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The Law of Secrecy and Classified Information

Laws

Executive Order 13526: Classified National Security Information, January 5, 2010

Classified Information Procedures Act, 18 United States Code App. III. Sections 1-16


Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, P.L. 97-200, June 23, 1982 


Agreement Between the Department of Defense of the United States of America and the Secretariat of National Defense of the United Mexican States Concerning Measure for the Protection of Classified Information, March 16, 2010. 


Classified Information in Japan, Takehiko Kasahara, Toin Univ. of Yokohama (Powerpoint presentation), December 14, 2013


Law on Classified Information, Republic of Macedonia


Protection of Classified Information (Act N. 412) Czech Republic, September 2005


The Penal Law on Dissemination and Disclosure of Classified Information and Documents, Saudi Arabia, 2011


Law on Classification of Information and Security Clearances, Law No. 03/L - 178, Kosovo, 2010


State Secrets and Classified Information of Foreign States Act, RT 1 2007, 16, 77, Estonia


Draft Law on Amendments to the Law of Classified Information and the Law of Classified Information of Montenegro, 2012


Protection of Classified Information Act, Bulgaria


Ordinance on the Protection of Federal Information, Switzerland, July 4, 2007


Queensland Government information security classification framework, Australia, July 2013

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Classification of Information



Classification Management Tutorial, Department of the Army

Guidance: Protecting international RESTRICTED classified information, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom, November 2016


Information Security Management Guidelines: Protectively Marking and Handling Sensitive and Security Classified Information Version 2.1, Commonwealth of Australia, approved June 2011, amended April 2015


Marking Classified National Security Information (As Required by Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information, December 29, 2009 and 32 CFR Part 2011, ISOO Implementing Directive, effective June 25, 2010), Information Security Oversight Office, December 2010, Revision 4, January 2018.


DoD Evaluation of Over-Classification of National Security Information, Inspector General, Department of Defense, September 30, 2013.


DoDM 5200.01 DoD Information Security Program

Volume 1: Overview, Classification, and Declassification
Volume 2: Marking of Classified Information
Volume 3: Protection of Classified Information
Volume 4: Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)


National Security Information Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, U.S. Department of Energy, Report of the Information Security Oversight Office, June 2012


Classified National Security Information Program for State, 

Local, Tribal and Private Sector Entities, Implementing Directive
Office of the Chief Security Officer, Department of Homeland Security, February 2012. 


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Security Clearances

National Security Adjudicative Guidelines (Effective: 08 June 2017), 
Security Executive Agent, Directive 4, U.S. Department of Defense

Questionnaire for National Security Purposes, SF 86

Revised December 2010

Standard Form 312: Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement


Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement (Standard Form 312) 

Briefing Booklet, Information Security Oversight Office 

The Security Clearance and Investigation Process

United States Office of Personnel Management (PowerPoint Presentation) 

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MISC. REPORTS, ARTICLES, AND STUDIES



Procedures to cover Spillage of Classified Information Onto Unclassified Systems, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2015

Guidelines for Cases Involving Classified Information, 
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

S. Doc. 105-2 - Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy, December 31, 1997


Disclosure of Classified Information to Congress, Hearings Before the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, S.Hrg 105-729, 

February 4 and 11, 1998

Processing Classified Information on Portable Computers 
in the Department of JusticeAudit Report 05-32, Audit Division, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, July 2005


Ronald Timothy Reagan, Federal Judicial Center, 2007

Classified Information Policy and Executive Order 13526, Kevin Kosar, Congressional Research Service, December 10, 2010 

Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Jennifer Elsea, Congressional Research Service, April 10, 2013  


Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information,

Jennifer Elsea, Congressional Research Service, June 24, 2013

Office of the Secretary: Evaluation of Email Records Management 
and Cybersecurity Requirements, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of State, May 2016

Classified Information Leaks and Free Speech, Heidi Kitrosser, 
University of Illinois Law Review, 2008

National Insecurity: The Impacts of Illegal Disclosures of Classified Information, Mark D. Young (2014)


Securing Classified Information: A Six-Step Approach 
to Data Classification, Siti Hazwah Abd Karim et al, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Vol. 6(4), 2015 , 3414-3418.

Improper Handling of Classified Information By John Deutch
Report of Investigation, Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency, 1998-0028-IG

The Leaky Leviathan: Why the Government Condemns and 
Condones Unlawful Disclosures of InformationDavid E. Pozen, Vol. 127, Harvard Law Review, 2014

The Classified Information Procedures Act in the Age of Terrorism: Remodeling CIPA in an Offense-Specific Manner
Arjun Chandran, Notes, Duke Law Journal, Vol. 64 (2015)

Fixing Leaks: Assessing the Department of Defense's 
Approach to Preventing and Deterring Unauthorized Disclosures
James B. Bruce and W. George Jameson,  National Defense Research Institute, Rand Corporation, 2013

A Proposal to Reduce Government Overclassification 
of Information Related to National Security, Herbert Lin, 
Journal of National Security Law & Policy, Vol. 7, 2014