NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION

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• Publication Date: August 10, 2000
• Content Type: REGULATION

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NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Executive Order Date
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PREAMBLE
PART I ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION
1.1 Classification Levels
1.2 Classification Authority 3
1.3 Classification Categories 7
1.4 Duration of Classification 9
1.5 Identification and Markings 10
1.6 Limitations on Classification 12
PART :2 DERIVATIVE CLASSIFICATION 14
2.1 Use of Derivative Classification 14
2.2 Classification Guides 15
PART 3 DECLASSIFICATION AND DOWNGRADING 16
3.1 Declassification Authority 16
3.2 Transferred Information 17
3.3 Systematic Review for Declassification 18
3.4 Mandatory Review for Declassification 20
PART 4 SAFEGUARDING 23
4.1 General Restrictions on Access 23
4.2 Special Access Programs 25
4.3 Access by Historical Researchers and Former
Presidential Appointees 26
PART 5 IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW 27
5.1 Policy Direction 27
5.2 Information Security Oversight Office 28
5.3 General Responsibilities 31
5.4 Sanctions 32
PART 6 GENERAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Definitions
6.2 General
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EXECUTIVE ORDER
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
This Order prescribes a uniform system for classifying,
declassifying,.and safeguarding national security information. It
recognizes that it is essential that the public be informed concerning
the activities of its Government, but that the interests of the United
States and its citizens require that certain information concerning
the national defense and foreign relations be protected against
unauthorized disclosure. Nothing in this Order limits the protection
afforded any information by other provisions of law.
PART I
ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION
SECTION 1. 1 Classification Levels.
(a) National security information (hereinafter
"classified information") shall be classified at one
of the following three levels:
(1) "Top Secret" shall be applied to
information, the unauthorized disclosure of
which reasonably could be expected to
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cause exceptionally grave damage to the
national security.
(2) "Secret" shall be applied to information,
the unauthorized disclosure of which
reasonably could be expected to cause
serious damage. to the national security.
(() (3) "Confidential" shall be applied to
information, the unauthorized disclosure of
which reasonably could be expected to
cause damage to the national security.
--,/~ (b) Except as otherwise provided by statute, no
other terms shall be used to identify classified
information.
~d 3 (c) If there is reasonable doubt either about the
need to classify information or about which
classification level is appropriate, the
information shall be considered classified and
shall be safeguarded as required for the higher
level of classification under the provisions of this
Order pending a final determination by an
original classification authority.
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SE-C 1.2 Classification Authority.
(a) Top Secret. The authority to classify
information originally as Top Secret may be
exercised only by:.
(I) the President:
6) (2) agency heads and officials designated
by the President in the Federal Register;
and
1 C~ (3) officials delegated this authority under
Section 1.2(d).
- p (b) Secret. The authority to classify information
originally as Secret may be exercised only by:
(I) agency heads and officials designated
by the President in the Federal Register;
(b)
(2) officials with original Top Secret
classification authority; and
(C) (3) officials delegated such authority
pursuant to Section I.2(d).
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I-d? 03 (c) Confidential. The authority to classify
information originally as Confidential may be
exercised only by:
(I) agency heads and officials designated
by the President in the Federal Register;
(2) officials with original Top Secret or
Secret classification authority; and
(3) officials delegated such authority
pursuant to Section 1.2(d).
(d) Delegation of Original Classification
Authority.
(I) Delegations of original classification
authority shall be limited to the minimum
required to administer this Order. Agency
heads are responsible for ensuring that
designated subordinate officials have a
demonstrable and continuing need to
exercise this authority.
(2) Original Top Secret classification
authority may be delegated only by the
President; an agency head or official
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designated pursuant to Section 1.2(x)(2); and
the senior official designated under Section
5.3(aX 1), provided that official has been
delegated original Top Secret classification
authority by the agency head.
(3) Original Secret classification authority
may be delegated only by the President; an
agency head or official designated pursuant
to Sections 1.2(a)(2) and 1.2(b)(1); an
official with original Top Secret
classification authority; and the senior
official designated under Section 5.3(x)(1),
provided that official has been delegated
original Secret classification authority by
the agency head.
(4) Original Confidential classification
authority may be delegated only by the
President; an agency head or official
designated pursuant to Sections I.2(a)(2),
I.2(b)(I) and I.2(cX 1), an off icial with
original Top Secret classification authority;
and the senior official designated under
Section 5-301(a), provided that official has
been delegated original Secret
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or Confidential classification authority by
the agency head.
