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Selected Energy Department Documents
on Secrecy and Security Policy

  • Restricted Data Declassification Decisions, 1946 to the Present, Department of Energy, RDD-8, January 1, 2002

  • Classification Policy Study, Department of Energy (Meridian Corporation), July 4, 1992

  • Highly Enriched Uranium Inventory, Amounts of Highly Enriched Uranium in the United States, Updated through 2004

  • Highly Enriched Uranium: Striking A Balance, January 2001 (redacted)

  • The United States Plutonium Balance, 1944-2009, an update of Plutonium: The First 50 Years, June 2012

  • Plutonium: The First 50 Years, United States Plutonium Production, Acquisition, and Utilization from 1944 through 1994, Department of Energy, 1996

  • Index of Los Alamos National Laboratory Reports and Publications

  • Naval Reactors Physics Handbook, Volume 2: The Physics of Pressurized Water Reactors, edited by Sidney Krasik, Atomic Energy Commission, February 1959

  • Vacating the 1954 Atomic Energy Decision: In The Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm, December 16, 2022

  • List of Classified DOE Human Subjects Research projects in FY 2017, released under the Freedom of Information Act

  • Formerly Restricted Data Declassification Working Group briefing, October 11, 2016

  • Protection of Classified Subjects in Human Research, DOE Notice N443.1, approved January 21, 2016

  • Notice of Intent to Develop Notice 443.1, Protection of Human Subjects in Classified Research, DOE Office of Science, August 24, 2015

  • US Nuclear Stockpile Totals, FY 1962-2014, updated April 2015

  • Allegations Concerning Information Protection at Los Alamos National Laboratory, DOE Inspector General report DOE/IG-0935, February 2015

  • Classification Bulletin GEN-16, Revision 2, No Comment Policy on Classified Information in the Open Literature, September 23, 2014

  • Training Briefing on GEN-16, No Comment Policy on Classified Information in the Open Literature, October 2014

  • Review of Controls for Protecting Nonpublic Information at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DoE Inspector General Report DOE/IG-0933, January 2015

  • Review of Controls Over the Department's Classification of National Security Information, DoE Inspector General Report DOE/IG-0904, March 2014

  • Interim Report of the Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise, statement to the House Armed Services Committee, March 27, 2014

  • National Nuclear Security Administration Nuclear Weapons Systems Configuration Management, DoE Inspector General Report DOE/IG-0902, March 2014

  • Text of NATO Agreement on Sharing of Atomic Information (ATOMAL) to include Croatia, September 2013

  • Nuclear Counterterrorism, O 457.1A, August 26, 2013

  • Implementation of Presidential Policy Directive 19, Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information, DOE Notice N 472.3, July 10, 2013

  • Acceptance of Classified Excess Components for Disposal at Area 5, by Jeanne Poling and Max Saad, April 24, 2012

  • Nuclear Weapons Data Management, Manuel A. Garcia, Los Alamos National Laboratory, September 2012

  • Status Report on the Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, December 30, 2011

  • GEN-16 Revision: "No Comment" Policy on Classified Information in the Public Domain, DOE Classification Bulletin, August 31, 2011

  • DOE Proposes Amendment to Atomic Energy Act to Permit Reclassification of Restricted Data, letter to Congress, August 11, 2011

  • Novel Methods of Isotope Separation, Atomic Energy Commission public notice, August 1, 1972

  • Nuclear Material Control and Accountability, DOE Order O474.2, change 1. August 3, 2011

  • Personnel Security, DOE Order O472.2. July 21, 2011

  • Control of Nuclear Weapon Data, DOE Order O452.8. July 21, 2011

  • Safeguards and Security Program, DOE Order O470.4B, July 21, 2011

  • Information Security, DOE Order O471.6, June 20, 2011

  • Identifying Classified Information, Order 475.2A, February 1, 2011

  • Memo on the Fundamental Classification Guidance Review from Glenn S. Podonsky, November 16, 2010

  • Department of Energy Charter for the Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, November 4, 2010

  • Unclassified Foreign Visits and Assignments Program, Order 142.5. October 14, 2010

  • Transparency and Verification Options: An Initial Analysis of Approaches for Monitoring Warhead Dismantlement, May 19, 1997 (posted March 2009)

  • Information Security Manual, DOE Manual 470.4-4A, approved January 16, 2009, with Change 1, October 12, 2010

  • Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, Order 142.5. October 8, 2010

