Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Controlled Unclassified Information

Abstract

The President's Memorandum of May 27, 2009 on Classified Information and Controlled Unclassified Information, directed a Task Force, led by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, to review the Controlled Unclassified Information ("CUI") Framework established in 2008 for the management of Sensitive but Unclassified ("SBU") terrorism-related information. The Task Force undertook a 90-day study of the CUI Framework, the current regimes for managing SBU information in the Executive Branch, and, by extension, the sharing of that information with our non-federal information-sharing partners. The Task Force concluded that Executive Branch performance suffers immensely from interagency inconsistency in SBU policies, frequent uncertainty in interagency settings as to exactly what policies apply to given SBU information, and the inconsistent application of similar policies across agencies. Additionally, the absence of effective training, oversight, and accountability at many agencies results in a tendency to over-protect information, greatly diminishing government transparency. A simple, concise, and standardized CUI Framework, with effective centralized governance and oversight has the best chance of both wide acceptance within the federal government and broad adoption throughout our State, local, tribal, and private sector partner communities. The successful expansion of the scope of the CUI Framework requires careful consideration of agency missions, requirements, and the processes by which SBU information is currently managed. Building upon the CUI Framework established in 2008, the Task Force has proposed 40 Recommendations intended to enhance Standardization, Information Sharing, Government Transparency, and the Protection of Information only where there is a compelling requirement to do so.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 25, 2009
Accession Number
ADA511592

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Organizations

  • United States Department of Homeland Security

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  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Counterterrorism
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Federal Budgets
  • Homeland Security
  • Identification
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • United States Government

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