[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: 49CFR8.9]

[Page 72]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 8_CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: CLASSIFICATION/DECLASSIFICATION/ACCESS
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        Subpart B_Classification/Declassification of Information
 
Sec.  8.9  Information Security Review Committee.


    (a) There is hereby established a Department of Transportation 
Information Security Review Committee, which will have authority to:
    (1) Act on all suggestions and complaints not otherwise resolved 
with respect to the Department's administration of Executive Order 12958 
and implementing directives, including those regarding 
overclassification, failure to declassify, or delay in declassifying;
    (2) Act on appeals of requests for classification reviews, and 
appeals of requests for records under 5 U.S.C. 552 (Freedom of 
Information Act) when the initial, and proposed final, denials are based 
on continued classification of the record; and
    (3) Recommend to the Secretary, when necessary, appropriate 
administrative action to correct abuse or violation of any provision of 
Executive Order 12598 and implementing directives.
    (b) The Information Security Review Committee will be composed of 
the Assistant Secretary for Administration, who will serve as Chair; the 
General Counsel; and the Director of Security and Administrative 
Management. When matters affecting a particular Departmental agency are 
at issue, the Associate Administrator for Administration for that 
agency, or the Chief of Staff for the U.S. Coast Guard, as the case may 
be, will participate as an ad hoc member, together with the Chief 
Counsel of that agency. Any regular member may designate a 
representative with full power to serve in his/her place.
    (c) In carrying out its responsibilities to review decisions to 
revoke or not to issue clearances, or to deny access to classified 
information, the Committee will establish whatever procedures it deems 
fit.