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Declassifies documents containing Restricted
Data (RD), Formerly Restricted Data (FRD), or
National Security Information (NSI) in any subject
area under DOE or NNSA cognizance using approved
classification guidance.
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Interprets and applies classification and control
policy and guidance to the review of documents
for classified and controlled information.
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Provides assistance to Presidential Libraries
and Regional Archives to ensure that documents
containing RD and FRD have not been and are not
being improperly declassified.
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Conducts classification/declassification reviews
of documents originated in classified or potentially
classified subject areas that will be provided
to Congress (e.g., DOE statements for the record,
budget submittals).
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Conducts classification/declassification reviews
of documents originated in classified or potentially
classified subject areas required under litigation
or other court ordered process.
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Conducts classification/declassification reviews
of DOE permanent historical documents subject
to EO 12958, Section 3.4.
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Conducts classification/declassification reviews
of Other Agency historical records, subject to
EO 12958, Section 3.4, referred to DOE for resolution
of DOE equities.
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Reviews other agency records located at the National
Archives, declassified under EO 12958, Section
3.4, to ensure that inadvertently declassified
RD and FRD is removed from public access (PL 105-261,
Section 3161).
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Directs the quality control review of records
being declassified by other agencies under section
3.4 of Executive Order 12958 and sent to the National
Archives and Records Administration for access
by the public to ensure the documents do not inadvertently
contain RD or FRD information. Notifies Congress
quarterly of any RD or FRD found in those documents
(Public Laws 105-261 and 106-65).
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Conducts declassification reviews of documents
associated with special projects as directed by
Senior Department Management (e.g., human radiation
experiments).
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Conducts the review of classified documents requested
under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy
Act, or mandatory review provisions of Executive
Order 12958 and identifies all classified and
certain controlled information for redaction to
allow release to requester.
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Reviews documents originated by Headquarters
organizations in potentially classified or classified
subject areas that are intended for public release
or that have such widespread internal distribution
that public release is likely.
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Reviews Patent Applications to determine which
require the imposition of Secrecy Orders per the
Invention Secrecy Act and performs annual reviews
of Patent Applications previously placed under
Secrecy Order.
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Conducts extensive intra and interagency and
intergovernmental coordination of classified documents
requested under the FOIA or involved in litigation
to ensure that all classified information is identified
and redacted prior to releasing the information
to the requester or litigants.
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Conducts a systematic review of classified documents
for Headquarters organizations to determine which
may be declassified, based on the degree of public
and researcher interest and the likelihood of
declassification upon review.