[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 49, Volume 1] [Revised as of October 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 49CFR8.13] [Page 73] TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation PART 8_CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: CLASSIFICATION/DECLASSIFICATION/ACCESS --Table of Contents Subpart B_Classification/Declassification of Information Sec. 8.13 Authority to downgrade or declassify. Information originally classified by the Department may be specifically downgraded or declassified by either the official authorizing the original classification, if that official is still serving in the same position, the originator's current successor in function, a supervisory official of either, officials delegated declassification authority in writing by the Secretary, or by the Departmental Information Security Review Committee.