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The article centers on how classified information has been handled by the U.S. government and how it can be accessed by civilians. Executive Order 13526 states how national security classification should be managed. US citizens can request federal government information through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Secret documents website WikiLeaks, made classified information accessible to the public but its contents were treated as nuisance in 2010.

The article reports on the establishment of a task force by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to be responsible for the review of the Freedom Information Act regarding security-related government information in the U.S. The commission aimed at determining the extent to which information may be kept back from public disclosure. A report was released stating the move of the commission in developing guidance for conducting a broad security/sensitivity screening under the Sensitive Information Screening Project. Moreover, it has adopted a policy that the withholding of sensitive information from public disclosure should be in line with the principles of the act for withholding these kind of information.