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                 Information Security Oversight Office
                             Washington, DC

                            October 28, 1993

Dear Mr. Klotz:

     Thank you for your letter of September 19, acknowledging receipt of
the copy of the Presidential Review Directive (PRD) 29 that we sent you.

     In response to your request, we are enclosing a copy of a Notice
published in the _Federal Register_ dated May 20, 1993, entitled "Hearing;
Changes to the Security Classification System."


                                      Sincerely,

                               /s/    Ethel R. Geis
                                 for
                                      Steven Garfinkel
                                      Director

Mr. James Klotz
Post Office Box 832
Mercer Island, WA 98040

Enclosures

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                FEDERAL REGISTER  Thursday  May 20, 1993

                                Part III

                 INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE

     Hearing; Changes to the Security classification System; Notice

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29480 Federal Register / Vol. 58, No. 96 / Thursday, May 20, 1993 / Notices

                 INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE

         Hearing: Changes to the Security Classification System

 Take notice that on June 9 and 10, 1993, an interagency Task Force chaired
by the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) will convene to hear oral
presentations by interested parties on proposals to change the system under
which information is classified, safeguarded, and declassified in the
interest of national security. That system is currently embodied in Executive
Order 12356, entitled "National Security Information," 47 FR 27836, April 6,
1982.

Background

 By Presidential Review Directive, an interagency Task Force chaired by ISOO
is responsible for drafting and proposing to the National Security Council no
later than November 30, 1993, a security classification system to replace
E.O. 12356. The Task Force has been divided into seven Committees to gather
input, consider proposals, and recommend changes to be incorporated into the
draft order, These Committees are as follows:
 Committee on Classification Standards: This Committee is responsible for
responding to the following questions: In the post Cold War era, what types
of information continue to require protection through classification in the
interest of our national security? Do we need three levels of classification?
 Committee on Excessive Classification: This Committee is responsible for
responding to the following question: What steps can be taken to avoid
excessive classification?
 Committee on Duration of Classification: This Committee is responsible for
responding to the following question: What steps can be taken to declassify
information as quickly as possible?
 Committee on Declassification: This Committee is responsible for responding
to the following question: What steps can be taken to declassify or otherwise
dispose of the large amounts of classified information that currently exist
in Government archives or other repositories?
 Committee on Access and Dissemination: This Committee is responsible for
responding to the following questions: What steps can be taken to control
unnecessary distribution and reproduction of classified information? What
steps can be taken to enforce the "need-to-know" principle?
 Committee on Oversight: This Committee is responsible for responding to the
following questions: What steps can be taken to reduce the number of, and to
provide adaquate oversight and control over, special access programs? What
steps can be taken to increase individual accountability for the operation of
the classification system? What steps can be taken to improve oversight of
the classification program generally?
 Committee on Safeguards: This Committee is responsible for reponding to the
following questions: In what way should the executive order address
information systems security? What requirements, restrictions, and other
safeguards should be specifically addressed in the executive order taking
into account (i) damage from unauthorized disclosures; (ii) existing or
anticipated threats: and (iii) the short and long-term costs of the
requirements, restrictions, or other safeguards?

Purpose

  To help assure that all organizations and individuals that hsve an
interest in the security classification system have an opportunity to present
their views and proposals, the Task Force Committees will convene to receive
oral presentations, statements and testimony.

Location

  The Great Hall, First Floor, Department of Justice Headquarters Building,
Constitution Avenue. between 9th and 10th Streets, Northwest.

Washington, DC.,Please enter at middle entrance on Constitution Avenue.

Times

June 9, 1993:
 Committee on Classification Standards: 9 - 10:30 a.m.
 Cornmittee on Excessive Classification: 10:30 a.m. - noon.
 Committee on Oversight: 1:30 - 3 p.m.
 Committee on Safeguards: 3 - 4:30 p.m. June 10, 1993:
 Committee on Duration of Classification: 9 - 10:30 a.m.
 Committee on Declassification: 10:30 - noon.
 Committee on Access and Dissemination: 1:30 - 3 p.m.

 Times are subject to change depending on expressed interest. Parties with
appointments will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.

Appointments

 Oral presentations will be scheduled by appointment. To reserve an
appointment time, please contact June Brown or Dorothy Cephas of ISOO, at
(202) 634-6150. Presenters are requested to keep their prepared statements as
concise as possible, and to provide specific written proposals for changes to
particular provisions of E.O. 12356. The presentations will be open to the
public.

Written ProposaLs

 The Task Force will accept and consider written proposals for changes to
E.O. 12356. Written proposals should be submitted as early as possible for
adequate dissemination and consideration, but no later than July 14, 1993.
Please address such proposals to the Information Security Oversight Office.
750 17th Street. NW., suite 530, Washington. DC 20006, Attention: PRD Task
Force.

Steven Garfinkel, Director, Information Security Oversight Office.

[FR Doc. 93-11942 Filed 5-19-93; 8:45 am]

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