The NS-TAG’s first report contains valuable insights on ways to enhance government transparency on national security matters, informed by members’ own diverse backgrounds and what they heard from a variety of government and non-government experts throughout their first year of work, including insights from an interview with the Toronto Police Services Board's Executive Director and Chief of Staff

The NS-TAG’s observations are organized around nine themes:

·        Governance within the national security community;

·        Reflexive secrecy;

·        Digital and open government;

·        Secrecy in oversight mechanisms and legal proceedings;

·        Information management;

·        Privacy and security;

·        Relationships with racialized, marginalized and other communities;

·        Workplace culture in national security organizations; and

·        How the government communicates.

The report also briefly explains the background of the National Security Transparency Commitment, presents an overview of the national security architecture and community, and compares national security transparency initiatives in a few countries and international organizations. 

For more information about NS-TAG, see their website.