[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: 14CFR1203.703]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1203--INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart G--Foreign Government Information
 
Sec. 1203.703  Declassification.

    (a) Information classified in accordance with Sec. 1203.400 shall 
not be declassified automatically as a result of any unofficial 
publication or inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure in the United 
States or abroad of identical or similar information.
    (b) Following consultation with the Archivist of the United States 
and where appropriate, with the foreign government or international 
organization concerned and with the assistance of the Department of 
State, NASA will

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issue guidelines for the systematic review of 30-year old foreign 
government information that will apply to foreign government information 
of primary concern to NASA. These guidelines are authorized for use by 
the Archivist of the United States and, with the approval of NASA, by an 
agency having custody of such information. The Chairperson, NASA 
Information Security Program Committee, will initiate administrative 
functions necessary to effect review of these guidelines at least once 
every 5 years and submit recommendations to the Administrator based on 
these reviews. If, after applying the guidelines to 30-year old foreign 
government information, a determination is made by the reviewer that 
classification is necessary, a date for declassification or DECLASSIFY 
ON: Originating Agency's Determination Required or ``OADR'' shall be 
shown on the face of the document.
    (c) Requests for mandatory review for declassification of foreign 
government information shall be processed and acted upon in accordance 
with the provisions of Sec. 1203.603 except that foreign government 
information will be declassified only in accordance with the guidelines 
developed for that purpose under Sec. 1203.702 and after consultation 
with other Government agencies with subject matter interest as 
necessary. In those cases where these guidelines cannot be applied to 
the foreign government information requested, the foreign originator 
normally should be consulted, through appropriate channels, prior to 
final action on the request. However, when the responsible NASA 
installation knows the foreign originator's view toward declassification 
or continued classification of the types of information requested, 
consultation with the foreign originator is not necessary.
    (d) Requests for mandatory review for declassification of foreign 
government information which NASA has not received or classified shall 
be referred to the Government agency having a primary interest. The 
requestor shall be advised of the referral.

[44 FR 34913, June 18, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 5893, Feb. 9, 1983]