The Information Security Oversight Office ISOO

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The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)
Presentation for 2004 NCMS Training
Seminar June 15-17, 2004
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WHAT IS ISOO?

• Oversight and Reporting Entity for the Security
  Classification System and the National Industrial
  Security Program
• Created in 1978
• Director appointed by the Archivist of the United
  States with the approval of the President

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ISOO A TWO PARENT ORGANIZATION

• Administrative component of
  the National Archives and
  Records
  Administration
• Receives policy guidance from
  the National Security Council
  

• ISOO

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Policy Flow
The President
The National Security Council
Information Security Oversight Office
Executive Branch Agencies and Departments
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MISSION EO 12958

• Oversees Government-wide Security Classification
  Program
• Reports Annually to President on Status of Program

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MISSION EO 12829

• Monitors the National Industrial Security Program
  (NISP)
• Chairs the National Industrial Security Program
  Policy Advisory Committee
• Reports Annually to the President on Status of
  the NISP

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 12958 AMENDED AGAIN!
Executive Order 12958 Amendment 1
Amendment 2
Amendment 3. . .
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WHY?

• The primary impetus for the Amendment
• The impending deadline for automatic
  declassification which was extended in 1999 to
  April 17, 2003.
• Review process began in July 2001
• EO 12958, as amended signed by the
  President on March 25, 2003
  

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IMPLEMENTATION

• All provisions of this amendment were effective
  on March 25, 2003, except section 1.6,
  Identification and Markings, effective with
  issuance of ISOO Directive No.1
• September 22, 2003, ISOO Implementing Directive
  No.1, published in the Federal Register

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IMPLEMENTATIONAgency Head

• Demonstrate personal commitment and commit
  senior management to successful
  implementation
• Commit Resources
• Ensure agency records systems designed to
  optimize safeguarding of classified
  information and facilitate its declassification

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IMPLEMENTATIONSenior Agency Official

• Update agency regulations (interim guidance)
• Update security education training
• Respond to reporting requirements Cost
  Estimates and Classification data
• Facilitate communication across functional
  areasrecords managers, budget, declassification,
  other security disciplines

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CHANGES AND IMPACTClassification

• Presumption of damage for Foreign Government
  Information
• Clarifies two categories adds Weapons of Mass
  Destruction
• Changes in marking
• No more X1 X8

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CHANGES AND IMPACTClassification (contd)

• Extension of duration tied to disposition
• Allows for correction of errors
• Allows reclassification-strictly limited and
  controlled circumstances

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CHANGES AND IMPACTClassification Markings

• Markings Still Required
• Classified by line or Derived from line
• Reason line
• Portion Markings
• Overall Classification Marking

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CHANGES AND IMPACTClassification Markings

• Original Classification
• Declassify On Line
• Date or Event Less Than 10 Years
• 10 Years
• 10 25 Years
• 25 Years
• 25X1 (Human)

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CHANGES AND IMPACTClassification Markings
(contd)

• Derivative Classification
• Declassify On Line
• Source Marked OADR, Date of Source Document
• Source Marked X1 X8, Date of Source Document
  
• Use of 25X ISCAP Approved Declassification
  Guide and in current use

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CHANGES AND IMPACTSafeguarding

• Authorizes emergency disclosure of classified
  information to uncleared individuals
• Specific emphasis on criminal,
  civil administrative sanctions
  for failure to protect
  classified information
  during briefings
• Transmission of classified
  information express carrier

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CHANGES AND IMPACT Declassification

• Automatic Declassification continues with
  implementation deadline extended to December 31,
  2006
• Additional File Series Exemptions may be
  requested
• May request to exempt information from automatic
  declassification when
  information is 20
  years old

December 31, 2006
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CHANGES AND IMPACT Declassification (contd)

• Changes how automatic declassification is applied
  to file blocks special media multiple equity
  documents and newly discovered records
• Records in the possession of contractors,
  licensees, certificate holders, grantees or other
  authorized private organizations or individuals
  are subject to the automatic declassification
  provision of the Order agencies must make a
  determination

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CHANGES AND IMPACT Declassification (contd)

• Declassification guides ISOO review and/or ISCAP
  approval update every 5 years
• Agencies obligated to refer their records if they
  contain other agencies equities/information
• Declassification markings standardized
• Under ISCAP provisions, DCIs authority to
  protect sources and methods is clarified

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WHATS NEXT?

• Regulations, Training and Interim Guidance
• Review Directive Electronic Environment,
  Safeguarding and FGI issues
• Standardize referral procedures
• Issue Implementing Directive for EO 12829
• Address Security Clearance Reciprocity in Industry

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QUESTIONS?
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CONTACT INFORMATION
ADDRESS INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT
OFFICE NATIONAL ARCHIVES BUILDING 700
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, DC 20408
[phone] [phone]
isoo_at_nara.gov www.archives.gov/isoo