(5) Each delegation of original
classification authority shall be in writing
and shall not be delegated except as
provided in this Order. It shall identify the
official delegated the authority by name or
position title. Delegated classification
authority includes the authority to classify
information at the level granted and lower
levels of classification.
-- Q (e) Exceptional Cases. When an employee,
contractor, licensee, or grantee of an agency
that does not have original classification
authority originates information believed by that
person to require classification, the information
shall be protected in a mcnner consistent with
this Order and its implementing directives. The
information shall be transmitted promptly as
provided under this Order or its implementing
directives to the agency that has appropriate
subject matter interest and classification
authority with respect to this information. That
agency shall decide within thirty (30) days
whether to classify this information. I f it is not
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clear which agency has classification
responsibility for this information, it shall be
sent to the Director of the Information Security
Oversight Office. The Director shall determine
the agency having primary subject matter
interest and forward the information, with
appropriate recommendations, to that agency for
a classification determination.
SEC 1.3 Classification Categories.
/ - , (a) Information shall be considered for
classification if it concerns:
`(t)' military plans, weapons, or operations;
f b~ -+2Y the vulnerabilities or capabilities of
systems, installations, projects, or plans
relating to the national security;
C) -t5t foreign government information;
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-(#} intelligence activities (including special
activities), or intelligence sources or
methods;
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(5) foreign relations or foreign activities of
the United States;
(6) scientific, technological, or economic
matters relating to the national security;
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(7) United States Government programs for
safeguarding nuclear materials or facilities;
(4) (8) cryptology;
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(9) a confidential source; or
(10) other categories of information that
are related to the national security and that
require protection against unauthorized
disclosure as determined by the President
or by agency heads or other officials who
have been delegated original classification
authority by the President. Any
determination made under this subsection
shall be reported promptly to the Director
of the Information Security Oversight
Office.
(b) Information that is determined to concern
one or more of the categories in Section 1.3(a)
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shall be classified when an original classification
authority also determines that its unauthorized
disclosure, either by itself or in the context of
other information, reasonably could be expected
to cause damage to the national security.
(c) Unauthorized disclosure of foreign
government information, the identity of a
confidential foreign source, or intelligence
sources or methods is presumed to cause damage
to the national security.
(d) Information classified in accordance with
Section 1.3 shall not be declassified
automatically as a result of any unofficial
publication or inadvertent or unauthorized
disclosure in the United States or abroad of
identical or similar information.
SEC 1.4 Duration of Classification.
1-4101 (a) Information shall be classified as long as
required by national security considerations.
When it can be determined, a specific date or
event for declassification shall be set by the
original classification authority at the time the
information is originally classified.
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(b) Automatic declassification determinations
under predecessor orders shall remain valid
unless the classification is extended by an
authorized official of the originating agency.
These extensions may be by individual documents
or categories of information. The agency shall
be responsible for notifying holders of the
information of such extensions.
(c) Information classified under predecessor
orders and marked for declassification review
shall remain classified until reviewed for
declassification under the provisions of this
Order.
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Identification and Markings.
(a) At the time of original classification, the
following information shall be shown on the face
of all 'classified documents, or clearly associated
with other forms of classified information in a
manner appropriate to the medium involved,
unless this information itself would reveal a
confidential source or relationship not otherwise
evident in the document or information:
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(I) the identity of the original
classification authority if other than the
person whose name appears as the
approving or signing official;
(b) (2) the agency and office of origin;
(3) the date or event for declassification,
or the notation "Originating Agency's
Determination Required";. and
(4) one of the three classification levels
defined in Section I.I.
r ~l (b) Each classified document transmitted outside
the originating agency shall, by marking or other
means, indicate which portions are classified,
with the applicable classification level, and
which portions are not classified. Agency heads
may, for good cause, grant and revoke waivers of
this requirement for specified classes of
documents or information. The Director of the
Information Security Oversight Office shall be
notified of any waivers.
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(c) Marking designations implementing the
provisions of this Order, including abbreviations,
shall conform to the standards prescribed in
implementing directives issued by the
Information Security Oversight Office.
