5 FAH-1 H-130
SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
(TL:CH-44; 03-15-2016)
(Office of Origin: IRM/BMP/GRP/GP)
5 FAH-1 H-131 RESPONSIBILITY
(TL:CH-44; 03-15-2016)
a. Executive Order (E.O.) 13526 (Classified National
Security Information) presents the uniform standard for classifying,
safeguarding, and declassifying national security information All persons
handling classified material must protect this information from unauthorized
disclosure. Classified information requires protection for national security
reasons and must be classified by an original or derivative classification
authority and must contain the appropriate classification markings according to
the requirements of Section 1.7, E.O. 13526.
b. Derivative classification means that previously
classified information has been included in a new document with the original
classification level. Generally, previously classified information used
without significant change in a new document should show the level, date, and
source of the original classification decision.
c. Drafters and preparers must identify the source of
the classification authority and provide reason for classification and
declassification guidelines on the face of each classified document. See 12
FAM 500 and 5 FAM
480 for the Departments marking and handling policy.
5 FAH-1 H-132 CLASSIFICATION MARKINGS
(TL:CH-44; 03-15-2016)
a. Documents containing information classified for the
drafter according to the requirements of Section 1.7, E.O. 13526 must mark
national security reasons.
b. The overall classification of the document must
appear at the top and bottom of any cover, title page, first page, and last
page of the document. Cover sheets are required with classified documents,
(i.e., Form SF-703, Top Secret Cover Sheet; Form SF-704, Secret Cover Sheet;
and Form SF-705, Confidential Cover Sheet). Form DS-1902, Access Control Sheet
Top Secret Information, must be permanently affixed to all Top Secret material.
c. Documents that contain foreign government
information must be marked with the source government and classification
level. If the source governments identity must be protected, pertinent
portions should be marked FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (FGI) with the
classification level.
d. Each element of a classified document (title,
paragraphs, tables or graphs) must be marked (TS), (S), (C), (U) or (SBU), as
appropriate. This portion marking reflects the level of harm unauthorized
disclosure would cause to national security as follows: Top Secret, extremely
grave damage; Secret, serious damage; Confidential, some damage. The name and
position of the original classification authority and the agency and office of
origin, unless otherwise evident, must appear on the face of each originally
classified document. The reason(s) for the classification, citing one or more
of the classification categories established in Section 1.5, E.O. 13526, must
appear on the face of each originally classified document.
5 FAH-1 H-133 DECLASSIFICATION MARKINGS
(TL:CH-44; 03-15-2016)
a. The original classification authority must indicate
one of the following declassification options on the face of each classified
document:
(1) A date or event less than 10 years from the date
of original classification when the national security sensitivity of the
information will lapse within that time;
(2) A date 10 years from the date of original
classification; or
(3) A citation from one of the exemption categories in
Section 1.6, E.O. 13526 which indicates
that the national security sensitivity of the information will exceed 10 years.
b. Documents, which derive their classification from
one previously classified source document, must show the title and the
declassification date from the source document. Documents containing
previously classified information from more than one source will reflect the
words DERIVED FROM: MULTIPLE SOURCES and carry the declassification date from
that source document which provides the longest period of protection. A list
of those source documents must be attached to the record copy of the classified
documents.
5 FAH-1 H-134 DOWNGRADING INSTRUCTIONS
(TL:CH-4; 07-31-2002)
a. Downgrading instructions are not a substitute for
declassification. If the original classification authority provides
downgrading instructions, e.g., for information originally classified TOP
SECRET, declassification instructions must also be provided as shown in the
following example:
EXAMPLE: Downgrade to SECRET
10/16/2004; DECL: 10/16/2005
b. Downgrading instructions should also be provided for
a covering memorandum or letter with classified attachments when the
information in the attachments is classified at a higher level than the
information in the covering letter or memorandum.
EXAMPLE: Downgrade to
CONFIDENTIAL when separated from attachments; DECL: 10/16/2006.
5 FAH-1 H-135 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL
MARKING
(TL:CH-4; 07-31-2002)
The administrative control designation (SBU) protects
documents that do not contain national security information, but must be
protected from disclosure. This control designation must appear at the top and
bottom of any cover, title page, first page, and last page of the document.
See 12 FAM 540
for further information; see 5 FAH-1 H-200 for SBU
telegrams.
5 FAH-1 H-136 SENDING CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS
(TL:CH-4; 07-31-2002)
a. Classified telegrams must only be sent via secure
means. At post, if secure means of transmission are not available, the telegram
is sent via courier to a post equipped with secure lines.
b. Classified memorandums, letters, and other documents
must be sent in double envelopes or wrapped according to security regulations
outlined in 12 FAM 500.
5 FAH-1 H-137 THROUGH H-139 UNASSIGNED