Citation[]
The White House, Executive Order 12065: National Security Information (June 28, 1978) (full-text).
Overview[]
This Executive Order is intended to balance the public's interest in access to Government information with the need to protect certain national security information from disclosure. It addresses classification designation; classification authority; the limitations on delegation of classification authority; exceptional cases; duration of classification; the use of derivative classification; declassification authority; declassification policy; and downgrading.