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DoDM 5200.45, April 2, 2013
ENCLOSURE 1: REFERENCES ...................................................................................................7
ENCLOSURE 2: PROCEDURES ..................................................................................................8
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................8
CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION ...................................................................9
Classification Decisions .......................................................................................................9
When to Declassify ............................................................................................................11
Downgrading......................................................................................................................12
Exemptions ........................................................................................................................12
PLAN OF ACTION FOR WRITING CLASSIFICATION GUIDES .....................................12
Step 1 – Consider Related Current Guidance ....................................................................12
Step 2 – Determine the State-of-the-Art Status .................................................................13
Step 3 – Identify National Advantage ................................................................................13
Step 4 – Make Initial Classification Determination ...........................................................14
Step 5 – Identify Specific Items of Information That Require Classification ...................14
Step 6 – Determine the Duration of Classification ............................................................15
Step 7 – Write the Guide ....................................................................................................16
APPENDIXES
1: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION PROCESS ...............................................................19
2: CLASSIFICATION FACTORS ...................................................................................20
3: CLASSIFYING DETAILS ...........................................................................................23
4: SPECIFIC ITEMS OF INFORMATION TO CONSIDER ..........................................28
ENCLOSURE 3: CLASSIFYING SPECIFIC TYPES OF INFORMATION .............................31
CLASSIFYING HARDWARE ITEMS ..................................................................................31
Basic Considerations ..........................................................................................................31
User Considerations ...........................................................................................................32
CLASSIFYING MILITARY OPERATIONS INFORMATION ............................................32
General ...............................................................................................................................32
Military Operations Classification Considerations ............................................................32
CLASSIFYING INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION .............................................................33
Intelligence Classification Considerations .........................................................................33
Intelligence Declassification Considerations .....................................................................37
Classification Guide Illustrations .......................................................................................37
CLASSIFYING FOREIGN RELATIONS INFORMATION .................................................38
General ...............................................................................................................................38
Foreign Relations Classification Considerations ...............................................................38
Classification Guide Illustrations .......................................................................................40
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