The following agencies have received approval from the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) to exempt specific information from automatic declassification and may receive referrals resulting from automatic declassification reviews. Each agency is only authorized to use the exemptions listed in the respective tables below. In accordance with section 3.3(d)(3) of Executive Order 13526, “Classified National Security Information” (the “Order”), these agencies should not be sent referrals for information that they are not authorized to exempt.
To exempt records from automatic declassification, agencies must have the specific authority to extend the duration of classification beyond 25 years in the form of a File Series Exemption and/or an Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) approved declassification guide. Information may be considered for exemption if one or more of the following exemption categories apply:
This post was published on July 16, 2020 12:54 pm
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