Classified Information Policy and Executive Order 13526

Abstract

Recently, there have been multiple high-profile incidents involving the release of classified government information. Perhaps most prominent was Wikileaks.org's unauthorized publication of more than 600,000 classified Department of Defense documents. Such incidents have further heightened congressional, media, and public interest in classified information policy. President Barack H. Obama issued Executive Order 13526 on "Classified National Security Information" on December 29, 2009, and Congress enacted P.L. 111-258, the Reducing Over- Classification Act, which President Obama signed into law on October 9, 2010. This report provides information on classified information policy, which also is called security classification policy and national security classification information policy. It discusses the history, costs, and agencies assigned roles in classified information policy. The report focuses on Executive Order 13526, which establishes much of the current policy, and the report identifies possible oversight issues for Congress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 10, 2010
Accession Number
ADA534690

Entities

People

  • Kevin R. Kosar

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classified Materials
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Executives
  • Foreign Relations
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Security
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • President (United States)
  • Unauthorized Disclosure
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.