Other Government Documents on Secrecy and Security Policy
Intelligence
Department of Homeland Security
State
- Annual Report on Interdiction of Aircraft Engaged in Illicit Drug Trafficking (2020), State Department report to Congress, January 2021
- Annual Report on Interdiction of Aircraft Engaged in Illicit Drug Trafficking (2019), State Department report to Congress, January 2020
- Review of the Department of State's Role in Arms Transfers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, State Department Office of Inspector General, August 2020
- Annual Report on Interdiction of Aircraft Engaged in Illicit Drug Trafficking (2017), State Department report to Congress, January 2018
- Gifts given by the United States to foreign individuals in FY2014, report to Congress, 2015 (released under FOIA March 2018)
- Evaluation of the Department of State's Security Clearance Process, Office of Inspector General, July 2017
- Compliance Follow-up Review of the Department of State's Implementation of Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information, Office of Inspector General, September 2016
- Office of the Secretary: Evaluation of Email Records Management and Cybersecurity Requirements, Inspector General report, May 2016
- Classified Material Discovered in Unclassified Archival Material, Memo from State Dept Inspector General, March 2, 2016
- Department of State Declassification Guide for exemption from automatic declassification, 2014 release (via GovernmentAttic.org)
- Inspection of Office of Information Programs and Services, State Department Inspector General, September 2012
- State Department Interim Status Update on Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, February 10, 2012
- History of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the United States Department of State, October 2011
- Department of State Classification Guide, January 2005 (redacted) (thanks to National Security Archive)
- Report Relating to the Interdiction of Aircraft Engaged in Illicit Drug Trafficking, report to Congress, February 2004
- A Review of U.S. Assistance to Peruvian Counter-Drug Air Interdiction Efforts and the Shootdown of a Civilian Aircraft on April 20, 2001, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, October 2001
- State Dept Comments on Applicability of Geneva Convention to Al Qaeda and Taliban Prisoners, memor to White House Counsel from William H. Taft, IV, February 2, 2002
- Protecting Classified Documents at State Department Headquarters, Office of Inspector General Oversight Audit, September 1999.
- Declassifying State Department Secrets, Office of Inspector General Oversight Audit, September 1998.
Energy
Defense
Office of Management and Budget
- Fiscal Year 2021 Administration Research and Development Budget Priorities, August 30, 2021
- Selected OMB Documents on Security Clearance Reform
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Justice
- Freedom of Information Act Guidelines, memorandum from the Attorney General, March 15, 2022
- Use of Compulsory Process to Obtain Information from, or Records of, Members of the News Media, Attorney General memorandum, July 19, 2021
- Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Insider Threat Program (Public Summary), Inspector General Audit Report, September 2017
- Follow-up Audit of the DOJ's Implementation of and Compliance with Certain Classification Requirements, second audit under the Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2010, September 2016
- Updated Justice Department Policy Regarding Obtaining Information from, or Records of, Members of the News Media, January 14, 2015
- Justice Department Policy Regarding Obtaining Information from Members of the News Media, February 21, 2014
- Audit of DOJ's Implementation of and Compliance with Certain Classification Requirements, first audit under the Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2010, Inspector General Audit Report 13-40, September 2013
- Department of Justice Report on Review of News Media Policies, July 12, 2013
- Department of Justice Security Program Operating Manual Version 3.0, December 21, 2010
- Department of Justice Declassification Plan, revised October 27, 2005
- Memorandum of Understanding Between the Intelligence Community, Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, and the Department of Homeland Security Concerning Information Sharing, March 4, 2003
- Report to Congress on Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information from Attorney General John Ashcroft, October 2002
- Statement of Attorney General John Ashcroft on Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information, prepared for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence but not delivered, September 5, 2001
- Statement of Attorney General Janet Reno on Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, June 14, 2000
- Judicial Review of Security Clearance Determinations, a Justice Department Discussion Paper
- Preventing Disclosure of Classified Information in Prisons, Federal Register, June 20, 1997
- Access to Classified Information: Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel Opinion on matters raised by the Richard Nuccio case, November 26, 1996
- Justice Department Memo on Cyberspace Defense March 14, 1996
Department of the Treasury
- Periodic Report on the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities, report to Congress from the Secretary of the Treasury, September 28, 2017
- Periodic Report on the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities, report to Congress from the Secretary of the Treasury, October 1, 2015
Department of Agriculture
- Inspector General Audit of U.S. Department of Agriculture's Classification Management Program under the Reducing Over-Classification Act, September 2013
- Control and Protection of "Sensitive Security Information", USDA Departmental Regulation 3440-02, 30 January 2003 (PDF).
