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Information Security: Disposition and Use of Classified Documents by Presidential Appointees

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 28, 1990
Report No. NSIAD-90-195
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Summary:

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed federal agencies' arrangements to provide former presidential appointees access to classified documents related to their service.

GAO found that: (1) the Department of State's procedures and arrangements with the National Archives and Records Administration for providing a former Secretary of State access to classified materials generally complied with the regulations; (2) State corrected problems involving its inventory of top-secret documents, assignment of document control numbers, and unauthorized storage of classified documents; (3) the Department of Defense's (DOD) arrangements with the Library of Congress for providing a former Secretary of Defense with access to classified materials did not comply with regulations and had several control weaknesses; and (4) despite control weaknesses involving a lack of documentation and who had the right to control access, there was no evidence that national security information was actually compromised.

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