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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2253969" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_clearance#Introduction" target="_blank">Security clearance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p></p><p>The authority for classifying information and granting security clearances to access that information is found in executive orders (EOs) and the USA's Federal law. USA's National Security Information (NSI) is classified under <a href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/E9-31418.pdf" target="_blank">EO 13526</a>. Information may be classified under this Order if a classification authority determines its unauthorized release could cause damage to the national defense or foreign relations of the United States. Information concerning nuclear weapons and fissile material may be classified under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Act_of_1954" target="_blank">Atomic Energy Act of 1954</a> (AEA). These clearances are only granted by the Department of Energy. The clearance process for access to NSI or AEA information is substantially aligned. Under <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1995-08-07/pdf/95-19654.pdf" target="_blank">EO 12968</a>, the investigative and adjudicative guidelines for NSI and AEA clearances are identical. This enables reciprocity between NSI and AEA clearances, although some exceptions exist.</p><p></p><p>USA's Executive Order 12968's standards are binding on all of the USA's government agencies that handle classified information, but it allows certain agency heads to establish Special Access Programs (SAPs) with additional, but not duplicative, investigative and adjudicative requirements. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community" target="_blank">Intelligence Community's</a> Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) control systems are a family of SAPs, and SCI eligibility must be granted prior to accessing any particular control system or compartment (which may require additional investigation or adjudication). SCI eligibility policy is described in <a href="http://www.odni.gov/files/documents/ICD/ICD_704.pdf" target="_blank">Intelligence Community Directive 704</a> and its implementing <a href="http://www.odni.gov/index.php/intelligence-community/ic-policies-reports/intelligence-community-policy-guidance?highlight=YToyOntpOjA7czo1OiJpY3BncyI7aToxO3M6NDoiaWNwZyI7fQ==" target="_blank">policy guidance</a>. Any additional clearance measures used by SAPs must be approved by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" target="_blank">Office of Management and Budget</a>, which has generally limited such measures to polygraphs, exclusion of persons with non-US immediate family members, requiring more frequent reinvestigations, and requiring annual updates to security questionnaires.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_clearance#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[11]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2253969, member: 12952"] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_clearance#Introduction"]Security clearance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] The authority for classifying information and granting security clearances to access that information is found in executive orders (EOs) and the USA's Federal law. USA's National Security Information (NSI) is classified under [URL='http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/E9-31418.pdf']EO 13526[/URL]. Information may be classified under this Order if a classification authority determines its unauthorized release could cause damage to the national defense or foreign relations of the United States. Information concerning nuclear weapons and fissile material may be classified under the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Act_of_1954']Atomic Energy Act of 1954[/URL] (AEA). These clearances are only granted by the Department of Energy. The clearance process for access to NSI or AEA information is substantially aligned. Under [URL='http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1995-08-07/pdf/95-19654.pdf']EO 12968[/URL], the investigative and adjudicative guidelines for NSI and AEA clearances are identical. This enables reciprocity between NSI and AEA clearances, although some exceptions exist. USA's Executive Order 12968's standards are binding on all of the USA's government agencies that handle classified information, but it allows certain agency heads to establish Special Access Programs (SAPs) with additional, but not duplicative, investigative and adjudicative requirements. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community']Intelligence Community's[/URL] Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) control systems are a family of SAPs, and SCI eligibility must be granted prior to accessing any particular control system or compartment (which may require additional investigation or adjudication). SCI eligibility policy is described in [URL='http://www.odni.gov/files/documents/ICD/ICD_704.pdf']Intelligence Community Directive 704[/URL] and its implementing [URL='http://www.odni.gov/index.php/intelligence-community/ic-policies-reports/intelligence-community-policy-guidance?highlight=YToyOntpOjA7czo1OiJpY3BncyI7aToxO3M6NDoiaWNwZyI7fQ==']policy guidance[/URL]. Any additional clearance measures used by SAPs must be approved by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget']Office of Management and Budget[/URL], which has generally limited such measures to polygraphs, exclusion of persons with non-US immediate family members, requiring more frequent reinvestigations, and requiring annual updates to security questionnaires.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_clearance#cite_note-11'][11][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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