[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 190]
[Revised as of July 1, 1998]
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[CITE: 32CFR159.4]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 159--DOD INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 159.4  Procedures.

    To carry out this policy, there is established a DoD Information 
Security Program that shall be administered to ensure that:
    (a) Information requiring protection in the interest of national 
security is properly classified and safeguarded.
    (b) Overclassification and unnecessary classification are avoided.
    (c) Information is classified as long as required by national 
security considerations.
    (d) Unnecessary expense to the Department of Defense, industry, and 
the U.S. government, resulting from protection of information no longer 
requiring classification, is eliminated.
    (e) Declassified information is made available to the public under 
32 CFR part 285.
    (f) Classified inventories are reduced to the minimum necessary to 
meet operational requirements, thereby affording better protection to 
that which remains.
    (g) DoD military and civilian personnel, who require access to 
classified information in the conduct of official business, are familiar 
with the requirements of DoD 5200.1-R and E.O. 12356 and 32 CFR part 
2001, and that they comply with those requirements.