2014 CLASSIFICATION SELF AUDIT - DECLASSIFICATION

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06896965
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: July 11, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2022
• Case Number: F-2015-02655

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2014 Classification Self Audit � Declassification
PART D: A summary of the findings of your agency's self-inspection program
The summary should present specific, concise findings from your self-inspection
program for each of the required program areas below. It is not a description
of the requirements of the agency's CNSI program. Rather, the summary
outlines the essential self-inspection findings based on the compilation and/or
distillation of the information contained in the agency's internal self-inspection
reports, checklists, etc. In large agencies where findings are drawn from
multiple agency offices and activities, the findings that are reported here may be
the most significant or most frequently occurring.
46. Declassification:
The review of the automatic declassification program looked at both process and
substantive issues, and encountered no examples of missed equities, improper
exemptions, or inappropriate referrals.
PART E: An assessment of the findings of your agency's self-inspection
program
The assessment discerns what the findings mean. The assessment is an evaluation
of the state of each element of your agency's CNSI program based on an analysis
of the specific, concise findings of the self-inspection program. It reports what
you have determined the findings indicate about the state of your agency's CNSI
program.
The assessment should inform the SAO and other decision makers of significant
issues that impact the CNSI program. It should be used to determine how
security programs can be improved, whether the agency regulation or other
policies and procedures must be updated, and if necessary resources are
committed to the effective implementation of the CNSI pro grain. The a vsessment
should report trends that were identified during the reporting period across the
agency or in particular activities, as well as trends detected by making
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comparisons with earlier reporting periods. It can be used to support assertions
about the successes and strengths of an agency's program.
53. Declassification:
We continued our declassification program improvements with the establishment
of an automated digital dashboard to help us better manage our Freedom of
Information (FOIA) Privacy Act (PA) and Mandatory Declassification Review
(MDR) declassification efforts. In FY2014 we achieved a FOIA/PA backlog
reduction of 3%, and a MDR backlog reduction of 38%. We reduced our
FOIA/PA appeals backlog by 13% and closed the ten oldest FOIA/PA appeals. In
FY2014 our automatic declassification program again released over one million
pages of information and for the first time 20,000 pages of President's Daily Briefs
were reviewed for declassification.
90. Describe best practices that were identified during the self-inspection.
Agency use of metrics to track its declassification efforts is a best practice. It
allows managers to monitor, on a real time basis, progress toward our
declassification review goals and ensure review accuracy. In an environment of
high researcher demand and resource constraints, such monitoring is critical to
identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, spot trends, and redeploy resources to
improve review accuracy and most efficiently manage our production workload
to meet required deadlines.
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