[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR140.24]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 140_ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES OF THE COMMISSION
--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart B_Functions
 
Sec.  140.24  Control and accountability procedures.

    Persons entrusted with classified information shall be responsible 
for providing protection and accountability for such information at all 
times and for locking classified information in approved security 
equipment whenever it is not in use or under direct supervision of 
authorized persons.
    (a) General safeguards. (1) Classified material must not be left in 
unoccupied rooms or be left inadequately protected in an occupied 
office, or one occupied by other than security cleared employees. Under 
no circumstances shall classified material be placed in desk drawers or 
anywhere other than in approved storage containers.
    (2) Employees using classified material shall take every precaution 
to prevent deliberate or casual inspection of it by unauthorized 
persons. Classified material shall be kept under constant surveillance 
and face down or covered when not in use.
    (3) All copies of classified documents and any informal material 
such as memoranda, rough drafts, shorthand notes, carbon copies, carbon 
paper, typewriter ribbons, recording discs, spools and tapes shall be 
given the same classification and secure handling as the classified 
information they contain.
    (4) Commission personnel authorized to use classified materials will 
obtain them from the Executive Director or his delegee on the day 
required and return them to the Executive Director or his delegee before 
the close of business on the same day.
    (5) Classified information shall not be revealed in telephone or 
telecommunications conversations.
    (6) Any person who has knowledge of the loss or possible compromise 
of classified information shall immediately report the circumstances 
either to the Security Officer or to the Executive Director or his 
delegee. The Executive Director or his delegee shall initiate a 
preliminary inquiry to determine the circumstances surrounding an actual 
or possible compromise, and to determine what corrective measures and 
administrative, disciplinary, or legal action is necessary.
    (b) Reproduction controls. (1) The number of copies of documents 
containing classified information must be kept to the minimum required 
by operational necessity to decrease the risk of compromise and reduce 
storage costs.
    (2) Top Secret documents, except for the controlled initial 
distribution of

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information processed or received electrically, shall not be reproduced 
without the consent of the originator.
    (3) Unless restricted by the originating agency, Secret and 
Confidential documents may be reproduced to the extent required by 
operational needs.
    (4) Reproduced copies of classified documents shall be subject to 
the same accountability and controls as the original documents.
    (5) Classified reproduction shall be controlled by persons with the 
proper level of security clearance.
    (6) Records shall be maintained to show the number and distribution 
of reproduced copies to all Top Secret documents, of all classified 
documents covered by special access programs distributed outside the 
originating agency, and of all Secret and Confidential documents which 
are marked with special dissemination and reproduction limitations.
    (7) Unauthorized reproduction of classified material will be subject 
to appropriate disciplinary action.
    (c) Storage of classified material. (1) All classified material in 
the custody of the Commission will be stored in accordance with the 
guidelines set forth in 32 CFR 2001.43.
    (2) In addition, the Commission remains subject to the provisions of 
32 CFR part 2001, et seq., insofar as they are applicable to classified 
materials held by the Commission.

[48 FR 15464, Apr. 11, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 21955, May 13, 1996]