[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]



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                        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.