[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR9.3]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 9--SECURITY INFORMATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 9.3  Responsibility for safeguarding classified information.

    (a) Primary. The specific responsibility for the maintenance of the 
security of classified information rests with each person having 
knowledge or physical custody thereof, no matter how obtained.
    (b) Individual. Each employee is responsible for becoming familiar 
with and adhering to all security regulations.
    (c) Supervisory. The ultimate responsibility for safeguarding 
classified information rests upon each supervisor to the same degree 
that the supervisor is charged with functional responsibility for the 
organizational unit. While certain employees may be assigned specific 
security responsibilities, such as Top Secret Control Officer or Unit 
Security Officer, it is nevertheless the basic responsibility of 
supervisors to ensure that classified material entrusted to their 
organizational units is handled in accordance with the procedures 
prescribed in these regulations. Each supervisor should ensure that no 
one employee is assigned unreasonable security responsibilities in 
addition to usual administrative or functional duties.
    (d) Organizational. The Offices of Security in State, AID, and USIA 
are responsible for physical, procedural, and personnel security in 
their respective agencies. In the Department of State, the Office of 
Communications (COMSEC) is responsible for communications security.

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