past-dated events drop off this indexed hub automatically. The catalog revalidates hourly, so a date moving into the past removes its card on the next rebuild window.
Category, region, and year listings are three different cuts of the same tracked-event catalog. Use the related links below to switch axes when the next useful date is outside this category.
United StatesExpected
DOJ OIG Epstein Files Transparency Act Audit
Tuesday, December 15, 202640 days
United StatesScheduled
NARA 25-Year Auto-Declassification: 2001 Records
Thursday, December 31, 202656 days
EuropeScheduled
UK National Archives Cabinet Papers Release (1996/97)
Friday, January 1, 202757 days
United StatesScheduled
FOMC 2021 Full Transcripts Release
Friday, January 15, 202771 days
United StatesExpected
JFK/RFK/MLK Next Declassification Tranche
Saturday, January 30, 202786 days
United StatesScheduled
FBI MLK Surveillance Files Consent-Decree Expiry
Thursday, July 1, 2027238 days
United StatesScheduled
NARA 25-Year Auto-Declassification: 2002 Records
Friday, December 31, 2027421 days
EuropeScheduled
UK National Archives Cabinet Papers Release (1997/98)
Saturday, January 1, 2028422 days
United StatesScheduled
Trump 45 Presidential Records FOIA Eligibility
Thursday, January 20, 2028441 days
United StatesScheduled
NARA 25-Year Auto-Declassification: 2003 Records
Sunday, December 31, 2028787 days
Common questions
Declassification countdowns — FAQ
- What declassification countdowns are coming up?
- 10 upcoming declassification countdowns are tracked here, spanning 2026–2028. The list is filtered to entries whose date is still ahead; 8 scheduled, 2 expected.
- When is the next declassification event?
- The nearest upcoming entry is "DOJ OIG Epstein Files Transparency Act Audit" on Tuesday, December 15, 2026 (expected). Open its detail page for the live countdown, source link, and local-time handling.
- How is the declassification category defined?
- Countdowns to scheduled declassification releases — FBI, NARA, UK National Archives, and FOIA-triggered disclosures. Events are placed in this category when they share that subject type, regardless of region or calendar year — so a single category list mixes jurisdictions and years.
- What date confidence do declassification countdowns use?
- Each card carries a certainty label: confirmed and scheduled dates can power precise timers, while expected and windowed dates are framed as monitoring targets. The detail page withholds precise Event startDate schema for tentative or windowed records.
Related countdown views
All countdownsBrowse every currently tracked countdown.2026 countdownsSame calendar year as entries in this category.2027 countdownsSame calendar year as entries in this category.United States countdownsRegion-specific entries from the same tracker.Europe countdownsRegion-specific entries from the same tracker.