98-7681. Delegation of Authority Concerning the Information Security Program

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
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[FR Doc No: 98-7681]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

[Treasury Order 102-20]


Delegation of Authority Concerning the Information Security 
Program

    Dated: March 19, 1998.
    Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury, 
including the authority vested by 31 U.S.C. 321(b) and Executive Order 
(E.O.) 12958, ``Classified National Security Information,'' dated April 
17, 1995, as amended, it is ordered that:
    1. The Department shall maintain an information security program to 
fulfill the responsibilities imposed by E.O. 12958, under which 
national security information is to be classified, safeguarded and 
declassified. The program shall be applicable throughout the 
Department.
    2. The Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial 
Officer is delegated the authority of the Secretary to exercise and 
perform all duties, rights, powers, and obligations under the above-
referenced authority, except for any matter in which, by law, executive 
order, or regulation of outside agencies, the personal decision of the 
head of the agency or the principal deputy is required. This delegation 
includes issuing any regulations required to implement the Department's 
information security program.
    3. The Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial 
Officer is designated as the Department's senior agency official under 
Section 5.6(c) of E.O. 12958, with authority to direct and administer 
Treasury's information security program. The Assistant Secretary for 
Management and Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that the functions 
listed in Section 5.6(c) of E.O. 12958 are carried out.
    4. The authority to classify information is delegated in Treasury 
Order (TO) 102-19, and this Order does not modify the provisions of TO 
102-19.
    5. The responsibilities of the Special Assistant to the Secretary 
(National Security) with respect to National Foreign Intelligence 
Information continue uninterrupted and are not affected by this Order.
    6. The authority delegated by this order may be redelegated.
Robert E. Rubin,
Secretary of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 98-7681 Filed 3-24-98; 8:45 am]
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