  • Protection of Use Control Vulnerabilities and Designs, Order 452.7. May 14, 2010

  • An Account of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Thirteen Nuclear Reactors, ORNL, August 2009 (revised March 2010)

  • Identification and Protection of Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information, DOE Order O471.1B, March 1, 2010

  • Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) Declared UCNI Utilization Facility, Karl Hugo, Department of Energy, April 28, 2010

  • DOE Policy on Freedom of Information Act, memorandum from Secretary Chu, June 5, 2009

  • Special Inquiry on "Selected Controls over Classified Information at the Los Alamos National Laboratory", DoE Inspector General, November 27, 2006

  • DOE Views on the Recommendations of the Public Interest Declassification Board, memorandum for the national security adviser, April 21, 2008

  • Arms Control and Nonproliferation Technologies, a DOE journal

  • Twenty-Fifth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, May 2007 (released October 2007).

  • Twenty-Fourth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, February 2007 (released March 2007).

  • DOE Marking Handbook, How to Mark Matter Containing Classified Information and Unclassified Controlled Information, September 26, 2006

  • Twenty-Third Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, November 2006 (released December 2006).

  • Twenty-Second Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, August 2006 (released September 2006).

  • Twenty-First Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, May 2006 (released July 2006).

  • Historical Records Declassification Guide (CG-HR-3, redacted version), October 2005

  • CommuniQué from the DOE Office of Classification and Information Control Policy, vol. XVII, issue 1, February 2006

  • Twentieth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, February 2006 (released March 2006).

  • DoE Declassification Plan, to comply with EO 12958, as amended, January 2006 (1.1 MB PDF)

  • Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information, DOE General Guideline GG-5, February 2004

  • CommuniQué from the DOE Office of Classification, vol. XVI, issue 4, November 2005

  • CommuniQué from the DOE Office of Classification and Information Control Policy, vol. XVI, issue 3, August 2005

  • CommuniQué from the DOE Office of Classification and Information Control Policy, vol. XVI, issue 2, May 2005

  • CommuniQué from the DOE Office of Classification and Information Control Policy, vol. XVI, issue 1, February 2005

  • Nineteenth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, November 2005 (released January 2006).

  • Eighteenth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, August 2005 (released November 2005).

  • Seventeenth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, May 2005 (released August 2005).

  • Sixteenth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, February 2005 (released May 2005).

  • DOE on Chuck Hansen, a heavily censored 1982 assessment of author Hansen released under the FOIA.

  • Fifteenth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, October 2004 (released February 2005).

  • Fourteenth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, March 2004 (released September 2004).

  • Thirteenth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, November 2003 (released April 2004).

  • CommuniQue from the DOE Office of Information Classification and Control Policy, vol. XV, issue 1, February 2004

  • Twelfth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, August 2003 (released February 2004).

  • Eleventh Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, May 2003 (released October 2003).

  • DOE Affirms Validity of NSDD-189 generally exempting fundamental research from security controls, Memorandum from DOE Secretary Abraham, May 12, 2003.

  • Tenth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, February 2003 (released July 2003).

  • Ninth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, November 2002 (released May 2003).

  • Eighth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, August 2002 (released January 2003).

  • The Department's Unclassified Foreign Visits and Assignments Program, DOE Inspector General Audit Report, December 2002.

  • Seventh Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, May 2002 (released November 2002).

  • Eligibility for Security Police Officer Positions in the Personnel Security Assurance Program, Federal Register, October 28, 2002.

  • Lawrence Livermore Has "No Comment" on Iraq, memo from LLNL Director Anastasio to Associate Directors, September 13, 2002.

  • Sixth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, February 2002 (released July 2002).

  • DOE's Accomplishment of Recommendations of the Commission on Science and Security (PDF), as of June 20, 2002. (See also Action Plan Summary).

  • Fifth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, November 2001 (released April 2002).

  • Personnel Security Clearances and Badge Access Controls at Department Headquarters, DOE Inspector General Audit Report DOE/IG-0548, March 2002.

  • DOE Implements the National Industrial Security Program, interim final rule, Federal Register, March 28, 2002.

  • Fourth Report to Congress on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data, August 2001.

  • Prospective Revision of Executive Order 12958 described in the DoE ONNSI newsletter CommuniQué, August 2001.

  • Requirements for Protected Disclosures of Classified Informations by Whistleblowers, DOE Final Rule, Federal Register, October 30, 2001.

