[Title 32 CFR 2003.24]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2009 Edition]
[Title 32 - NATIONAL DEFENSE]
[Subtitle B - Other Regulations Relating to National Defense]
[Chapter Xx - INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND]
[Part 2003 - NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION_STANDARD FORMS]
[Subpart B - Prescribed Forms]
[Sec. 2003.24 - TOP SECRET Cover Sheet: SF 703.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


32NATIONAL DEFENSE62009-07-012009-07-01false2003.24Sec. 2003.24NATIONAL DEFENSEOther Regulations Relating to National DefenseINFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE, NATIONAL ARCHIVES ANDNATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION_STANDARD FORMSPrescribed Forms
Sec. 2003.24  TOP SECRET Cover Sheet: SF 703.

    (a) SF 703 serves as a shield to protect TOP SECRET classified 
information from inadvertent disclosure and to alert observers that TOP 
SECRET information is attached to it.
    (b) SF 703 shall be use in all situations that call for the use of a 
TOP SECRET cover sheet. Agency-wide use of SF 703 shall begin when 
supplies of existing forms are exhausted or September 30, 1986, 
whichever occurs earlier.
    (c) SF 703 is affixed to the top of the TOP SECRET document and 
remains attached until the document is destroyed. At the time of 
destruction, SF 703 is removed and, depending upon its condition, 
reused.
    (d) Only the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office 
(ISOO) may grant any agency's application for a waiver from the use of 
SF 703. To apply for a waiver, an agency must submit its proposed 
alternative form to the Director of ISOO along with its justification 
for use. The ISOO Director will review the request and notify the agency 
of the decision.
    (e) The national stock number of the SF 703 is 7540-01-213-7901.

[50 FR 51826, Dec. 19, 1985]