[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 94 (Friday, May 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 20999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08807]


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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY


Notice of Decennial Review of Operational Files Designations

AGENCY: Central Intelligence Agency.

ACTION: Notice of decennial review of CIA operational file 
designations.

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SUMMARY: The Central Intelligence Agency (``CIA'' or ``the Agency'') is 
soliciting comments regarding the historical value of, or other public 
interest in, the CIA files designated by the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency (DCIA) pursuant to the CIA Information Act of 1984.

DATES: Comments must be received by June 16, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by the following methods: By mail 
to Michelle Y. Murphy-Bell, Director Enterprise Data Management, 
Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC 20505, or by fax to (703) 
613-3007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Y. Murphy-Bell, Director 
Enterprise Data Management, Central Intelligence Agency, telephone 
(703) 613-1287.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CIA Information Act of 1984, codified in 
section 3141 of title 50 of the United States Code, authorizes the DCIA 
to designate certain operational files of the CIA Directorate of 
Operations (DO), Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T), and 
Office of Security (OS) as exempt from the search, review, and 
disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. The statute 
defines operational files as:
    1. Files of the DO that document the conduct of foreign 
intelligence or counterintelligence operations or intelligence or 
security liaison arrangements or information exchanges with foreign 
governments or their intelligence or security services;
    2. Files of the DS&T that document the means by which foreign 
intelligence or counterintelligence is collected through scientific and 
technical systems; and
    3. Files of the OS that document investigations conducted to 
determine the suitability of potential foreign intelligence or 
counterintelligence sources; except that files that are the sole 
repository of disseminated intelligence are not operational files.
    The CIA Information Act of 1984 requires that, not less than once 
every ten years, the DCIA shall review the exemptions in force to 
determine whether such exemptions may be removed from any category of 
exempted files or any portion thereof. The last review was completed in 
November 2015. The following represents a summary of the general 
categories of operational files that have been maintained within the 
DO, the DS&T, and the OS since the last decennial review:
    1. Files of the DO that document the intelligence sources and 
methods associated with various operational and foreign liaison 
activities, that document the conduct and management of various 
operational and foreign liaison activities, and that document the 
assessment of the viability of potential operational and foreign 
liaison activities and potential intelligence sources and methods;
    2. Files of the DS&T that document the use of scientific and 
technical systems in the conduct of and in support of various 
operational and intelligence collection activities;
    3. Files of the OS that document various aspects of the 
investigations conducted to determine the suitability of potential 
foreign intelligence or counterintelligence sources proposed for use in 
various operational activities.
    The CIA is in the process of conducting the 2025 decennial review 
of its operational files to determine whether any of the previously 
designated files, or portions thereof, can be removed from any of the 
specified categories of exempted files. The CIA Information Act of 1984 
requires that the decennial review ``include consideration of the 
historical value or other public interest in the subject matter of the 
particular category of files or portions thereof and the potential for 
declassifying a significant part of the information contained 
therein.'' In accordance with this requirement, the CIA hereby solicits 
comments for the DCIA's consideration during the decennial review of 
the CIA's operational files regarding the historical value of, or other 
public interest in, the subject matter of these particular categories 
of files or portions thereof described above.

    Dated: May 7, 2025.
Michelle Y. Murphy-Bell,
Director, Enterprise Data Management, Central Intelligence Agency.
[FR Doc. 2025-08807 Filed 5-15-25; 8:45 am]
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