[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR4a.1]

[Page 59]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 4a--CLASSIFICATION, DECLASSIFICATION, AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4a.1  General.

    Executive Order 12958 provides the only basis for classifying 
information within the Department of Commerce (Department), except as 
provided in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The Department's 
policy is to make information concerning its activities available to the 
public, consistent with the need to protect the national defense and 
foreign relations of the United States. Accordingly, security 
classification shall be applied only to protect the national security.