Updating the Foreign Disclosure and Technical Information System

Abstract

The Secretaries of Defense and State have designated the National Military Information Disclosure Policy Committee as the central interagency authority within the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government responsible for formulating and promulgating, administering, and monitoring the National Disclosure Policy. The Security Policy Automation Network provides organizations the ability to communicate and coordinate with DoD organizations on foreign disclosure, export control, and international arms control and cooperation subjects. The Foreign Disclosure and Technical Information System (FORDTIS), which resides on the Security Policy Automation Network, assists the U.S. Government in meeting its national security objectives by providing a historical database. DoD Directive 5230.11, "Disclosure of Classified Military Information to Foreign Governments and International Organizations," and DoD Instruction 5230.18, "The DoD Foreign Disclosure and Technical Information System," require DoD personnel to record in FORDTIS releases of and denials of classified military information. The overall audit objective was to determine whether technology transfer policies and procedures in DoD adequately prevent the unauthorized release of United States technical information. The specific audit objective for this segment was to determine whether the DoD Components entered in FORDTIS disclosures and denials of classified military information. We also reviewed the management control program as it related to the audit objective. A future segment of the audit win determine whether technology transfer policies and procedures of the Military Departments are adequate to prevent the unauthorized release of technical information. The result of that objective will be discussed in a later report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 1998
Accession Number
ADA368293

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Army Aviation
  • Army Training
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • International Organizations
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Radar
  • Technology Transfer

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Library and Information Science