[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: 22CFR9.14]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 9--SECURITY INFORMATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 9.14  Declassification and downgrading.

    (a) General. Information should be declassified or downgraded as 
soon as national security considerations permit. Information will be 
protected in accordance with the provisions of the Order for as long as 
it meets the classification requirements prescribed by these 
regulations. Agencies shall coordinate their review of classified 
information with other agencies or foreign governments that have a 
direct interest in the subject matter.
    (b) Authority to declassify or downgrade. Information shall be 
declassified or downgraded by the official who authorized the original 
classification, if that official is still serving in the same position; 
the originator's successor; a supervisory official of either; or 
officials delegated such authority in writing by the agency head or the 
senior agency official designated pursuant to section 5.3(a)(1) of the 
Order. In addition, if the Director of ISOO determines that information 
is classified in violation of the Order, the Director may require the 
agency which classified the information to declassify it. Any such 
decision by the Director may be appealed to the National Security 
Council. The information shall remain classified until a decision has 
been made on the appeal.
    (c) The agency shall maintain a current, unclassified, listing of 
officials delegated declassification and downgrading authority.