[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 190]
[Revised as of July 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR159a.24]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 159a--INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM REGULATION--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart D--Declassification and Downgrading
 
Sec. 159a.24  General provisions.


    (a) Policy. Information classified under E.O. 12356 and prior orders 
shall be declassified or downgraded as soon as national security 
considerations permit. Decisions concerning declassification shall be 
based on the loss of sensitivity of the information with the passage of 
time or on the occurrence of an event that permits declassification. 
Information that continues to meet the classification requirements of 
Sec. 159a.15(c) despite the passage of time will continue to be 
protected in accordance with this part.
    (b) Responsibility of Officials. Officials authorized under 
Sec. 159a.12(c) to declassify or downgrade information that is under the 
final classification jurisdiction of the Department of Defense shall 
take such action in accordance with this subpart.
    (c) Declassification Coordination. DoD Component declassification 
review of classified information shall be coordinated with any other DoD 
or non-DoD office, Component, or agency that has a direct interest in 
the subject matter.
    (d) Declassification by the Director of the ISOO. If the Director of 
the ISOO determines that information is classified in violation of E.O. 
12356, the Director may require the activity that originally classified 
the information to declassify it. Any such decision by the Director may 
be appealed through the Director of Security Plans and Programs, 
ODUSD(P), to the National Security Council (NSC). The information shall 
remain classified pending a prompt decision on the appeal.

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