36 C.F.R. Subpart A—General Information
Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property
(a) This part defines the responsibilities of NARA and other Federal agencies for declassification of classified national security information in the holdings of NARA. This part also describes NARA's procedures for: (1) Conducting systematic reviews of NARA holdings, and (2) Processing mandatory review requests for NARA holdings. (b) Regulations for researchers who wish to request access to materials containing classified national security information are found in 36 CFR part 1256. (a) Classified national security information or classified information means information that has been determined under EO 12958, as amended, or any predecessor order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and is marked to indicate its classified status when in documentary form. (b) Declassification means the authorized change in the status of information from classified information to unclassified information. (c) Systematic declassification review means the review for declassification of classified information contained in records that have been determined by the Archivist of the United States to have permanent historical value in accordance with 44 U.S.C. 2107. (d) Mandatory declassification review means the review for declassification of classified information in response to a request for declassification that meets the requirements under section 3.5 of EO 12958, as amended. (e) Integral file block means a distinct component of a file series, as defined in this section, that should be maintained as a separate unit in order to ensure the integrity of the records. An integral file block may consist of a set of records covering either a specific topic or a range of time such as presidential administration or a 5-year retirement schedule within a specific file series that is retired from active use as a group. (f) File series means file units or documents arranged according to a filing system or kept together because they relate to a particular subject or function, result from the same activity, document a specific kind of transaction, take a particular physical form, or have some other relationship arising out of their creation, receipt, or use, such as restrictions on access or use. The NARA holdings covered by this part are records legally transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), including Federal records accessioned into the National Archives of the United States, 44 U.S.C. 2107; Presidential records, 44 U.S.C. 2201–2207; Nixon Presidential materials, 44 U.S.C. 2111 note; and donated historical materials in Presidential Libraries and in the National Archives of the United States, 44 U.S.C. 2111. Declassification of and public access to classified national security information is governed by EO 12958 of April 17, 1995 (3 CFR part 1995 Comp., p. 333), EO 13142 of November 19, 1999 (3 CFR part 1999 Comp., p. 236), EO 13292 of March 28, 2003 (68 FR 15315), collectively referred to as EO 12958, as amended, and by the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) Implementing Directive for EO 12958, as amended (32 CFR part 2001).
Title 36: Parks, Forests, and Public Property
PART 1260—DECLASSIFICATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Subpart A—General Information
§ 1260.1 What is the purpose of this part?
§ 1260.2 Definitions.
§ 1260.4 What NARA holdings are covered by this part?
§ 1260.6 What is the authority for this part?
