98-7682. Delegation of Original and Derivative Classification Authority

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14502-14503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7682]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

[Treasury Order Number 102-19]


Delegation of Original and Derivative Classification Authority

March 19, 1998.
    Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury, 
including the authority in 31 U.S.C. 321(b); Sections 1.4 and 2.2 of 
Executive Order (E.O.) 12958, ``Classified National Security 
Information,'' dated April 20, 1995, as amended; and the President's 
memorandum dated October 13, 1995 (60 FR 53845); the following 
delegations are made with respect to the

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classification of national security information.
    1. Original Classification Authority. The following officials are 
delegated original classification authority as indicated.

Original Top Secret

Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary (International Affairs)
Under Secretary (Enforcement)
Assistant Secretary for Management and CFO
Assistant Secretary (International Affairs)
Assistant Secretary (Enforcement)
Special Assistant to the Secretary (National Security)
Commissioner of Customs
Director, United States Secret Service
Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Director, Office of Security

Original Secret and Confidential

Under Secretary (Domestic Finance)
General Counsel
Assistant Secretary (Economic Policy)
Inspector General
Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing

    2. The authority delegated in paragraph 1. inheres within the 
office and may be exercised by a person acting in that capacity.
    3. Redelegation. Pursuant to E.O. 12958, only the Secretary of the 
Treasury may delegate the authority to originally classify national 
security information as Top Secret; only the Secretary or the 
Department's senior agency official for the information security 
program (designated in Treasury Order 102-20) may delegate original 
Secret or Confidential classification authority. The senior agency 
official is hereby authorized to redelegate original Secret or 
Confidential classification authority in conformity with the 
requirements of E.O. 12958.
    3. Derivative Classification Authority. An official with original 
classification authority may derivatively classify and delegate 
derivative classification authority, but only at the same or lower 
level as the official's original authority.
    4. The General Counsel and Executive Secretary are delegated 
derivative classification authority at the Top Secret level. The 
following officials are delegated derivative classification authority 
at the Secret and Confidential levels.

Derivative Secret and Confidential

Assistant Secretary (Financial Markets)
Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy)
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Commissioner, Financial Management Service
Commissioner, Bureau of the Public Debt
Comptroller of the Currency
Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Director, United States Mint
Director, Office of Thrift Supervision

    5. Derivative classification authority inheres within the office 
and may be exercised by a person acting in that capacity, and may be 
redelegated.
Robert E. Rubin,
Secretary of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 98-7682 Filed 3-24-98; 8:45 am]
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