[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: 49CFR8.17]

[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.  8.17  Classification challenges.

    (a) Authorized holders of information classified by the Department 
of Transportation who, in good faith, believe that its classification 
status is improper are encouraged and expected to challenge the 
classification status of the information before the Departmental 
Information Security Review Committee.
    (1) No individual will be subject to retribution for bringing such a 
challenge; and
    (2) Each individual whose challenge is denied will be advised that 
he/she may appeal to the Interagency Security Classification Appeals 
Panel established by section 5.4 of Executive Order 12958.
    (b) This classification challenge provision is not intended to 
prevent an authorized holder of information classified by the Department 
of Transportation from informally questioning the classification status 
of particular information. Such information inquiries should be 
encouraged as means to resolve classification concerns and reduce the 
administrative burden of formal challenges.