[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 32, Volume 6] [Revised as of July 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 32CFR2001.11] [Page 468] TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER XX--INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION PART 2001_CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION--Table of Contents Subpart A_Classification Sec. 2001.11 Classification authority [1.3]. (a) General. Agencies with original classification authority shall establish a training program for original classifiers in accordance with subpart F of this part. (b) Requests for original classification authority. Agencies not possessing such authority shall forward requests to the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO). The agency head must make the request and shall provide a specific justification of the need for this authority. The Director of ISOO shall forward the request, along with the Director's recommendation, to the President through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs within 30 days. Agencies wishing to increase their assigned level of original classification authority shall forward requests in accordance with the procedures of this section.