The first step in classifying information is to determine:
If the information in question is official government material
Request for original classification authority within the military components need to be submitted based on:
Component Guidance
Original classification authority is granted to individuals rather than specific positions in the government.
False
Combining or associating individual pieces of information with one classification to reveal information classified at a higher level is an example of:
Compilation
Which of the following is the preferred method which allows the OCA to identify the exact classification instructions, downgrading instructions, declassifying instructions and special handling?
SCG
A subordinate acting in the capacity of an OCA must certify he/she has been trained in the following except:
Granting original classification authority
The duration that information remains classified is dependent on:
Downgrading and declassification requirements
What two things must an OCA consider when determining how long information will be classified?
Downgrading and declassification
All of the following factors are used to assess the costs of classifying information except:
Personnel factors
Downgrading is a determination that
Information classified at one level will have its classification reduced to a lover level on a specific date or event
The OCA needs to compile an unclassified budget report with an unclassified staffing report and an unclassified geographic location report. What should the OCA do first concerning compilation of the three reports?
OCA needs to consider the classification eligibility and impact
All of the following are methods of communicating original classification except:
DoDM 5400.01
Define Original Classification
Incorrect – It is the process of using existing classified information to create new material.
There are two ways that information get classified . They are:
Original and Derivative
In order to determine if information is eligible to be classified you must complete all of the following except:
Determine the level of classification
All of the following are OCA responsibilities except:
Determine who should perform the classification
Information that has been declassified and released to the public may be reclassified under all of the following conditions except:
The information may not be reasonably recovered.
The OCA has determined that unauthorized disclosure of certain information could reasonably be expected to cause damage to national security. This information should be classified.
- Incorrect – Confidential
For official use only
An OCA cannot identify a date for declassification, however the OCA can identify an event that is expected to occur within the next 10 years after which the potential for damage from compromise is no longer a concern to national security. The OCA may assign the event date as the declassification date.
True
Request for OCA must specify all the following except:
- Incorrect –
Present a justification
Specify the position title
Classification
the determination that information requires protection in the interest of national security
classifiers
The individuals who perform classification
Information Classification (3)
Top Secret, Secret, or Confidential.
Original classification
is the initial government determination that information needs protection because its disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause identifiable or describable damage to national security.
If there is significant doubt about the need to classify information
the Original Classification Authority shall not classify the information.
Classifying information incurs costs for things like
security clearances, physical security measures, and countermeasures. Therefore, original classifiers must be careful and consistent in their decision-making in order to minimize cost impact, while ensuring the proper level of classification.
The officials who perform original classification are referred to as
Original Classification Authorities (OCAs).
Derivative classification is
It is the process of using existing classified information to create new material, and marking that newly developed material consistent with the classification markings that apply to the source information.
Original Classification Authorities (OCAs) are responsible for . 9
determining when and if information should be classified, the level of that classification, and for determining how long it requires protection
The government grants the authority to originally classify information only when there is
a “demonstrable and continuing need” for such authority. That is, there must be a justifiable requirement to perform original classification, and that need must be expected to last over time.
As a general rule, classification authority must be exercised an average of
twice a year to qualify for retention of the OCA designation if an OCA does not issue and maintain a security classification guide.
In addition, in order for an individual to exercise original classification authority, he or she must have the appropriate
level of security clearance and must have received training in the fundamentals of proper security classification to include the avoidance of over-classification.
The individual must also have sufficient
expertise and information available to permit effective classification decision-making.
Original classification authority is not granted
to particular individuals in the government, but rather to specific positions.
The positions that have original classification authority include the
President of the United States, the Vice President (in performance of executive duties), the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretaries of the Military Departments.
Original classification authority is also granted to certain other
officials within the Office of Secretary of Defense, or OSD, and the DoD.
All other DoD activities shall request original classification authority through their activity to
the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
Requests must specify the
position title for which the authority is requested, provide a brief mission specific justification for the request, and be submitted through established organizational channels.
A request for original classification authority will be granted when
there is a demonstrable and continuing need to exercise OCA during the normal course of operations, and the candidate has adequate information and expertise available to make the classification decisions
Requests will be granted only when
any existing Security Classification Guides are insufficient to address the information in question, and when it is impractical to refer decisions to another OCA.
The training shall address OCA responsibilities and classification
principles, proper safeguarding of classified information, and the criminal, civil, and administrative sanctions that may be brought against an individual.
Once appointed, OCAs are granted classification authority at
a specific level of classification and cumulative downwards.
When OCAs are appointed, they are given
a specific area of jurisdiction.
When an individual has original classification authority, it does not include
the ability to grant that authority to other individuals.
Requests for OCA must specify
the position title for which the authority is requested and a brief mission specific justification for the request.