Information Security Oversight Office

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United States federal government agency oversight office

The Information Security Oversight Office is a U.S. government office responsible for overseeing the security classification system and ensuring the proper safeguarding and declassification of national security information.

Aliases (1)

Title III—Security Clearances ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government agency → oversight office →
abbreviation	ISOO →
country	United States →
fieldOfWork	classification policy → controlled unclassified information → declassification policy → government records management → industrial security → information security → national security →
foundedBy	Executive Office of the President of the United States →
hasDuty	collecting and analyzing data on classification and declassification activity → conducting on-site reviews of agency security classification programs → developing security classification policies → issuing directives to implement executive orders on classification → monitoring agency compliance with classification policies → oversight of classification of national security information → oversight of declassification of national security information → oversight of safeguarding of classified national security information → reporting to the President on the status of the classification system →
hasHead	Director of the Information Security Oversight Office →
hasScope	U.S. government contractors handling classified information → civilian agencies of the U.S. federal government → intelligence community elements → military departments of the U.S. federal government →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
inception	1978 →
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States →
legalBasis	Executive Order 12829 → Executive Order 12951 → Executive Order 12958 → Executive Order 13526 → Executive Order 13556 →
locatedInBuilding	National Archives Building →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia →
oversees	Controlled Unclassified Information program → National Industrial Security Program → U.S. security classification system →
parentOrganization	National Archives and Records Administration →
partOf	Executive Office of the President of the United States →
produces	Controlled Unclassified Information policy guidance → National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual-related guidance → annual report on the security classification system → policy guidance on classification and declassification →
reportsTo	Archivist of the United States → President of the United States →
website	https://www.archives.gov/isoo →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Executive Order 12958 → Executive Order 13526 →	assignsResponsibilityTo
Executive Order 12829 → Executive Order 13556 →	implementedBy
ISOO →	abbreviationOf
Controlled Unclassified Information program →	administeredBy
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ("Title III—Security Clearances") →	containsTitle
Controlled Unclassified Information program →	monitoredBy
National Industrial Security Program →	overseenBy
National Archives and Records Administration →	oversees
Executive Order 13526 →	oversightBy