[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR601.4]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 601_CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY 

INFORMATION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 601.4  Classification Review Committee.



    The Security Officer (Information) chairs the Foundation's 

Classification Review Committee which has authority to act on all 

suggestions and complaints with respect to the Foundation's 

administration of the regulations. The Assistant Directors and the Heads 

of other offices reporting to the Director serve as members of the 

Committee. All suggestions and complaints including those regarding 

overclassification, failure to classify, or delay in declassifying not 

otherwise resolved, shall be referred to the Committee for resolution. 

The Committee shall establish procedures to review and act within 30 

days upon all appeals regarding requests for declassification. The 

Committee is authorized to overrule previous determinations in whole or 

in part when in its judgment, continued protection is no longer 

required. If the Committee determines that continued classification is 

required under the criteria of the Executive Order, it shall promptly so 

notify the requester and advise him that he may file an application for 

review with the Foundation. In addition, the Committee shall review all 

appeals of requests for records



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under section 552 of title 5 U.S.C. (Freedom of Information Act) when 

the proposed denial is based on their continued classification under 

Executive Order 12958.



[47 FR 57284, Dec. 23, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 51021, Sept. 30, 1996]