Accession Number:

ADA379584

Title:

Nuclear Security. Information on DOE's Requirements for Protecting and Controlling Classified Documents

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC RESOURCES COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Wells, Jim

Report Date:

2000-07-11

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

DOE has required additional controls for Top Secret documents. These have included assigning a Top Secret Control Officer, who has ultimate responsibility for Top Secret documents conducting a verification to certify that all Top Secret documents have been returned to storage at the end of each work day and maintaining a Top Secret access record that lists all persons who are authorized access to Top Secret documents. Changes to DOEs Requirements Over the Past 12 Years In general, over the past 12 years, many requirements for Secret and Top Secret classified matter protection and control have been discontinued. Specifically, requirements for maintaining records and receipting and reproducing classified documents were discontinued. According to DOE classified matter protection and control officials, these changes were implemented to promote government wide uniformity among contractors and to account for technological changes, such as computers, copiers, and faxes, in the processing and storage of classified information. In our ongoing evaluation, we will be looking at how other agencies protect and control classified documents.

Descriptors:

• *DATA MANAGEMENT
• *DATA PROCESSING SECURITY
• *CLASSIFIED MATERIALS
• NATIONAL SECURITY
• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
• RECORDS MANAGEMENT
• INVENTORY CONTROL
• REGULATIONS
• SECURITY PERSONNEL
• ACCOUNTABILITY

Subject Categories:

• Information Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE