Managing Sensitive Information: DOE and DOD Could Improve Their Policies and Oversight

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 DOE's and DOD's 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 14, 2006
Accession Number
AD1157002

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  • Ann Borseth
  • Davi M. Dagostino
  • David Keefer
  • Kevin Tarmann
  • Ned Woodward

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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