  • DOE Criteria for Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified Matter, Federal Register, September 11, 2001.

  • GAO: Nuclear Security: DOE Needs to Improve Control Over Classified Information, General Accounting Office Report GAO-01-806, August 2001 (380 kB PDF file).

  • Personnel Security Manual, DOE Manual 472.1-1B, approved July 2001 (PDF Version).

  • Third Report on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data under Executive Order 12958, May 2001.

  • Charter of the Commission on Science and Security, as revised for DOE Secretary Abraham, 2001.

  • DOE Classifies Privately Generated Information on the SILEX isotope separation process, Federal Register, June 26, 2001.

  • Special Review of Profiling Concerns at the Department of Energy, memo from the DOE Inspector General on allegations of racial and ethnic profiling, April 3, 2001.

  • Response to Interim Assessment of Science and Security at DOE Laboratories, memorandum from Secretary Richardson, January 18, 2001.

  • Requirements for Protected Disclosures of Classified Informations by Whistleblowers, DOE Interim Rule, Federal Register, January 18, 2001.

  • List of Nuclear Weapons Production-Related Facilities, Federal Register, January 17, 2001.

  • A Report Card on the Department of Energy's Nonproliferation Programs with Russia, Howard Baker and Lloyd Cutler, co-chairs, Russia Task Force, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, January 10, 2001
  • Restricted Data Declassification Decisions, 1946 to the Present, Department of Energy, RDD-7, January 1, 2001.

  • Pentagon Opposes Declassification of Nuclear Stockpile Information, letter from Arthur L. Money, DoD, to Gen. Eugene Habiger, DOE, December 20, 2000.

  • Report of the Joint Policy Group for the Protection of Nuclear Weapons Design and Use Control Information, recommending creation of the new Sigma 16 classification category, December 1, 2000.

  • DOE Fact Sheets (CY 2000) on Proposed Declassification of:
  • Definitions of Sigma Classification Categories

  • Inspection of Selected Aspects of the Department of Energy's Classified Document Transmittal Process, DOE Inspector General, November 2000.

  • Science and Security in the Service of the Nation: A review of the security incident involving classified hard drives at Los Alamos National Laboratory, by the Honorable Howard H. Baker, Jr., and the Honorable Lee H. Hamilton, September 2000.

  • Interim Report on Control of Classified Weapons Data at the National Weapons Laboratories, DOE Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance (redacted version), June 2000.

  • Report on Allegations Concerning Security Self-Assessments at Los Alamos National Laboratory, DOE Inspector General, May 30, 2000.

  • Special Historical Records Review Plan (Supplement), transmitted April 13, 2000.

  • Second Report on Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data, Report to Congress, transmitted February 15, 2000.

  • Security in DOE: A Progress Report, A Report to the Secretary of Energy from the Office of Security and Emergency Operations, January 2000.

  • Strength Through Leadership; Confidence Through Security, Year-End Status of Safeguards and Security in the Nuclear Weapons Complex, A Report to the Secretary of Energy from the Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance, January 2000.

  • Inadvertent Releases of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data Before October 17, 1998, Report to Congress, Executive Summary (unclassified) 1999

  • Science At Its Best; Security At Its Worst, Report of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board on Security Problems at the U.S. Department of Energy, June 1999.

  • Report of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Working Group on Foreign Visits and Assignments, June 8, 1999

  • Quarterly Report on the Declassification Productivity Research Center (1998)

  • Annual Report on the Declassification Productivity Research Center (1997)

  • Annual Report on the Declassification Productivity Research Center (1996)

  • Report of the Fundamental Classification Policy Review Group issued by the Department of Energy (unclassified version), December 1997

  • DOE Contracts to Include Declassification Review, October 3, 1997

  • Public Guide to the Department of Energy Openness Program, 15 January 1997

  • Department of Energy Analysis of Declassification Efforts, December 12, 1996

  • DOE History of Classification and Declassification, July 22, 1996

  • Subject Area Indicators and Key Word List for Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data, to assist in identifying possibly classified information, April 1996

  • Protecting the Nation's Nuclear Information, An Overview of the Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data Classification System, November 1995

  • Security Termination Statement, DOE Form 5631.29 terminating classified access authorization.

  • Security Acknowledgment, DOE Form 5631.18 accepting security obligations for access to classified information.

  • Federation of American Scientists Statement on Personnel Security Policy (1954), provided to Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss, July 15, 1954 (1.7 MB PDF)

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