- Cover Sheet for USDA Sensitive Security Information
Classified Document Cover Sheets (US)
- Cover Sheet for TOP SECRET documents, Standard Form 703
- Cover Sheet for SECRET documents, Standard Form 704
- Cover Sheet for CONFIDENTIAL documents, Standard Form 705
- Cover Sheet for FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY documents
- Gag Cover Sheets [a spoof] [PowerPoint format]
NATO Classified Document Cover Sheets
- COSMIC Top Secret
- COSMIC Top Secret ATOMAL
- NATO Secret
- NATO Secret ATOMAL
- NATO Confidential
- NATO Confidential ATOMAL
- NATO Restricted
Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Forms
- Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Form 4414, rev. December 2013
- Sensitive Compartmented Information Indoctrination Memorandum, DD Form 1847
- Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Statement, DD Form 1847-1
- Sensitive Compartmented Information Debriefing Memorandum, DD Form 1848
- Foreign Travel Questionnaire, completed after an SCI cleared individual completes travel to a foreign country
- Foreign Contact Questionnaire, completed if an SCI cleared individual is approached to become involved in subversion or espionage
- SCI Screening Interview, used prior to submitting a request for a TS/SCI Clearance
Miscellaneous
- New Government-wide Records Management Policy, NARA Notice 2019-05, June 28, 2019
- Improvements to the Clearance Process, memo from WH Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, February 16, 2018
- Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Standard Form 312, as revised July 2013
- Postal Inspection Service Mail Covers Program, US Postal Service Office of Inspector General, May 28, 2014
- National Declassification Center Director Announces Successful Retirement of 352 Million Page Backlog, email message to staff, December 31, 2013
- EPA Does Not Adequately Follow National Security Information Classification Standards, Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General, November 15, 2013
- Follow-up Audit on Recommendations from Audit Report No. OIG-13-031-A, Classified Information Policies and Practices at the Department of Commerce Need Improvement, Department of Commerce Inspector General Report, September 30, 2016
- Classified Information Policies and Practices at the Department of Commerce Need Improvement, Department of Commerce Inspector General Report, September 30, 2013
- Report on Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, United States Trade Representative, July 3, 2012
- USAID Management Challenges FY2011: Safeguarding Classified Material, February 24, 2012
- Mishandling of Classified Records at the Washington National Records Center, NARA Office of Inspector General, report on investigation, 2007-2010
- NASA Interim Report on the Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, January 26, 2012
- Bi-annual Report on Operations of the National Declassification Center, December 31, 2011
- USA-EU Agreement on the Security of Classified Information, April 2007
- Standard Form 86 (SF 86), Questionnaire for National Security Positions, rev. December 2010
- Bi-annual Report on Operations of the National Declassification Center, December 31, 2010
- Department of the Treasury Security Classification Guide, December 2010
- Region 6 Needs to Improve Oversight Practices, Environmental Protection Agency Office of the Inspector General, April 14, 2010
- The National Declassification Center: Releasing All We Can, Protecting What We Must, National Archives, Project Update, February 2010
- The National Declassification Center: Releasing What We Can, Protecting What We Must, briefing by Assistant Archivist Michael J. Kurtz, National Archives, November 2009
- Defense Research and Development Projects: Memo of Understanding Between the United States and the United Kingdom, April 2000
- A Concept of Operations for a National Declassification Center, National Archives and Records Administration, revised July 8, 2009
- Report on Alternative Models for Presidential Libraries, National Archives and Records Administration, September 25, 2009
- GPO Inspector General Report on Publication of House Document on U.S. Nuclear Sites, U.S. Government Printing Office, August 3, 2009
- NL Study to Increase Pages Processed at Presidential Libraries, National Archives and Records Administration Office of Presidential Libraries (NL), Spring 2007
- Public Interest Declassification Board Annual Report for CY 2006, January 19, 2007
- Report of the Security Clearance Oversight Group, Office of Management and Budget, February 2007
- Report of Investigation on Samuel R. Berger, National Archives and Records Administration Inspector General, released in redacted form December 2006
- Report on Declassification Challenges, National Archives and Records Administration, August 3, 2006
- Reciprocal Recognition of Existing Personnel Security Clearances, Office of Management and Budget, July 17, 2006
- Enhancing Risk Management at the National Institutes of Health Through an Audit of the Ethics Program, National Academy of Public Administration, January 2006 (4 MB PDF)
- NASA Policy on the Release of Information to News and Information Media, March 30, 2006
- Assessment of the Controls and Security of NARA Classified Systems, National Archives Inspector General Report No. 04-10, March 31, 2004.
- CDC Policy on Sensitive But Unclassified Information, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, revised February 2006.
- World Law Bulletin, Law Library of Congress
- Guidelines for Providing Appropriate Access to Geospatial Data in Response to Security Concerns, Federal Geographic Data Committee, US Geological Survey, June 2005
- NRC Task Force Report on Public Disclosure of Security-Related Information, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, May 18, 2005 (approved June 30, 2005)
- Critical Energy Infrastructure Information, final rule, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, June 21, 2005
- Withdrawal of Federal Information Products from GPO's Information Dissemination Programs, Government Printing Office Information Dissemination Policy 72, June 21, 2005
- Dept of Health and Human Services Information Security Program, December 15, 2004
- Security Clearance Reciprocity: A Progress Report, PERSEREC, April 2004
- NASA: Suggestions for Anticipating Requests Under Freedom of Information Act, internal memo on tips for evading FOIA, 1989
- The Judge Advocate's Handbook For Litigating National Security Cases: Prosecuting, Defending and Adjudicating National Security Cases, National Security and Intelligence Law Division (Code 17), Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Navy, 2002
- Japanese Imperial Government Records files received by NARA
- Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act - FBI Files Received by NARA, September 10, 2002
- Invention Secrecy at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- The State of Declassification Today, a speech by John W. Carlin, Archivist of the United States, 5 December 1996
- An Inventory of Standards Affecting Security
- US Army Sensitive Records and Information Agency (SRIA) - Establishment, 3 August 1992
- National Security Directive 63, Single Scope Background Investigations, October 1991
- GAO on Environmental Oversight of Classified Programs
- Skunk Works Critique of Secrecy and Security Policies
- Annual Report to Congress on Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage (July 1995)
- GAO Report on the 1947 Roswell Incident, July 1995 (PDF Version)
- FBI Memorandum of Understanding with ISOO on Implementation of Executive Order 12958, July 31, 1995