Managing Sensitive Information: Departments of Energy and Defense Policies and Oversight Could Be Improved

Abstract

In the interest of national security and personal privacy and for other reasons, federal agencies place dissemination restrictions on information that is unclassified yet still sensitive. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Defense (DOD) have both issued policy guidance on how and when to protect sensitive information. DOE marks documents with this information as Official Use Only (OUO) while DOD uses the designation For Official Use Only (FOUO). GAO was asked to (1) identify and assess the policies, procedures, and criteria DOE and DOD employ to manage OUO and FOUO information and (2) determine the extent to which DOEs and DODs training and oversight programs assure that information is identified, marked, and protected according to established criteria.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2006
Accession Number
AD1106031

Entities

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  • Adam Hatton
  • Ann Borseth
  • Cheryl Weissman
  • Davi M. D'agostino
  • David Keefer
  • David Mayfield
  • Doreen Feldman
  • Gene Aloise
  • Gregory Marchand
  • James Reid
  • Jena Whitley
  • Kevin Tarmann
  • Marc Schwartz
  • Mattias Fenton
  • Nancy Crothers
  • Ned Woodward
  • William Lanouette

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Biomedical
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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Commerce
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  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • House Of Representatives
  • Information Security
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Government

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