Q&A - Disclosure Authority and Need-to-Know for Non-Contract Related Visits
Executive Order (EO) 12958, Classified National Security Information, was signed by the President on April 17, 1995 and became effective on October 14, 1995. The Order presents an updated system for managing the protection of national security information.
The Order reaffirms both of the two basic classification processes: original classification and derivative classification, and the three levels of classified information (TS, S, C). But it also sets new standards. The original classification authority must now be able to identify or describe the damage to national security that would be expected if the information were improperly disclosed. Also, information will normally be classified only for 10 years, and will require specific action to extend classification beyond those 10 years, if necessary.
The Order eliminates the "OADR" declassification instruction. Original classifiers may no longer use the indefinite duration indicator, "Originating Agency's Determination Required (OADR)." Specific declassification instructions - most often a date or event -must now be shown. However, derivative classifiers may temporarily continue to use OADR under certain circumstances.
EO 12958需要更详细的文档标记。除非信息安全监督办公室从此要求中解脱出来,否则所有政府机构现在都必须分会标记文件。原始分类器必须通过名称和职位标题或特定的个人标识符确定,必须提供分类的简洁原因。在衍生化分类中,必须继续显示分类的来源或分类来源,以及解密说明。
This Order also authorizes and encourages individuals to challenge the classification of information if they believe the classification is inaccurate or improper.
Until a NISPOM change is published, contractors can use the following general guidelines:
In Industry there is no original classification authority; therefore, there is also no original declassification authority; therefore, contractors shall not automatically declassify anything unless they have obtained, and are following, User Agency Guidance.
When preparing derivatively classified documents, contractors shall use only the "DERIVED FROM" line and the "DECLASSIFY ON" line.
当源文件被标记为“ OADR”时,应将其从中衍生的文档标记为“标记为OADR的来源,已注明日期(来源)”
EO 12958不适用于受限制的数据和以前的限制数据。