Security Classification Policy And Procedure E O 12958 As Amended

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

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

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.

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