(d) Foreign government information shall either
retain its original classification or be assigned a
United States classification that shall ensure a
degree of protection at least equivalent to that
required by the entity that furnished the
information.
(e) Information assigned a level of classification
under predecessor orders shall be considered as
classified at that level of classification despite
the omission of other required markings.
Omitted markings may be inserted on a document
by the officials specified in Section 3.1(b).
SEC 1.6 Limitations on Classification.
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(a) In no case shall information be classified in
order to conceal violations of law, inefficiency,
or administrative error; to prevent
embarrassment to a person, organization, or
agency; to restrain competition; or to prevent or
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delay the release of information that does not
require protection in the interest of national
security.
(b) The President or an agency head or official
designated under Sections 1.2(a)(2), 1.2(b)(1), or
I.2(cx I) may re-classify information previously
declassified and disclosed if it is determined in
writing that (I) the information requires
protection in the interest of national security;
and (2) the information may reasonably be
recovered.
(c) Information may be classified or re-classified
after an agency has received a request for it
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552) or the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a),
or the mandatory review provisions of this Order
(Section 3.4) if such classification meets the
requirements of this Order and is accomplished
personally and on a document-by-document basis
by the agency head, the deputy agency head, the
senior agency official designated under Section
5.3(aXI), or an official with original Top Secret
classification authority.
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PART 2
DERIVATIVE CLASSIFICATION
SEC 2.1 Use of Derivative Classification.
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(a) Derivative classification is (l) the
determination that information. is in substance
the same as information currently classified, and
(2) the application of the same classification
markings. Persons who only reproduce, extract,
or summarize classified information, or who only
apply classification markings derived from source
material or as directed by a classification guide,
need not possess original classification authority.
(b) Persons who apply derivative classification
markings shall:
(q) (l) observe and respect original
classification decisions; and
(2) carry forward to any newly created
documents any assigned, authorized
markings. The declassification date or
event that provides the longest period of
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classification shall be used for documents
classified on the basis of multiple sources.
SEC 2.2 Classification Guides.
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(I) has program or supervisory
responsibility over the information or is the
senior agency official designated under
Section 5.3(a)(1); and
(2) is authorized to classify information
originally at the highest level of
classification prescribed in the guide.
rJ~ ,? (c) Agency heads may, for good cause, grant and
revoke waivers of the requirement to prepare
classification guides for specified classes of
documents or information. The Director of the
(a) Agencies with original classification
authority shall prepare classification guides to
facilitate the proper and uniform derivative
classification of information.
P U 2 (b) Each guide shall be approved personally and
in writing by an official who:
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notified of any waivers.
PART 3
DECLASSIFICATION AND DOWNGRADING
SEC 3.1 Declassification Authority.
(a) Information shall be declassified or
downgraded as soon as national security
considerations permit. Agencies shall coordinate
their review of classified information with other
agencies that have a direct interest in the
subject matter. Information that continues to
meet the classification requirements prescribed
by Section 1.3 despite the passage of time will
continue to be protected in accordance with this
Order.
EJ > (b) Information shall be declassified or
downgraded by the official who authorized the
original classification, if that official is still
serving in the same position;.the originator's
successor; a supervisory official of either; or
officials delegated such authority in writing by
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the agency head or the senior agency official
designated pursuant to Section 5.3(a)(l).
(c) If the Director of the Information Security
Oversight Office determines that information is
classified in violation of this Order, the Director
may require the information to be declassified by
the agency that originated the classification.
Any such decision by the Director may be
appealed to the National Security Council. The
information shall remain classified until the
appeal is decided.
(d) The provisions of this Section shall apply to
agencies that, under the terms of this Order, do
not have original classification authority, but
that had such authority under predecessor orders.
SEC 3.2 Transferred Information.
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(a) In the case of classified information
transferred in conjunction with a transfer of
functions, and not merely for storage purposes,
the receiving agency shall be deemed to be the
originating agency for purposes of this Order.
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0 (b) In the case of classified information that is
not officially transferred as described in Section
3.2(a), but that originated in an agency that has
ceased to exist and for which there is no
successor agency, each agency in possession of
such information shall be deemed to be the
originating agency for purposes of this Order.
Such information may be declassified or
downgraded by the agency in possession after
consultation with any other agency that has an
interest in the subject matter of the information.
