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LCD-80-51 1 (1980-04-11)

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United States Genera Accounting Office           Logistics and
Wasington, DC 20548                                 Communications
                                                    Division

B-198348
                                             APRIL 11, 1980

The Honorable Richardson Preyer
Chairman, Subcommittee on Government
  Information and Individual Rights
Committee on Government Operations
House of Representatives

Dear Mr. Chairman:

     Subject: Thecentral Intelligence Agency's
                Handling of Mandatory Review Requests
                Under Executive Order 1206_ (LCD-80-51

     Your March 19, 1980, letter requested that we provide
you witn a brief summary and analysis of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency's (CIA's) handling of mandatory review requests
under Executive Order 12063. You also reauested that we pro-
vide this information, without agency comment, by April 11,
1980.

      Presented below are summaries of (1) the requirements
of the Executive order and its implementing instruction,
(2) CIA's procedures for handling the requests, and (3) the
number and disposition of requests received during calendar
years 1973 through 1979.

EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIREMENTS

      Executive Order 12065 took effect December 1, 1978.
Section 3-501 of the order provides for mandatory review
requests as follows.

           Agencies shall establish a mandatory
      review procedure to handle requests by a member
      of the public, by a government employee, or by
      an agency, to declassify and release informa-
      tion. This procedure shall acply to information
      classified under this Order or prior Orders.
      Except as provided in Section 3-503, upon such
      a request the information snail be reviewed for
      possible declassification, provided the request


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