Intel Pqs Study Guide 2023

101.8 ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY {Ans: OCA is the initial determination that information could be expected to cause damage to national security if subjected to unauthorized disclosure. This decision shall be made only by OCAs who have been specifically delegated the authority to do UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO 9 so, have received training in the exercise of this authority, and have program responsibility or cognizance over the information. OCAs shall develop classification guides for subject matter under his or her cognizance. Original classification decisions made by an OCA should be recorded in a security classification guide. The authority to classify information originally may be exercised only by: • the President and the Vice President • Agency heads and officials designated by the President • United States Government officials delegated this authority pursuant to Instruction below:}101.9 DERITIVITVE CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITIES DOWNGRADE/DECLASSIFICATION PROCEDURES {Ans: Derivative Classification: While original classification is the initial determination that information requires, in the interest of national security, protection against unauthorized disclosure, derivative classification is the incorporating, paraphrasing, restating, or generating, in new form, information that is already classified, and the marking of newly developed information consistent with the classification markings that apply to the classified source. This includes the