The following definitions apply under these regulations:
(a) Primary organization unit--refers to an agency headed by an
official reporting to the Secretary or Under Secretary.
(b) Classify--to assign information to one of the classification
categories after determining that the information requires protection in
the interest of national security.
(c) Courier--an individual designated by appropriate authority to
protect classified and administratively controlled information in
transit.
(d) Custodian--the person who has custody or is responsible for the
custody of classified information.
(e) Declassify--the authorized removal of an assigned
classification.
(f) Document--any recorded information regardless of its physical
form or characteristics, including (but not limited to):
(1) Written material--(whether handwritten, printed or typed).
(2) Painted, drawn, or engraved material.
(3) Sound or voice recordings.
(4) Printed photographs and exposed or printed films (either still
or motion picture).
(5) Reproductions of the foregoing, by whatever process.
(g) Downgrade--to assign lower classfication than that previously
assigned.
(h) Derivative classification--a determination that information is
in substance the same as information that is currently classified. It is
to incorporate, paraphrase, restate or generate in new form information
that is already classified (usually by another Federal agency).
(i) Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)--an office located
in the General Services Administration (GSA) that monitors the
implementation of E.O. 12356.
(j) Marking--the physical act of indicating the assigned security
classification on national security information.
(k) Material--any document, product, or substance on or in which
information is recorded or embodied.
(l) Nonrecord material--extra copies and duplicates, the use of
which is temporary, including shorthand notes, used carbon paper,
preliminary drafts, and other material of similar nature.
(m) Paraphrasing--a restatement of the text without alteration of
its meaning.
(n) Product and substance--any item of material (other than a
document) in all stages of development, processing, or construction and
including elements, ingredients, components, accessories, fixtures,
dies, models, and mockup associated with such items.
(o) Record material--all books, papers, maps, photographs, or other
documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics,
made or received by the U.S. Government in connection with the
transaction of public business; this includes material preserved by an
agency or its legitimate successor as evidence of its organization,
functions, policies, decisions, procedures, or other activities, or
because of the informational data contained herein.
(p) True reading--the paraphrased literal text.
(q) Upgraded-- to assign a higher classification than that
previously assigned.
