COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION
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ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY
(a)
PART 8
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM,
1 (SERIES)
PURPOSE. To provide policies, standards, and procedures to original classification
authorities within the U.S. Coast Guard.
ACTION. Area and district commanders, commanders of maintenance and logistics
commands, commanding officers of headquarters units, assistant commandants for
directorates, Chief Counsel and special staff offices at Headquarters shall ensure compliance
with the provisions of this directive.
DISCUSSION.
a. Executive Order
confers upon the Secretary of Transportation the authority to
originally classify information as SECRET or CONFIDENTIAL with further
authorization to delegate this authority.
In reference (a), the Secretary of Transportation has delegated authority to originally
classify information as SECRET or CONFIDENTIAL to the Commandant and the
Assistant Commandant for Operations. Although these delegations of authority are
expressed in terms of positions, the authority is personal and is vested only in the
individual occupying the position. This authority may not be exercised "by direction of'
a designated official. The formal appointment or assignment of
individual to the
position or a designation in writing to act in the absence of the official conveys the
authority to originally classify information.
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