Executive Order 12356
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Executive Order 12356 was a U.S. presidential directive issued by Ronald Reagan in 1982 that established the system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Executive Order 12356 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1156748 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Executive Order 12356 Context triple: [Executive Order 12958, replaced, Executive Order 12356]
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A.
Executive Order 12036
Executive Order 12036 is a 1978 U.S. presidential directive issued by Jimmy Carter that restructured and regulated the activities of the American intelligence community.
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B.
Executive Order 12065
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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C.
Executive Order 12127
Executive Order 12127 is the 1979 presidential directive by Jimmy Carter that created the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by consolidating various federal disaster-related responsibilities into a single agency.
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D.
Executive Order 12148
Executive Order 12148 is a 1979 directive by President Jimmy Carter that reorganized federal emergency management functions and consolidated them into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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E.
Executive Order 12958
Executive Order 12958 is a U.S. presidential directive that established a comprehensive system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Executive Order 12356 Target entity description: Executive Order 12356 was a U.S. presidential directive issued by Ronald Reagan in 1982 that established the system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
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A.
Executive Order 12036
Executive Order 12036 is a 1978 U.S. presidential directive issued by Jimmy Carter that restructured and regulated the activities of the American intelligence community.
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B.
Executive Order 12065
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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C.
Executive Order 12127
Executive Order 12127 is the 1979 presidential directive by Jimmy Carter that created the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by consolidating various federal disaster-related responsibilities into a single agency.
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D.
Executive Order 12148
Executive Order 12148 is a 1979 directive by President Jimmy Carter that reorganized federal emergency management functions and consolidated them into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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E.
Executive Order 12958
Executive Order 12958 is a U.S. presidential directive that established a comprehensive system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States executive order
ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ |
| administration | Reagan administration ⓘ |
| appliedUntil | 1995 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
U.S. government national security information
ⓘ
executive branch agencies of the United States ⓘ |
| authority |
Constitution of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Constitution
laws of the United States ⓘ |
| classificationLevelsDefined |
Confidential
ⓘ
Secret ⓘ Top Secret ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | executive branch classification regulations ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| effectiveDate | 1982-08-01 ⓘ |
| established |
guidelines for mandatory declassification review
ⓘ
guidelines for systematic declassification review ⓘ standards for marking classified information ⓘ standards for safeguarding classified information ⓘ |
| federalRegisterCitation | 47 FR 14874 ⓘ |
| governs | handling of classified national security information ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Executive Office of the President ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | revoked ⓘ |
| limited | automatic declassification of classified information ⓘ |
| modified |
procedures for derivative classification
ⓘ
procedures for original classification authority ⓘ |
| orderNumber | 12356 ⓘ |
| president | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| publication | Federal Register ⓘ |
| purpose | to establish a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
foreign relations of the United States
ⓘ
information security ⓘ national defense ⓘ |
| replaced | Executive Order 12065 ⓘ |
| replacedPolicyOn | national security information classification system ⓘ |
| revokedBy | Executive Order 12958 ⓘ |
| setsOut | criteria for classifying information as Top Secret, Secret, or Confidential ⓘ |
| signedBy | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1982-04-02 ⓘ |
| subject |
classification of information
ⓘ
declassification of information ⓘ national security information ⓘ safeguarding of classified information ⓘ |
| supersededBy | Executive Order 12958 ⓘ |
| title | National Security Information ⓘ |
| typeOfDocument | presidential directive ⓘ |
| yearOfIssue | 1982 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Executive Order 12356 Description of subject: Executive Order 12356 was a U.S. presidential directive issued by Ronald Reagan in 1982 that established the system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.