August 27 is the deadline for completion of recommendations to be made by an interagency taskforce assigned by the president that address the issue of secrecy labeling in the federal government. No indication as of yet as to what those recommendations may contain. As part of our effort to educate the government and the public on the importance of this issue, we interviewed several experts about the key questions.
Today, the Obama administration released a memo requiring reviews of overclassification and the current Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)/ Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) process. The memo does not dictate any new procedures on how agencies must handle such designated material. However, it does establish an interagency 90-day review process to advise the administration on actions it should take to advance on previous efforts to reform these problems.
On Tuesday, the House passed the Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2009 (H.R. 553). The legislation details steps the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must take to share intelligence with state, local, and tribal agencies.
On Tuesday, the House passed the Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2009 (