Executive Order 10901
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, and as President of the United States, and deeming such action necessary in the best interest of the national security, it is ordered as follows:
Section 1.Section 2 of Executive Order No. 10501 of November 5, 1953, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 2. | Limitation of Authority to Classify |
‘‘ | The authority to classify defense information or material under this order shall be limited in the departments, agencies, and other units of the executive branch as hereinafter specified. |
‘‘(a) | In the following departments, agencies, and Governmental units, having primary responsibility for matters pertaining to national defense, the authority for original classification of information or material under this order may be exercised by the head of the department, agency, or Governmental unit concerned or by such responsible officers or employees as he, or his representative, may designate for that purpose. The delegation of such authority to classify shall be limited as severely as is consistent with the orderly and expeditious transaction of Government business.
|
‘‘(b) | In the following departments, agencies, and Governmental units, having partial but not primary responsibility for matters pertaining to national defense, the authority for original classification of information or material under this order shall be exercised only by the head of the department, agency, or Governmental unit without delegation:
|
‘‘(c) | Any agency or unit of the executive branch not named herein, and any such agency or unit which may be established hereafter, shall be deemed not to have authority for original classification of information or material under this order, except as such authority may be specifically conferred upon any such agency or unit hereafter.’’ |
Sec. 2.My Memoranda of November 5, 1953, and May 7, 1959 (24 F.R. 3777), and my Memorandum of March 9, 1960, (25 F.R. 2073), are hereby revoked.
The White House,
January 9, 1961.
Notes
edit- Amends:
- Executive Order 10501, November 5, 1953
- Revokes:
- Memorandum of November 5, 1953;
- Memorandum of May 7, 1959 (24 F.R. 3777);
- Memorandum of March 9, 1960 (25 F.R. 2073)
- See Related:
- Executive Order 10816, May 7, 1959
- Executive Order 10964, September 20, 1961;
- Executive Order 10985, January 12, 1962;
- Executive Order 11097, February 28, 1963;
- Executive Order 11382, November 28, 1967
- Revoked by:
- Executive Order 11652, March 8, 1972
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse