[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR9.11]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 9--SECURITY INFORMATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 9.11  Derivative classification guides.

    (a) Agencies with original classification authority shall prepare 
classification guides to facilitate the proper and uniform derivative 
classification of information, except as provided in paragraph (e) of 
this section.
    (b) Each guide shall be approved personally and in writing by an 
official who:
    (1) Has program or supervisory responsibility over the information 
or is the senior agency official who directs and administers the 
information security program; and
    (2) Is authorized to classify information originally at the highest 
level of classification prescribed in the guide.
    (c) Classification guides shall, at a minimum:
    (1) Identify or categorize the elements of information to be 
protected;
    (2) State which classification level applies to each element or 
category of information; and
    (3) Prescribe declassification instructions for each element or 
category of information in terms of (i) a period of time, (ii) the 
occurrence of an event, or (iii) a notation that the information shall 
not be automatically declassified without the approval of the 
originating agency.
    (d) Classification guides shall be reviewed at least every two years 
and updated as necessary. Each agency shall maintain a list of its 
classification guides in current use.
    (e) Agency heads may, for good cause, grant and revoke waivers of 
the requirement to prepare classification guides for specified classes 
of documents or information. In the Department of State, the DAS/CDC, as 
senior official, shall make recommendations to the Secretary concerning 
such waivers. In AID, the Inspector General shall make recommendations 
to the Administrator concerning such waivers. In USIA, the Director of 
the Office of Public Liaison shall make recommendations to the Director 
concerning such waivers. The Director of ISOO shall be notified of any 
waivers. The decision to waive the requirement to issue classification 
guides for specific classes of documents or information should be based, 
at a minimum, on an evaluation of the following factors:
    (1) The ability to segregate and describe the elements of 
information;
    (2) The practicality of producing or disseminating the guide because 
of the nature of the information;
    (3) The anticipated usage of the guide as a basis for derivative 
classification; and
    (4) The availability of alternative sources for derivatively 
classifying the information in a uniform manner.