G) (c) Classified information transferred to the
General Services Administration for accession
into the National Archives of the United States
shall be declassified or downgraded by the
Archivist of the United States in accordance with
this Order, the directives of the Information
Security Oversight Office, and agency guidelines.
3.3 Systematic Review for Declassification
0 / (a) The Archivist of the United States shall, in
accordance with procedures prescribed in the
Information Security Oversight Office's
directives implementing this Order,
systematically review for declassification (1)
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classified records accessioned into the National
Archives of the United States, and (2) classified
presidential papers or records in the Archivist's
possession and control. Such information shall be
reviewed by the Archivist for declassification in
accordance with systematic review guidelines
that shall be provided by agency heads who
originated the information, or in the case of
foreign government information, by the Director
of the Information Security Oversight Office in
consultation with interested agency heads.
d : (b) Agency heads may conduct internal
systematic review programs for classified
information originated by their agencies
contained in records determined by the Archivist
to be permanently valuable but that have not
been accessioned into the National Archives of
the United States.
(c) After consultation with affected agencies,
the Secretary of Defense may establish special
procedures for systematic review for
declassification of classified cryptologic
information, and the Director of Central
Intelligence may establish special procedures for
systematic review for declassification of
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classified information pertaining to intelligence
activities (including special activities), or
intelligence sources or methods.
SEC 3.4 Mandatory Review for Declassification.
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(a) Except as provided in Section 3.4(b), all
information classified under this Order or
predecessor orders shall be subject to a review
for declassification by the originating agency, if:
(I) the request is made by a United States
citizen or permanent resident alien, a
federal agency, or a State or local
government; and
(2) the request describes the document or
material containing the information with
sufficient specificity to enable the agency
to locate it with a reasonable amount of
effort.
(b) Information originated by a President, the
White House Staff, by committees, commissions,
or boards appointed by the President, or others
specifically providing advice and counsel to a
President or acting on behalf of a President,
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including such information in the possession and
control of the Administrator of General Services
pursuant to sections 2107, 2107 note, or 2203 of
title 44, United States Code, is exempted from
the provisions of Section 3.4(a). The Archivist of
the United States shall have authority to review
and declassify such information. Review
procedures developed by the Archivist shall
provide for consultation with agencies having
primary subject matter interest and shall be
consistent with the provisions of applicable laws
or lawful agreements that pertain to the
respective presidential papers or records. Any
decision by the Archivist may be appealed to the
Director of the Information Security Oversight
Office. Agencies with primary subject matter
interest shall be notified promptly of the
Director's decision on such appeals and may
further appeal to the National Security Council.
The information shall remain classified until the
appeal is decided.
`O > (c) Agencies conducting a mandatory review for
declassification shall declassify information no
longer requiring protection under this Order.
They shall release this information unless
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withholding is otherwise authorized under
applicable law.
(d) Agency heads shall develop procedures to
process requests for the mandatory review of
classified information. These procedures shall
apply to information classified under this or
predecessor orders. They shall also provide a
means for administratively appealing a denial of
a mandatory review request.
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall develop
special procedures for the review of cryptologic
information, and the Director of Central
Intelligence shall develop special procedures for
the review of information pertaining to
intelligence activities (including special
activities), or intelligence sources or methods,
after consultation with affected agencies. The
Archivist shall develop special procedures for the
review of information accessioned into the
National Archives of the United States.
(f) In response to a request for information under
the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act
of 1974, or the mandatory review provisions of
this Order:
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(I) An agency shall refuse to confirm or
deny the existence or non-existence of
requested information whenever the fact of
its existence or non-existence is itself
classifiable under this Order.
SEC 4.1
(2) When an agency receives any request
for documents in its custody that were
classified by another agency, it shall refer
copies of the request and the requested
documents to the originating agency for
processing, and may, after consultation
with the originating agency, inform the
requester of the referral. In cases in which'
the originating agency determines in
writing that a response under Section
3.4(f)(I) is required, the referring agency
shall respond to the requester in accordance
with that Section.
PART 4
SAFEGUARDING
General Restrictions on Access.
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(a) A person is eligible for access to classified
information provided that a formal determination
of trustworthiness has been made by agency
heads or designated senior officials and provided
that such access is essential to the
accomplishment of authorized and lawful
Government purposes.
(b) Controls shall be established by each agency
to ensure that classified information is used,
processed, stored, reproduced, transmitted, and
destroyed only under conditions that will provide
adequate protection and prevent access by
unauthorized persons.
