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GAO Reports Address Government Document Classification

  • Managing Sensitive Information: Actions Needed to Ensure Recent Changes in DOE Oversight Do Not Weaken an Effective Classification System, Full-text GAO-06-785, and Highlights, June 30, 2006: “DOE’s Office of Classification’s systematic training, comprehensive guidance, and rigorous oversight programs had a largely successful history of ensuring that information was classified and declassified according to established criteria. However, an October 2005 shift in responsibility for classification oversight to the Office of Security Evaluations has created uncertainty about whether a high level of performance in oversight will be sustained.”
  • Managing Sensitive Information: DOD Can More Effectively Reduce the Risk of Classification Errors, Full-text GAO-06-706, and Highlights, June 30, 2006: “A lack of oversight and inconsistent implementation of DOD’s information security program are increasing the risk of misclassification.”
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