[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1203.403]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1203_INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart D_Guides for Original Classification
 
Sec.  1203.403  State-of-the-art and intelligence.

    A logical approach to classification requires consideration of the 
extent to which the same or similar information available from 
intelligence sources is known or is available to others. It is also 
important to consider whether it is known publicly, either domestically 
or internationally, that the United States has the information or even 
is interested in the subject matter. The known state-of-the-art in other 
nations

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is an additional substantive factor requiring consideration.