Original Classification Authority, 735-736 [E9-31425]

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2010)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 735-736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31425]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2010 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Order of December 29, 2009

                
Original Classification Authority

                Pursuant to the provisions of section 1.3 of the 
                Executive Order issued today, entitled ``Classified 
                National Security Information'' (Executive Order), I 
                hereby designate the following officials to classify 
                information originally as ``Top Secret'' or ``Secret'':

                TOP SECRET

                Executive Office of the President:

                    The Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
                    The Assistant to the President for National 
                Security Affairs (National Security Advisor)
                    The Assistant to the President for Homeland 
                Security and Counterterrorism
                    The Director of National Drug Control Policy
                    The Director, Office of Science and Technology 
                Policy
                    The Chair or Co-Chairs, President's Intelligence 
                Advisory Board

                Departments and Agencies:

                    The Secretary of State
                    The Secretary of the Treasury
                    The Secretary of Defense
                    The Attorney General
                    The Secretary of Energy
                    The Secretary of Homeland Security
                    The Director of National Intelligence
                    The Secretary of the Army
                    The Secretary of the Navy
                    The Secretary of the Air Force
                    The Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                    The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
                    The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
                Space Administration
                    The Director, Information Security Oversight Office

                SECRET

                Executive Office of the President:

                    The United States Trade Representative

                Departments and Agencies:

                    The Secretary of Agriculture
                    The Secretary of Commerce
                    The Secretary of Health and Human Services
                    The Secretary of Transportation
                    The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
                International Development
                    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
                Agency

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                Any delegation of this authority shall be in accordance 
                with section 1.3(c) of the Executive Order, except that 
                the Director of the Information Security Oversight 
                Office, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
                may not delegate the authority granted in this order. 
                If an agency head without original classification 
                authority under this order, or otherwise delegated in 
                accordance with section 1.3(c) of the Executive Order, 
                has an exceptional need to classify information 
                originated by their agency, the matter shall be 
                referred to the agency head with appropriate subject 
                matter interest and classification authority in 
                accordance with section 1.3(e) of the Executive Order. 
                If the agency with appropriate subject matter interest 
                and classification authority cannot readily be 
                determined, the matter shall be referred to the 
                Director of the Information Security Oversight Office.

                Presidential designations ordered prior to the issuance 
                of the Executive Order are revoked as of the date of 
                this order. However, delegations of authority to 
                classify information originally that were made in 
                accordance with the provisions of section 1.4 of 
                Executive Order 12958 of April 17, 1995, as amended, by 
                officials designated under this order shall continue in 
                effect, provided that the authority of such officials 
                is delegable under this order.

                This order shall be published in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    December 29, 2009.

[FR Doc. E9-31425
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