Executive Order 12065

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Executive Order 12065 is a U.S. presidential directive issued in 1978 that established a uniform system for classifying, declassifying, and safeguarding national security information.

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Executive Order 12065 canonical 3
Executive Order 11652 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States executive order ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
aimsTo promote timely declassification ⓘ
reduce unnecessary classification ⓘ
appliesTo executive branch agencies of the United States ⓘ
branch Executive Branch of the United States Government ⓘ
classificationLevelsDefined Confidential ⓘ
Secret ⓘ
Top Secret ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1978-06-28 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1978-12-01 ⓘ
establishes procedures for declassifying classified information ⓘ
procedures for downgrading classified information ⓘ
sanctions for misuse of classification authority ⓘ
standards for derivative classification ⓘ
standards for original classification authority ⓘ
FederalRegisterCitation 43 FR 28949 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Carter administration ⓘ
implementedBy Information Security Oversight Office ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis authority of the President of the United States as Commander in Chief ⓘ
authority of the President of the United States under the Constitution and laws of the United States ⓘ
limits duration of classification ⓘ
policyArea government transparency ⓘ
information security ⓘ
national security policy ⓘ
president Jimmy Carter ⓘ
publication Federal Register ⓘ
purpose to establish a uniform system for classifying, declassifying, and safeguarding national security information ⓘ
regulates access to classified national security information ⓘ
replaced Executive Order 11652 ⓘ
requires limitation of classification to necessary information ⓘ
marking of classified documents ⓘ
systematic declassification review ⓘ
shortTitle National Security Information ⓘ
signedAt Washington, D.C. ⓘ
signedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
subjectMatter classification of information ⓘ
declassification of information ⓘ
national security information ⓘ
safeguarding classified information ⓘ
supersededBy Executive Order 12356 ⓘ
title Executive Order 12065 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1978 ⓘ

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ISOO → formedBy → Executive Order 12065 ⓘ
Executive Order 12065 → title → Executive Order 12065 ⓘ
Executive Order 12065 → replaced → Executive Order 11652 ⓘ
linked to: Executive Order 12065
Executive Order 12356 → replaced → Executive Order 12065 ⓘ