[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR806.3]

[Page 153]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
           CHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 806_NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION POLICY AND GUIDELINES, IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  806.3  Definitions.

    (a) Classified information. Information or material, herein 
collectively termed information, that is owned by, produced for or by, 
or under the control of, the United States Government and that has been 
determined pursuant to Executive Order 12065, or prior orders, to 
require protection against unauthorized disclosure and that is so 
designated. One of the following classifications will be shown:
    (1) Top secret means information, the unauthorized disclosure of 
which reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage 
to the national security.
    (2) Secret means information, the unauthorized disclosure of which 
reasonably could be expected to cause serious damage to national 
security.
    (3) Confidential means information, the unauthorized disclosure of 
which reasonably could be expected to cause identifiable damage to the 
national security.
    (b) Foreign government information means either: (1) Information 
provided to the United States by a foreign government or international 
organization of governments in the expectation, express or implied, that 
the information is to be kept in confidence; or (2) information produced 
by the United States pursuant to a written joint arrangement with a 
foreign government or international organization of governments 
requiring that either the information or the arrangements or both, be 
kept in confidence.
    (c) National security means the national defense and foreign 
relations of the United States.
    (d) Declassification event means an event which would eliminate the 
need for continued classification.