§ 159a.66 - Classified document retention.

(a) Classified documents that are not permanently valuable records of the government shall not be retained more than 5 years from the date of origin, unless such retention is authorized by and in accordance with DoD Component record disposition schedules.

(b) Throughout the Department of Defense, the head of each activity shall establish at least one clean-out day each year where a portion of the work performed in every office with classified information stored is devoted to the destruction of unneeded classified holdings.