Executive Order 12958
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Executive Order 12958 is a U.S. presidential directive that established a comprehensive system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T187140 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Executive Order 12958 Context triple: [Information Security Oversight Office, legalBasis, Executive Order 12958]
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A.
Executive Order 13526
Executive Order 13526 is a U.S. presidential directive that establishes the modern system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
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B.
Executive Order 12829
Executive Order 12829 is a U.S. presidential directive that establishes and governs the National Industrial Security Program, setting requirements for safeguarding classified information released to industry.
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C.
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949
The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 is a U.S. federal law that provided the CIA with administrative and financial authorities, including special procedures for secrecy and funding, enabling it to operate as the nation’s primary foreign intelligence agency.
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D.
Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.
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E.
National Security Strategy of the United States
The National Security Strategy of the United States is a key policy document that outlines the country’s overarching national security priorities, objectives, and approaches to protecting its interests at home and abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Executive Order 12958 Target entity description: Executive Order 12958 is a U.S. presidential directive that established a comprehensive system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
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A.
Executive Order 13526
Executive Order 13526 is a U.S. presidential directive that establishes the modern system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
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B.
Executive Order 12829
Executive Order 12829 is a U.S. presidential directive that establishes and governs the National Industrial Security Program, setting requirements for safeguarding classified information released to industry.
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C.
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949
The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 is a U.S. federal law that provided the CIA with administrative and financial authorities, including special procedures for secrecy and funding, enabling it to operate as the nation’s primary foreign intelligence agency.
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D.
Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.
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E.
National Security Strategy of the United States
The National Security Strategy of the United States is a key policy document that outlines the country’s overarching national security priorities, objectives, and approaches to protecting its interests at home and abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States executive order
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classification directive ⓘ |
| aimsTo | balance national security with public access to information ⓘ |
| assignsResponsibilityTo |
Information Security Oversight Office
ⓘ
agency heads ⓘ |
| authority |
United States Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Constitution
statutory authority of the President ⓘ |
| classificationLevelDefined |
Confidential
ⓘ
Secret ⓘ Top Secret ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| created | Information Security Oversight Office responsibilities framework ⓘ |
| defines | classification levels Top Secret, Secret, and Confidential ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1995-10-14 ⓘ |
| establishes |
system for classifying national security information
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system for declassifying national security information ⓘ system for safeguarding national security information ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Section 1 – Original Classification
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Section 2 – Derivative Classification ⓘ Section 3 – Declassification and Downgrading ⓘ Section 4 – Safeguarding ⓘ Section 5 – Implementation and Review ⓘ |
| includesProvision |
foreign government information protections
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procedures for challenging classification ⓘ sanctions for unauthorized disclosure of classified information ⓘ standards for granting security clearances ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal executive branch of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | authority of the President of the United States as Commander in Chief ⓘ |
| modificationDate | 2003-03-25 ⓘ |
| modifiedBy | Executive Order 13292 ⓘ |
| policyArea |
information security
ⓘ
national security ⓘ |
| president | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| publication | Federal Register ⓘ |
| regulates |
access to classified information
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automatic declassification ⓘ derivative classification ⓘ mandatory declassification review ⓘ marking of classified information ⓘ original classification authority ⓘ systematic declassification review ⓘ |
| replaced | Executive Order 12356 ⓘ |
| signedBy | Bill Clinton ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1995-04-17 ⓘ |
| subject |
classification of information
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declassification of information ⓘ national security information ⓘ safeguarding of classified information ⓘ |
| supersededBy | Executive Order 13292 ⓘ |
| title | Classified National Security Information ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Executive Order 12958 Description of subject: Executive Order 12958 is a U.S. presidential directive that established a comprehensive system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Executive Order 12958 as amended
this entity surface form:
Further Amendment to Executive Order 12958, as Amended, Classified National Security Information