United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-06-30 monographic deposited born digital 47 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-706 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-706 P0b002ee1803a5de3 f:d06706 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-706 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-706 GAO-06-706 Classified defense information Classified information Document reclassification Information classification Information resources management Information security Information security management Information security regulations Internal controls Performance measures Policies and procedures Other Written Product A56200 Misclassification of national security information impedes effective information sharing, can provide adversaries with information to harm the United States and its allies, and incurs millions of dollars in avoidable administrative costs. As requested, GAO examined (1) whether the implementation of the Department of Defense's (DOD) information security management program, effectively minimizes the risk of misclassification; (2) the extent to which DOD personnel follow established procedures for classifying information, to include correctly marking classified information; (3) the reliability of DOD's annual estimate of its number of classification decisions; and (4) the likelihood of DOD's meeting automatic declassification deadlines https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-706/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-706.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-706/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-706.pdf GAO-06-706 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-706 Other Written Product GAO-06-706; Managing Sensitive Information: DOD Can More Effectively Reduce the Risk of Classification Errors; Classified defense information Classified information Document reclassification Information classification Information resources management Information security Information security management Information security regulations Internal controls Performance measures Policies and procedures Public Law 107-314