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Selected Documents on Intelligence Security Policy
Security Executive Agent Directives
- Security Executive Agent Authorities and Responsibilities, Security Executive Agent Directive 1, March 13, 2012
- Use of Polygraph in Support of Personnel Security Determinations for Initial or Continued Eligibility for Access to Classified Information or Eligibility to Hold a Sensitive Position, Security Executive Agent Directive 2, updated September 1, 2020
- Reporting Requirements for Personnel with Access to Classified Information or Who Hold a Sensitive Position, Security Executive Agent Directive 3, June 12, 2017
- National Security Adjudicative Guidelines, Security Executive Agent Directive 4, June 8, 2017
- Collection, Use, and Retention of Publicly Available Social Media Information in Personnel Security Background Investigations and Adjudications, Security Executive Agent Directive 5, May 12, 2016
- Continous Evaluation, Security Executive Agent Directive 6, January 12, 2018
- Reciprocity of Background Investigations and National Security Adjudications, Security Executive Agent Directive 7, November 9, 2018
- Temporary Eligibility, Security Executive Agent Directive 8, May 18, 2020
- Clarifying Guidance Concerning Marijuana for Agencies Conducting Adjudications of Persons Proposed for Eligibility for Access to Classified Information or Eligibility to Hold a Sensitive Position, DNI Memorandum, December 21, 2021
- Appellate Review of Retaliation Regarding Security Clearances and Access Determinations, Security Executive Agent Directive 9, May 28, 2022
Intelligence
- DNI Haines: "deficiencies in the current classification system undermine our national security", January 5, 2022, in reply to a letter from Sens. Wyden and Moran
- Federal Personnel Vetting Core Doctrine, ODNI and OPM, Federal Register, January 13, 2021
- Report on Common Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, ODNI report to Congress, September 2020
- Status of Attorney General-Approved U.S. Person Procedures Under Executive Order 12333, ODNI report to Congress, September 2020
- FY 2019 Report on Security Clearance Determinations (redacted), Office of the Director of National Intelligence, April 2020
- Rescission of Executive Order 13556, Controlled Unclassified Information, memo from DNI Ratcliffe, December 4, 2020
- Transforming Federal Personnel Vetting: Measures to Expedite Reform and Further Reduce the Federal Government's Background Investigation Inventory (redacted), memo from the Acting DNI and the OPM director, February 3, 2020
- FY 2018 Report on Security Clearance Determinations (redacted), Office of the Director of National Intelligence, March 2019
- Audit Report of Intelligence Community Security Clearance Reciprocity, IC Inspector General, December 2012
- The AIM Initiative: A Strategy for Augmenting Intelligence Using Machines, ODNI, January 2019
- Assessment of IC Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Programs, IC IG Report INS-2018-001, September 28, 2018
- FY 2017 Report on Security Clearance Determinations, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, August 2018
- Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Quarterly Report (quarter ending 31 December 2017), February 2018
- Guide to Posted Documents Regarding Use of National Security Authorities -- Updated as of June 2019, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, June 19, 2019
- Email from more than 426 CIA accounts to be preserved under NARA capstone schedule, submitted July 2017, approved by NARA April 2018
- FY 2016 Report on Security Clearance Determinations, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, March 2018
- Issuance of Updated Intelligence Cornrnunity Directive 107 on Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency, DNI memorandum to agency heads, March 22, 2017 (updated ICD 107)
- Intelligence Community Markings System: Register and Manual, effective 31 December 2016
- CIA's Process for Investigating Leaks of Classified Information (redacted), CIA Inspector General audit report, July 17, 2012
- Guide to Accompany the National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards, National Insider Threat Task Force, November 2013
- Declassification of Historical Intelligence Records Concerning the Tet Offensive, DNI memorandum to IC agencies, January 4, 2018
- Declassification Proposals -- Progress Report, ODNI, August 2017
- DNI Supplemental Study to the Fiscal Year 2017 Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, June 2017
- Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information -- Various ODNI Policy Memoranda, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2006-2010 (via Politico)
- NRO Responses on Feasibility of Certain Classification Policy Reforms, February 28, 2017
- Principles of Classification Management for the Intelligence Community, ODNI, March 2017
- NRO Review and Redaction Guide (redacted), National Reconnaissance Office, 2015 Edition
