Security Classification Policy and Procedure: E.O. 12958, as Amended
Security Classification Policy and Procedure: E.O. 12958, as Amended

Author: Kevin R. Kosar

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13: 1437928935

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Largely prescribed in a series of successive presidential executive orders (EO) issued over the past 50 years, security classification policy and procedure provide the rationale and arrangements for designating information officially secret for reasons of national security, and for its declassification as well. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first EO in 1940. Contents of this report: (1) Background; (2) Clinton¿s EO 12958 as Issued: Prescribing Declassification; Controversial Areas; Classification Challenges; A Balancing Test; Program Direction; New Organizations; (3) Bush¿5s Amendments to EO 12958; (4) Obama¿s Review of EO 12958; () Obama Revokes EO 12958 and Issues a New EO.

Classified Information Policy and Executive Order 13526
Classified Information Policy and Executive Order 13526

Author: Kevin R. Kosar

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-04

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 1437944132

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Recently, there have been multiple high-profile incidents involving the release of classified government info. Perhaps most prominent was Wikileaks.org's unauthorized publication of more than 600,000 classified DoD documents. Such incidents have further heightened congressional, media, and public interest in classified info. policy. This report provides info. on classified info. policy, which also is called security classification policy and national security classification info. policy. It discusses the history, costs, and agencies assigned roles in classified info. policy. The report focuses on Executive Order 13526, which establishes much of the current policy, and it identifies possible oversight issues for Congress. Illus. A print on demand report.

A Review of the Department of Energy Classification
A Review of the Department of Energy Classification

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-08-07

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 0309176271

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With the end of the Cold War, the Department of Energy is engaged in a review of its policies regarding the classification of information. In 1994, the Secretary of Energy requested the assistance of the National Research Council in an effort to "lift the veil of Cold War secrecy." This book recommends fundamental principles to guide declassification policy. It also offers specific suggestions of ways to improve public access while protecting truly sensitive information.

Glossary of Key Information Security Terms
Glossary of Key Information Security Terms

Author: Richard Kissel

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-05

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1437980090

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This glossary provides a central resource of definitions most commonly used in Nat. Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) information security publications and in the Committee for National Security Systems (CNSS) information assurance publications. Each entry in the glossary points to one or more source NIST publications, and/or CNSSI-4009, and/or supplemental sources where appropriate. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.

Guide to the Freedom of Information Act
Guide to the Freedom of Information Act

Author:

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 920

ISBN-13:

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Contains an overview discussion of the Freedom of Information Act's (FOIA) exemptions, its law enforcement record exclusions, and its most important procedural aspects. 2009 edition. Issued biennially. Other related products: Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy, Pursuant to Public Law 236, 103d Congress can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01228-1 Overview of the Privacy Act of 1974, 2015 Edition can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/027-000-01429-1

Security Classified and Controlled Information
Security Classified and Controlled Information

Author: Harold C. Relyea

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-10

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 143793577X

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The security classification regime in use within the fed. executive branch traces its origins to armed forces info. protection practices of the WWI era. The system designates info. according to prescribed criteria and procedures, protected in accordance with one of three levels of sensitivity, and is based on the amount of harm to the national security that would result from its disclosure. Contents of this report: Classification Background; Control Markings Discovered; Control Markings Today; Comparison of Sensitive Security Info. Policies: USDA Marking; USDA Mgmt.; TSA/DOT Marking; TSA/DOT Mgmt.; Mgmt. Regime Comparison; Implications for Info. Sharing; Improving Classified Info. Life Cycle Mgmt.; Remedial Legislation; Related Literature.