Original Classification Authority

Order of December 29, 2009

Original Classification Authority

Pursuant to the provisions of section 1.3 of the
Executive Order issued today, entitled ``Classified
National Security Information'' (Executive Order), I
hereby designate the following officials to classify
information originally as ``Top Secret'' or ``Secret'':

TOP SECRET

Executive Office of the President:

The Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
The Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs (National Security Advisor)
The Assistant to the President for Homeland
Security and Counterterrorism
The Director of National Drug Control Policy
The Director, Office of Science and Technology
Policy
The Chair or Co-Chairs, President's Intelligence
Advisory Board

Departments and Agencies:

The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Secretary of Energy
The Secretary of Homeland Security
The Director of National Intelligence
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
The Director, Information Security Oversight Office

SECRET

Executive Office of the President:

The United States Trade Representative

Departments and Agencies:

The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Health and Human Services
The Secretary of Transportation
The Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency

Any delegation of this authority shall be in accordance
with section 1.3(c) of the Executive Order, except that
the Director of the Information Security Oversight
Office, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
may not delegate the authority granted in this order.
If an agency head without original classification
authority under this order, or otherwise delegated in
accordance with section 1.3(c) of the Executive Order,
has an exceptional need to classify information
originated by their agency, the matter shall be
referred to the agency head with appropriate subject
matter interest and classification authority in
accordance with section 1.3(e) of the Executive Order.
If the agency with appropriate subject matter interest
and classification authority cannot readily be
determined, the matter shall be referred to the
Director of the Information Security Oversight Office.

Presidential designations ordered prior to the issuance
of the Executive Order are revoked as of the date of
this order. However, delegations of authority to
classify information originally that were made in
accordance with the provisions of section 1.4 of
Executive Order 12958 of April 17, 1995, as amended, by
officials designated under this order shall continue in
effect, provided that the authority of such officials
is delegable under this order.

This order shall be published in the Federal Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 29, 2009.