[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 6, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 6CFR7.26]

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                       TITLE 6--HOMELAND SECURITY
 
   CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
 
PART 7_CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B_Classified Information
 
Sec.  7.26  Derivative classification.

    (a) Derivative classification is defined as the incorporating, 
paraphrasing, restating, or generating in a new form information that is 
already classified, and marking the newly developed material consistent 
with the classification markings that apply to the source information. 
Information is also derivatively classified when classification is based 
on instructions provided in a security classification guide.
    (b) Persons need not possess original classification authority to 
derivatively classify information based on source documents or 
classification guides.
    (c) Persons who apply derivative classification markings shall 
observe original classification decisions and carry forward to any newly 
created documents the pertinent classification markings.
    (d) Information classified derivatively from other classified 
information shall be classified and marked in accordance with the 
standards set forth in sections 2.1 and 2.2 of Executive Order 12958, as 
amended, 32 CFR 2001.22, and internal DHS guidance provided by the Chief 
Security Officer.