Managing Secrecy: Security Classification Reform - The Government Secrecy Act Proposal

The end of the Cold War, heightened interest in effecting greater economy and better management in security classification operations, and the considered recommendations of a national study commission on official secrecy have all contributed to the proposed Government Secrecy Act (H.R. 1546/S.712), introduced on a bicameral, bipartisan basis to establish, for the first time, a statutory mandate for security classification and declassification.This report follows the development and progress of this legislation and will be updated as events warrant.