Classified National Security Information

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. National Archives and Records Administration Information Security Oversight Office 32 CFR Parts 2001 and 2003 [FDMS Docket ISOO-10-0001] RIN 3095-AB63 AGENCY: Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). ACTION: Implementing directive; final rule. SUMMARY: The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), is publishing this Directive as a final rule and pursuant to Executive Order 13526 (hereafter the Order), relating to classified national security information. The Executive order prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information. It also establishes a monitoring system to enhance its effectiveness. This Directive sets forth guidance to agencies on original and derivative classification, downgrading, declassification, and safeguarding of classified national security information. DATES: Effective Date: June 25, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William J. Bosanko, Director, Information Security Oversight Office, at 202-357-5250. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final rule is issued pursuant to the provisions of 5.1(a) and (b) of Executive Order 13526 , issued December 29, 2009, and published January 5, 2010 ( 75 FR 707 ), and amends 32 CFR part 2001 published on September 22, 2003 ( 68 FR 55168 ). The purpose of this Directive is to assist in implementing the Order; users of the Directive shall refer concurrent…