The US' National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been designated as the Executive Agent to implement the Executive Order 13556, signed by President Obama, and oversee agency actions to ensure compliance with this order.
Earlier this month, as required by this Executive Order, the National Archives Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Office established a publically available registry reflecting the initial categories and subcategories of unclassified information that require dissemination or safeguarding controls consistent with and pursuant to law, regulation, and Government-wide policy. This registry is now online at www.archives.gov/cui.
The CUI programme will be implemented in phases based on compliance plans and target dates to be submitted by executive agencies and departments. When fully implemented, the CUI programme will require executive departments and agencies to exclusively use these categories for controlling and marking such unclassified information. The National Archives will consult with the agencies and the Office of Management and Budget and then set implementation deadlines for CUI, to include for applying standardised CUI markings.
Currently, there are more than 100 different policies for such information across the Executive branch. This plethora of policies has reportedly created inefficiency and confusion, leading to a patchwork system that fails to adequately safeguard information requiring protection, and unnecessarily restricts information sharing by creating needless impediments.
Established in 2008, the National Archives Controlled Unclassified Information Office is responsible for overseeing and managing the implementation of the CUI framework. This office furthers the President's goal of Open Government, while at the same time outlining standards to protect some information pursuant to and consistent with applicable law, regulations, and government-wide policies.
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