(c) Classified information shall not be
disseminated outside the executive branch except
under conditions that ensure that the information
will be given protection equivalent to that
afforded within the executive branch.
(d) Except as provided by directives issued by
the President through the National Security
Council, classified information originating in one
agency may not be disseminated outside any
other agency to which it has been made available
without the consent of the originating agency.
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This Section shall not be construed as reducing
the authority of the Attorney General, with the
advice of appropriate agency heads and subject
to review by the President, to determine if the
use of classified information is required to
support legal proceedings. For purposes of this
Section, the Department of Defense shall be
considered one agency.
SEC 4.2 Special Access Programs.
(a) Agency heads designated pursuant to Section
1.2(a) may create special access programs to
control access, distribution, and protection of
particularly sensitive information classified
pursuant to this Order or predecessor orders.
Such programs may be created or continued only
at the written direction of these agency heads.
For special access programs pertaining to
intelligence activities (including special
activities but not including military operational
strategic and tactical programs), or intelligence
sources or methods, this function will be
exercised by the Director of Central
Intelligence. For special access programs
pertaining to cryptology, this function will be
exercised by the Secretary of Defense.
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(b) Each agency head shall. establish and
maintain a system of accounting for special
access programs. The Director of the
Information Security Oversight Office, consistent
with the provisions of Section 5.2(b)(4) shall have
non-delegable access to all such accountings.
SEC 4.3 Access by Historical Researchers and Former
Presidential Appointees.
(a) The requirement in Section 4.1(a) that access
to classified information may be granted only as
is essential to the accomplishment of authorized
and lawful Government purposes may be waived
as provided in Section 4.3(b) for persons who:
(I) are engaged in historical research
projects, or
(2) previously have occupied policy-making
positions to which they were appointed by
the President.
(b) Waivers under Section 4.3(a) may be granted
only if the originating agency:
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(I) determines in writing that access is
consistent with the interest of national
security;
(2) takes appropriate steps to protect
classified information from unauthorized
disclosure or compromise, and ensures that
the information is safeguarded in a manner
consistent with this Order; and
(3) limits the access granted to former
presidential appointees to items that the
person originated, reviewed, signed, or
received while serving as a presidential
appointee.
PART 5
IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW
SEC. 5.1 Policy Direction.
(a) The National Security Council shall provide
overall policy direction for the information
security program.
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(b) The Administrator of General Services shall
be responsible for implementing and monitoring
the program established pursuant to this Order.
The Administrator shall delegate the
implementation and monitorship functions of this
program to the Director of the Information
Security Oversight Office.
SEC 5.2 Information Security Oversight Office.
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(a) The Information Security Oversight Office
shall have a full-time Director appointed by the
Administrator of General Services subject to
approval by the President. The Director shall
have the authority to appoint a staff for the
Office.
(b) The Director shall:
(1) develop, in consultation with the
agencies, and promulgate, subject to the
approval of the National Security Council,
directives for the implementation of this
Order which shall be binding on the
agencies;
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~j (2) oversee agency actions to ensure
compliance with this Order and
implementing directives;
(3) review all agency implementing
regulations and agency guidelines for
systematic declassification review. The
Director shall require any regulation or
guideline to be changed if it is not
consistent with this Order or implementing
directives. Any such decision by the
Director may be appealed to the National
Security Council. The agency regulation or
guideline shall remain in effect until the
appeal is decided;
(4) have the authority to conduct on-site
reviews of the information security
program of each agency that generates or
handles classified information and to
require of each agency those reports,
information, and other cooperation that
may be necessary to fulfill the Director's
responsibilities. If these reports,
inspections, or access to specific categories
of classified information would pose an
exceptional national security risk, the
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affected agency head or the senior official
designated under Section 5.3(aX I) may deny
access. The Director may appeal denials to
the National Security Council. The denial
of access shall remain in effect until the
appeal is decided;
(5) review requests for original
classification authority from agencies or
officials not granted original classification
authority and, if deemed appropriate,
recommend presidential approval;
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(6) consider and take action on complaints
and suggestions from persons within or
outside the Government with respect to the
administration of the information security
program;
(7) have the authority to prescribe, after
consultation with affected agencies,
standard forms that will promote the
implementation of the information security
program;
(8) exercise case-by-case classification
l authority in accordance with Section I.2(e);
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(9) report at least annually to the President
through the National Security Council on
the implementation of this Order; and
(10) have the authority to convene and
chair interagency meetings to discuss
matters pertaining to the information
security program.
General Responsibilities.
(a) Agencies that originate or handle classified
(I) designate a senior agency official to
direct and administer its information
security program, which shall include an
active oversight and security education
program to ensure effective
implementation of this Order;
(2) promulgate implementing regulations.
Any unclassified regulations that establish
agency information security policy shall be
published or incorporated by reference in
the Federal Register to the extent that
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these regulations affect members of the
public;
(3) establish procedures to prevent
unnecessary. access to classified
information, including procedures that (i)
require that a demonstrable need for access
to classified information is established
before initiating administrative clearance
procedures, and (if) ensure that the number
of persons granted access to classified
information is limited to the minimum
consistent with operational and security
requirements and needs; and
(4) develop special contingency plans for
the protection of classified information
used in or near hostile or potentially hostile
areas.
SEC 5.4 Sanctions.
(a) If the Director of the Information Security
Oversight Office finds that a violation of this
Order or its implementing directives may have
occurred, the Director shall make a report' to the
head of the agency or to the senior official
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corrective steps, if appropriate, may be taken.
(b) Officers and employees of the United States
Government, and its contractors, licensees, and
grantees, shall be subject to appropriate sanctions
if they:
(b
(I) knowingly, willfully, or negligently
disclose to unauthorized persons
information properly classified under this
Order or predecessor orders;
(2) knowingly and willfully classify or
continue the classification of information in
violation of this Order or any implementing
directive; or
(3) knowingly and willfully violate any
other provision of this Order or
implementing directive.
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(c) Sanctions may include reprimand, suspension
without pay, removal, termination of
classification authority, loss or denial of access
to classified information or other sanction in
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.accordance with applicable law and agency
regulation.
(d) Each agency head or the senior official
designated under Section 5.3(x)(1) shall ensure
that appropriate and prompt corrective action is
taken whenever a violation under Section 5.4(b)
occurs. Either shall ensure that the Director of
the Information Security Oversight Office is
promptly notified whenever a violation under
Section 5.4(b)(l) or (2) occurs.
PART 6
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC 6.1 Definitions.
r -1o ) (a) "Agency" has the meaning provided at 5
U.S.C. 552(e).
(~ 'y (b) "Information" means any information or
material, regardless of its physical form or
characteristics, that is owned by, produced by,
produced for, or is under the control of the
United States Government.
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(c). "National security information" means
information that has been determined pursuant to
this Order or any predecessor order to require
protection against unauthorized disclosure and
that is so designated.
(d) "Foreign government information" means:
(I) information provided by a foreign
government or governments, an
international organization of governments,
or any element thereof with the
expectation, expressed or implied, that the
information, the source of the information,
or both, are to be held in confidence; or
(2) any information produced by the United
States pursuant to or as a result of a joint
arrangement with a foreign government or
organization of governments, requiring that
the information, the arrangement, or both,
be held in confidence.
(e) "National security" means the national
defense and/or foreign relations of the United
States.
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(f) "Confidential source" means any individual or
organization that has provided, or that may
reasonably be expected to provide, information
to the United States on matters pertaining to the
national security with the expectation, expressed
or implied, that the information or relationship,
or both, be held in confidence.
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determination that information requires, in the
interest of national security, protection against
unauthorized disclosure, together with a
classification designation signifying the level of
protection required.
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(a) Nothing in this Order shall supersede any
requirement made by or under the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended. "Restricted Data" and
"Formerly Restricted Data" shall be handled,
protected, classified, downgraded, and
declassified in conformity with the provisions of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and
regulations issued under that Act.
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-- U "L- (b) The Attorney General, upon request by the
head of an agency or the Director of the
Information Security Oversight Office, shall
personally or through authorized representatives
of the Department.of Justice render an
interpretation of this Order with respect to any
question arising in the course of its
administration.
(c) Executive Order No. 12065 of June 28, 1978;
the accompanying presidential Order of June 28,
1978; Information Security Oversight Office
Implementing Directive No. I of October 2, 1978;
and Section 5-209 of Executive Order No. 12148
of July 20, 1979, are revoked as of the effective
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(d) This Order shall become effective
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