[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR3a.41]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 3a_NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3a.41  Access requirements.

    (a) The Personnel Security Officer, on a continuing current basis, 
will certify to the Security Officer, the head of each bureau and office 
and each regional engineer, the names of officers and employees who have 
been granted a security clearance for access to classified material and 
the level of such clearance (Top Secret, Secret, Confidential). The 
Personnel Security Officer will maintain accurate and current listings 
of personnel who have been granted security clearances in accordance 
with the standards and criteria of Executive Orders 10450 and 10865 and 
as prescribed by this part.
    (b) In addition to a security clearance, staff members must have a 
need for access to classified information or material in connection with 
the performance of duties. The determination for the need-to-know will 
be made by the official having responsibility for the classified 
information or material.
    (c) When a staff member no longer requires access to classified 
information or material in connection with performance of official 
duties, the Personnel Security Officer will administratively withdraw 
the security clearance. Additionally, when a staff member no longer 
needs access to a particular security classification category, the 
security clearance will be adjusted to the classification category 
required. In both cases, this action will

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be without prejudice to the staff member's eligibility for a security 
clearance or upgrading of category should the need again arise.
    (d) Access to classified information or material originated by the 
FPC may be authorized to persons outside the Executive Branch of the 
Government engaged in historical research and to former Presidential 
appointees as provided in paragraphs VI B and C of the NSC directive 
dated May 17, 1972. The determination of access authorization will be 
made by the Chairman.
    (e) Except as otherwise provided in section 102 of the National 
Security Act of 1947, 61 Stat. 495, 50 U.S.C. 403, classified 
information or material originating in one department or agency shall 
not be disseminated outside any other department or agency to which it 
has been made available without the consent of the originating 
organization.

                            Security Officers