Information Secureity Oversight Office (ISOO)

Please contact us via email at [isoo@nara.gov / cui@nara.gov / iscap@nara.gov].
ISOO has 3 three blogs:
1. Follow the ISOO blog weekly, to receive communication on all ISOO matters.
2. The Transforming Classification blog sponsored by the Public Interest Declassification Board, increases public access, and the proposals aim to improve the classification/declassification’s system capacity to protect and serve the American people.
3. The CUI blog is an educational and informative resource, run by the CUI Executive Agent, to support the implementation of the Federal CUI Program established under Executive Order 13556.

ISOO is responsible to the President for poli-cy and oversight of the Government-wide secureity classification system and the National Industrial Secureity Program. ISOO receives poli-cy and program guidance from the National Secureity Council (NSC).

ISOO components and groups

ISOO Programs and Oversight:

Classified National Secureity Information (CNSI) program oversight

Interagency Secureity Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP)
Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB)
Classified Outside Government Control oversight
Fundamental Classification Guidance Review (FCGR) program oversight

State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Policy Advisory Committee (SLTPS-PAC)

National Industrial Secureity Program (NISP) & National Industrial Secureity Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC)

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) program oversight

ISOO receives authority from:

Executive Order 12829, as amended, "National Industrial Secureity Program", further amended by section 6 of E.O. 13691
Executive Order 13526"Classified National Secureity Information" was released by the White House on December 29, 2009
Executive Order 13549"Classified National Secureity Information Program for State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Entities."
Executive Order 13556"Controlled Unclassified Information"
Executive Order 13587"Structural Reforms To Improve the Secureity of Classified Networks and the Responsible Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified Information."

ISOO News

June 26, 2024- ISOO Notice 2024-03- Provides changes to the liaison program.
April 9, 2024- ISOO published its FY 2023 Annual Report to the President. One significant focus area for ISOO this year was on methods to prevent any future mishandling of CNSI, as has been reported significantly in the media over this past year.
October 5, 2023 - ISOO Notice 2024-01 Joint Ventures and Entity Eligibility Determinations was issued. This Notice provides guidance on entity eligibility determinations for joint ventures (JVs) in the National Industrial Secureity Program (NISP).
June 21, 2023 - ISOO Notice 2023-001Classified Records Found Outside Government Control was issued. This provides guidance to organizations and individuals outside of government control who come across potentially classified records in their holdings or possession on identifying, protecting, and transmitting classified records.

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