Functions
Section 5.3 of E.O. 13526 directs the ISCAP to perform four critical functions:
- Classification Challenges: Deciding on appeals by authorized persons who have filed classification challenges under Section 1.8 of E.O. 13526;
- Exemptions from Automatic Declassification: Approving, denying or amending agency exemptions from automatic declassification, as provided in Section 3.3 of E.O. 13526;
- Mandatory Declassification Review Appeals: Deciding on mandatory declassification review appeals by parties whose requests for declassification under Section 3.5 of E.O. 13526, have been denied at the agency level; and
- Inform Decisions: Appropriately inform senior agency officials and the public of final Panel decisions on appeals under Sections 1.8 and 3.5 of E.O. 13526.
Additionally, the ISCAP has another function under section 3.3(c)(1) of E.O. 13526.
- File Series Exemptions: Deciding on agency requests to exempt a designated file series from automatic declassification at 25 years.
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