- Procedures for the Availability or Dissemination of Raw Signals Intelligence Information by the National Security Agency Under Section 2.3 of Executive Order 12333, ODNI and SECDEF, approved by the Attorney General on January 3, 2017
- Improving the Intelligence Community's Declassification Process and the Community's Support to the National Declassification Center, ODNI, December 2016
- NSA Report on Authorized Disclosures of Classified Information to Media Personnel, report to Congress (redacted), December 13, 2013
- IC Senior Historians to Select Topics for Possible Declassification, memo from the DNI, December 9, 2016
- Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information, ODNI course curriculum, December 2016
- CIA Report on 2015 Decennial Review of Operational Files Designations, report to Congress, April 14, 2016
- 2015 Report on Security Clearance Determinations, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, June 2016
- U.S. Insider Threat Security Classification Guide, ODNI, 16 December 2013
- Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Authorities - CY 2015, ODNI, May 2, 2016
- Charter of the Intelligence Transparency Council, ODNI, April 5, 2016
- DNI Addendum to the FY2017 Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, March 23, 2016
- Fiscal Year 2016 Reciprocity of Security Clearances, ODNI /NCSC
- Fiscal Year 2015 Reciprocity of Security Clearances, ODNI /NCSC
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence Classification Guide (ODNI CG) (redacted), Version 2.1, September 30, 2014
- DNI Delegation of Original Classification Authority (OCA), ODNI Instruction 10.03, Revision 3, November 6, 2015
- Classification and Marking of ODNI Intelligence Information, ODNI Instruction 80.12, Revision 2, January 15, 2016
- Original Classification Authority, ODNI Instruction 80.16, Revision 3, September 12, 2015
- Examination of the Adjudicative Guidelines: Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Personnel Security Practitioners, ODNI, March 2011
- Classification and Marking of Imagery Derived from Space-based National Intelligence Reconnaissance Systems, DNI memorandum for NGA director, November 12, 2014
- Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Form 4414, Revised December 2013
- Principles of Intelligence Transparency: Implementation Plan, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, October 27, 2015
- 2014 Report on Security Clearance Determinations, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, April 2015
- Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Authorities for CY 2014, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, April 22, 2015
- Evaluation of the ODNI Under the Reducing Over-Classification Act, IC Inspector General, 30 December 2014
- Reporting Possible Violations of Federal and State Criminal Law, DNI memorandum, July 3, 2014
- Changes to the HUMINT Control System (HCS), PDDNI memorandum, May 20, 2014
- Validation of Personnel with Eligibility for Access to Classified Information, DNI memorandum to executive agencies, October 31, 2013
- CIA Report of Evaluation Required by the Reducing Over-Classification Act, CIA Office of Inspector General, 26 September 2013
- Strategy and Schedule for Security Clearance Reciprocity, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, April 2014
- Summary of CIA IG Report on Improper Access to Senate Intelligence Committee Records, CIA Inspector General, July 31, 2014
- DNI Clapper on continuous evaluation (CE) and user activity monitoring (UAM), letter to Congress, July 25, 2014
- Civil Liberties and Privacy Guidance for Intelligence Community Professionals: Properly Obtaining and Using Publicly Available Information, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, July 2011
- Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Authorities for CY 2013, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, June 26, 2014
- Assessment of ODNI Activities Under Executive Order 13636, December 2, 2013
- An Assessment of Contractor Personnel Security Clearance Processes in the Four Defense Intelligence Agencies, Department of Defense Inspector General, April 14, 2014
- 2013 Report on Security Clearance Determinations, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, April 2014
- Overview of NCTC's Data Access as Authorized by the 2012 Attorney General Guidelines as of March 2014, National Counterterrorism Center
- NCTC Annual Report on the Access, Retention, Use and Dissemination of US Person Information (Redacted) for the period March 2012-March 2013, National Counterterrorism Center
- Advance Passenger Information System Data: DHS-NCTC Memorandum of Agreement (Redacted), National Counterterrorism Center, June 2013
- NRO Inspector General Evaluation of NRO Classification Management under the Reducing Over-Classification Act, September 30, 2013 (via GovernmentAttic.org)
- Role-Based Access Policy, National Counterterrorism Center Policy Number 4, 24 June 2012
- Information Sharing Rules of the Road, National Counterterrorism Center Policy Number 1, 14 May 2012 (?)
- Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement, Standard Form 312, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, revised July 2013
- 2012 Report on Security Clearance Determinations, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, January 2013
- Classified National Security Information, NSA/CSS Policy 1-52, November 16, 2012
- Declassified KH-9 Imagery: NARA-NGA Memorandum of Agreement (redacted), November 11, 2012
- Deterring and Detecting Unauthorized Disclosures, Including Leaks to the Media, Through Strengthened Polygraph Programs, memorandum from DNI James R. Clapper, July 13, 2012
- Re-establishment of Program for Review of Imagery From Space-Based National Intelligence Reconnaissance Systems, memorandum from DNI Dennis C. Blair, May 26, 2010
- DNI Memorandum on Declassification of Historical Imagery, January 20, 2011
- 2011 Report on Security Clearance Determinations, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, July 2012
- NRO Key Changes to Classification 2011-2012, National Reconnaissance Office, released June 2012
- NRO Progress Report on Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, National Reconnaissance Office, January 24, 2012
- NCTC Guidelines for Access, Retention, Use and Dissemination of Information in Datasets Containing Non-Terrorism Information, March 22, 2012
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence on Guidelines for Access, Retention, Use, and Dissemination by the National Counterterrorism Center of Terrorism Information Contained Within Datasets Identified as Including Non-Terrorism Information and Information Pertaining Exclusively to Domestic Terrorism, November 4, 2008
- ODNI Interim Report on the Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, January 27, 2012
- NRO Progress Report on Fundamental Classification Guidance Review, National Reconnaissance Office, July 21, 2011
- ODNI Update on Fundamental Classification Guidance Review from John F. Hackett, July 21, 2011
- ODNI Memo on Fundamental Classification Guidance Review from Stephanie L. O'Sullivan, May 26, 2011
- Report on Security Clearance Determinations for Fiscal Year 2010, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, September 2011
- CIA Rule on Access by Historical Researchers and Certain Former Government Personnel, Federal Register, September 23, 2011
- CIA Rule on Mandatory Declassification Review, Federal Register, September 23, 2011
- CIA Classification Challenge Regulations, Federal Register, September 23, 2011
- Intelligence Community Reporting and Investigation of Unauthorized Disclosures of Classified Information (redacted), DNI Memo E/S 00274, May 7, 2011
- Intelligence Community Handling of Unauthorized Disclosures, DNI Memo E/S 00212, May 12, 2010
- Authorized Classification and Control Markings Register and Manual, CAPCO, Version 6.0, effective 28 February 2013, with administrative update 05 April 2013 (Source)
- Authorized Classification and Control Markings Register, CAPCO, Volume 5, Edition 1, effective 30 December 2011, with administrative update 30 March 2012
- Authorized Classification and Control Markings Register, CAPCO, Volume 4, Edition 2, May 31, 2011 (Unredacted version dated 2008 via Public Intelligence)
- Intelligence Community Classification and Control Markings Implementation Manual, CAPCO, Volume 4, Edition 2, May 31, 2011 (Unredacted version dated 2008 via Public Intelligence)
- ODNI Original Classification Authority, ODNI Instruction 80.16, October 21, 2010
- The ODNI Director, Information Management, ODNI Instruction 10.20, May 18, 2009
- ODNI Implementation Plan for Executive Order 13526 on Classified National Security Information, December 31, 2010
- ODNI Report on Classification Management in Fiscal Year 2010, Standard Form 311, November 12, 2010
- Security Guidance for Representatives, Central Intelligence Agency, updated 2009
- Security Guidance for Representatives, Central Intelligence Agency, 2007
- Authorized Classification and Control Markings Register, DNI Special Security Center / CAPCO, 12 May 2008 (Unredacted version via Public Intelligence)
- Report on DIA Destruction of Jose Padilla Interrogation Records, National Archives, June 2008
- Memorandum of Understanding Between the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Archives and Records Administration, April 2008
- Intelligence Community Classification Guidance Findings and Recommendations Report, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer, January 2008
- Introduction to Identifying Intelligence Community Classifications and Control Markings, no date (~2004)
- Declassification Program Managers Council - June 1998 Meeting Agenda
- Record of President's Meeting with the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, July 18, 1970
- CIA Report on Second Decennial Review of Operational Files Designations, June 2005
- Memorandum of Understanding Between the Intelligence Community, Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, and the Department of Homeland Security Concerning Information Sharing, March 4, 2003
- DIA and NSA Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1972, from the papers of Rep. George Mahon (courtesy of Prof. David Barrett, Villanova University)
- CIA: Location of Budgeted Funds, Fiscal Year 1953, from the papers of Rep. George Mahon (courtesy of Prof. David Barrett, Villanova University)
- Intelligence Community Classification and Control Markings Implementation, Counterintelligence and Security Awareness Training Team, 1.5 MB PowerPoint file
- Declassifying the "Fact of" US Satellite Photoreconnaissance (1978), memo for the Director of Central Intelligence, September 11, 1978
- CIA Comments on Draft Unauthorized Disclosure Legislation - 1977, memorandum from CIA General Counsel Anthony A. Lapham, 18 March 1977
- Critique of the Codeword Compartment in the CIA, Center for the Study of Intelligence Monograph, March 1977.
- Declassification "Special Searches" at CIA, as reported to Congress 18 October 1999
- Records Management in the Central Intelligence Agency, March 2000
- Polygraph Policy
- Selected National Security Agency Declassification Decisions
- CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence Declassification Projects, 1997
- Declassification in Support of the Foreign Relations of the United States Series, a speech by Dr. Brian Latell, Director, CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence, June 20, 1997
- Speech on Current CIA Declassification
Activities, July 24, 1996
- FOIA Exemption for CIA Operational Files,
Decennial Review, Report to Congress, May 1995
- Charter of the DOD-DCI Joint Security Executive Committee, June 1994
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