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PART B - FIELD ELEMENTS AND CONTRACTOR ORGANIZATIONS
1. HEADS OF FIELD ELEMENTS.
a. Establish internal procedures to assure compliance with provisions
of this Order and other regulations or instructions issued by
SA-20.
b. Designate, when needed and with the approval of SA-20, persons to
serve as DOE Classification Officers. Review contractor
nominations for Classification Officers and recommend SA-20
approval.
c. Request of SA-20, as needed for Field Elements or contractors, if
appropriate, under their jurisdiction, designations of
classification authority for and maintain a listing of:
(1) Original Classification Authority (all levels -- Government
only);
(2) Top Secret Derivative Classification Authority; and
(3) Derivative Declassification Authority.
d. Assure designation of Secret and Confidential Derivative
Classifiers, as necessary, and ensure that a listing is maintained
of such classifiers for Field Elements or contractors under their
jurisdiction.
e. Assure participation by appropriate Classification Officers and
other personnel with classification responsibility in the early
planning stages of new programs that have potential for involving
or generating classified information.
f. Before commencement of Category II or Category III non-DOE-funded
work, conduct a review of the work request and certify that the
sponsoring organization has either provided the appropriate
classification guidance or has stated in writing that the
non-DOE-funded work will not entail classified activities.
g. Obtain classification guidance from SA-20 for programs under their
purview that concern potentially classified subject areas.
h. Assist SA-20 in preparing and revising program classification
guides.
i. Assure that Field Elements and contractors under their jurisdiction
prepare local classification guides or receive program
classification guides approved for this purpose covering all
classified work being performed.
(1) Where delegated such authority, approve local classification
guides for implementation, providing final copies for the
record to SA-20 (see page V-10, Chapter V, Part B, paragraph
6).
(2) Where local approval authority has not been delegated, submit
proposed local classification guides and substantive changes
in local classification guides to SA-20 for approval prior to
their issuance.
j. Assure that approved classification guidance is included with
authorization of new work initiated by Field Elements or
contractors under their jurisdiction when such work is likely to
concern classified subject area and provide copies of such guidance
to SA-20 at the time of initial distribution.
k. Where delegated such authority by SA-20, assure that the denial
authority described on page II-3, Chapter II, Part A, paragraph
4a(8)(a), is applied according to the provision of all applicable
DOE Orders and any specific instructions in the delegation.
l. Assure that DOE and DOE contractor personnel within their
jurisdiction who publish or deliver papers at conferences or any
other presentation concerning potentially classified subject areas
are informed on existing classification guidance in the subject
areas of their papers and advised as to potential danger areas in
the discussion following their presentations.
m. Assure that all documents and material prepared within their
jurisdiction by DOE or DOE contractor personnel concerning
potentially classified subject areas receive appropriate
classification review.
n. Provide SA-20 with information required to be maintained by SA-20
or reported to the ISOO in accordance with Executive Order 12356
and its implementing directives, or as determined to be required by
SA-20.
o. Establish, when necessary, detailed procedures for special
large-scale reviews of accumulations of classified documents in
their Field Elements. All such plans developed by Field Elements
or contractors under their jurisdiction shall be forwarded to SA-20
for approval.
p. Develop and conduct a classification appraisal program for their
Field Elements and contractors involved with classified
information; be cognizant of the DOE Classification Appraisal
Procedural Guide; follow up on appraisal findings requiring
corrective action; take action on recommendations made in
appraisals of the classification programs under their supervision;
ensure that contractor organizations conduct classification
appraisals of their entities involved with classified information.
q. Take appropriate and prompt corrective action whenever a
classification violation occurs within their Field Elements.
r. Assure that an appropriate classification education program is
conducted for DOE and DOE contractor organizations under their
jurisdiction.
s. Appoint Classification Boards, as appropriate.
t. Assure that Heads of contractor organizations discharge, in
relation to their own organization, subcontractors, and suppliers,
the responsibilities and authorities specified in subparagraphs a
through q, above, by including appropriate provisions in their
contracts. If these responsibilities entail submission of
information to SA-20, it should be made through the appropriate
Departmental element.
u. Designate an individual(s) to be responsible for bringing to the
attention of the contracting officer each procurement falling
within the scope of this Order. Unless another individual is
designated, the responsibility is that of the procurement request
originator (the individual responsible for initiating a requirement
on DOE F 4200.33, "Procurement Request-Authorization").
2. FIELD ELEMENT AND CONTRACTOR CLASSIFICATION OFFICERS.
a. Assist or act for the Head of their Field Element or contractor
organization, as appropriate, in exercising their responsibilities
and authorities for classification and declassification programs.
b. Maintain continuous contact with appropriate technical staff
personnel and with other Classification Officers in related
programs.
c. Provide classification guidance to employees within their
organization and, as appropriate, to their contractors or
subcontractors.
d. Coordinate the preparation of local classification guides for
fields of operation or programs within their purview.
e. Assure that DOE and DOE contractor personnel within their
jurisdiction who publish or deliver papers at conferences or any
other presentation concerning potentially classified subject areas
are informed on existing classification guidance in the subject
areas of their papers and advised as to potential danger areas in
the discussion following their presentation.
f. Assure that all documents and material prepared by DOE or DOE
contractor personnel within their jurisdiction concerning
potentially classified subject areas receive appropriate
classification review.
g. Provide technical advice, as requested, to SA-20.
h. Initiate classification and declassification reviews of documents
originated within their organizations.
i. Supervise special declassification activities or reviews.
j. Conduct classification appraisals of their contractor or
subcontractor organizations.
k. Conduct classification education programs for their organizations
and assure that such programs are conducted by their contractors
and subcontractors.
i. Appoint Classification Boards, as appropriate.
m. Ensure that appropriate classification guidance or a written
statement that no classified information will be involved is
provided to the cognizant DOE Field Element prior to the
commencement of Category II or Category III non-DOE-funded work in
accordance with procedures established by the Field Element
Classification Officer.
n. Appoint Responsible Reviewers, as appropriate.
3. RESPONSIBLE REVIEWERS.
a. Advise Field Element and contractor Classification Officers and
SA-20 with regard to the technical aspects of information within
their fields of expertise.
b. Make recommendations to Field Element and contractor Classification
Officers and SA-20 regarding the declassification or continued
classification of documents or material submitted for their review.
4. FIELD ELEMENT AND CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES.
a. Refer questions concerning classification or declassification of
(1) information or (2) documents or material to Authorized
Classifiers, their classification office, or through channels to
SA-20.
b. Obtain a determination from an Authorized Classifier on (1)
information or (2) documents or material whose classification is in
question.
c. Refer suggestions, complaints, or challenges concerning the DOE
classification and declassification program to their classification
office or through channels to SA-20.