[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1203.100]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1203--INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A--Scope
 
Sec. 1203.100  Legal basis.


    (a) Executive Order 12958 (hereinafter referred to as ``the 
Order''). The responsibilities and authority of the Administrator of 
NASA with respect to the original classification of official information 
or material requiring protection against unauthorized disclosure in the 
interest of national defense or foreign relations of the United States 
(hereinafter collectively termed ``national security''), and the 
standards for such classification, are established by the ``the Order'' 
(E.O. 12958, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 333), as amended (See, Order of 
October 13, 1995, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 513), and the Information 
Security Oversight Office Directive No. 1, as amended (32 CFR part 2001, 
``Classified National Security Information'');
    (b) E.O. 10865. Executive Order 10865 (24 FR 1583) requires the 
Administrator to prescribe by regulation such specific requirements, 
restrictions and other safeguards as the Administrator may consider 
necessary to protect:
    (1) Releases of classified information to or within United States 
industry that relate to contracts with NASA; and
    (2) Other releases of classified information to industry that NASA 
has responsibility for safeguarding.
    (c) The National Aeronautics and Space Act. (1) Section 304(a) of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
2451 et seq.), states in part:
    The Administrator shall establish such security requirements, 
restrictions, and safeguards as he deems necessary in the interest of 
the national security * * *
    (2) Section 303 of the Act states:
    Information obtained or developed by the Administrator in the 
performance of his functions under this Act shall be made available for 
public inspection, except (i) information authorized or required by 
Federal statute to be withheld, and (ii) information classified to 
protect the national security: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall 
authorize the withholding of information by the Administrator from the 
duly authorized committees of the Congress.

[44 FR 34913, June 18, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 5889, Feb. 9, 1983; 64 
FR 72535, Dec. 28, 1999]

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