Executive Order 12065

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Executive Order 12065 is a U.S. presidential directive issued in 1978 that established a uniform system for classifying, declassifying, and safeguarding national security information.

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Executive Order 12065 canonical 3
Executive Order 11652 1

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instanceOf United States executive order
legal document
aimsTo promote timely declassification
reduce unnecessary classification
appliesTo executive branch agencies of the United States
branch executive branch of the United States
surface form: Executive Branch of the United States Government
classificationLevelsDefined Confidential
Secret
Top Secret
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateSigned 1978-06-28
effectiveDate 1978-12-01
establishes procedures for declassifying classified information
procedures for downgrading classified information
sanctions for misuse of classification authority
standards for derivative classification
standards for original classification authority
FederalRegisterCitation 43 FR 28949
historicalPeriod Carter administration
implementedBy Information Security Oversight Office
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
language English
legalBasis authority of the President of the United States as Commander in Chief
authority of the President of the United States under the Constitution and laws of the United States
limits duration of classification
policyArea government transparency
information security
national security policy
president Jimmy Carter
publication Federal Register
purpose to establish a uniform system for classifying, declassifying, and safeguarding national security information
regulates access to classified national security information
replaced Executive Order 12065 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Executive Order 11652
requires limitation of classification to necessary information
marking of classified documents
systematic declassification review
shortTitle National Security Information
signedAt Washington, D.C.
signedBy Jimmy Carter
subjectMatter classification of information
declassification of information
national security information
safeguarding classified information
supersededBy Executive Order 12356
title Executive Order 12065 self-link
yearEnacted 1978

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Executive Order 12065 title Executive Order 12065 self-link
Executive Order 12065 replaced Executive Order 12065 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Executive Order 11652
Executive Order 12356 replaced Executive Order 12065