SUBJECT: INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE FILE: UFO2131 ========================================================================== Information Security Oversight Office Washington, DC October 28, 1993 Dear Mr. Klotz: Thank you for your letter of September 19, acknowledging receipt of the copy of the Presidential Review Directive (PRD) 29 that we sent you. In response to your request, we are enclosing a copy of a Notice published in the _Federal Register_ dated May 20, 1993, entitled "Hearing; Changes to the Security Classification System." Sincerely, /s/ Ethel R. Geis for Steven Garfinkel Director Mr. James Klotz Post Office Box 832 Mercer Island, WA 98040 Enclosures -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL REGISTER Thursday May 20, 1993 Part III INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE Hearing; Changes to the Security classification System; Notice -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29480 Federal Register / Vol. 58, No. 96 / Thursday, May 20, 1993 / Notices INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE Hearing: Changes to the Security Classification System Take notice that on June 9 and 10, 1993, an interagency Task Force chaired by the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) will convene to hear oral presentations by interested parties on proposals to change the system under which information is classified, safeguarded, and declassified in the interest of national security. That system is currently embodied in Executive Order 12356, entitled "National Security Information," 47 FR 27836, April 6, 1982. Background By Presidential Review Directive, an interagency Task Force chaired by ISOO is responsible for drafting and proposing to the National Security Council no later than November 30, 1993, a security classification system to replace E.O. 12356. The Task Force has been divided into seven Committees to gather input, consider proposals, and recommend changes to be incorporated into the draft order, These Committees are as follows: Committee on Classification Standards: This Committee is responsible for responding to the following questions: In the post Cold War era, what types of information continue to require protection through classification in the interest of our national security? Do we need three levels of classification? Committee on Excessive Classification: This Committee is responsible for responding to the following question: What steps can be taken to avoid excessive classification? Committee on Duration of Classification: This Committee is responsible for responding to the following question: What steps can be taken to declassify information as quickly as possible? Committee on Declassification: This Committee is responsible for responding to the following question: What steps can be taken to declassify or otherwise dispose of the large amounts of classified information that currently exist in Government archives or other repositories? Committee on Access and Dissemination: This Committee is responsible for responding to the following questions: What steps can be taken to control unnecessary distribution and reproduction of classified information? What steps can be taken to enforce the "need-to-know" principle? Committee on Oversight: This Committee is responsible for responding to the following questions: What steps can be taken to reduce the number of, and to provide adaquate oversight and control over, special access programs? What steps can be taken to increase individual accountability for the operation of the classification system? What steps can be taken to improve oversight of the classification program generally? Committee on Safeguards: This Committee is responsible for reponding to the following questions: In what way should the executive order address information systems security? What requirements, restrictions, and other safeguards should be specifically addressed in the executive order taking into account (i) damage from unauthorized disclosures; (ii) existing or anticipated threats: and (iii) the short and long-term costs of the requirements, restrictions, or other safeguards? Purpose To help assure that all organizations and individuals that hsve an interest in the security classification system have an opportunity to present their views and proposals, the Task Force Committees will convene to receive oral presentations, statements and testimony. Location The Great Hall, First Floor, Department of Justice Headquarters Building, Constitution Avenue. between 9th and 10th Streets, Northwest. Washington, DC.,Please enter at middle entrance on Constitution Avenue. Times June 9, 1993: Committee on Classification Standards: 9 - 10:30 a.m. Cornmittee on Excessive Classification: 10:30 a.m. - noon. Committee on Oversight: 1:30 - 3 p.m. Committee on Safeguards: 3 - 4:30 p.m. June 10, 1993: Committee on Duration of Classification: 9 - 10:30 a.m. Committee on Declassification: 10:30 - noon. Committee on Access and Dissemination: 1:30 - 3 p.m. Times are subject to change depending on expressed interest. Parties with appointments will be notified of any changes as soon as possible. Appointments Oral presentations will be scheduled by appointment. To reserve an appointment time, please contact June Brown or Dorothy Cephas of ISOO, at (202) 634-6150. Presenters are requested to keep their prepared statements as concise as possible, and to provide specific written proposals for changes to particular provisions of E.O. 12356. The presentations will be open to the public. Written ProposaLs The Task Force will accept and consider written proposals for changes to E.O. 12356. Written proposals should be submitted as early as possible for adequate dissemination and consideration, but no later than July 14, 1993. Please address such proposals to the Information Security Oversight Office. 750 17th Street. NW., suite 530, Washington. DC 20006, Attention: PRD Task Force. Steven Garfinkel, Director, Information Security Oversight Office. 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