Science and Security in the Post-9/11 Environment

"Sensitive but Unclassified" Information: Resources

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Government Statements and Policies:

Geospatial Data Access Guidelines: Guidelines for Providing Appropriate Access to Geospatial Data in Response to Security Concerns (10/5/05)
Sensitive But Unclassified Information: A manual from the Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness (8/3/05)
Information Dissemination Policy Statement: Withdrawl of Federal Products from GPO's Information Dissemination (ID) Programs (6/21/05)
National Security Decision Directive 189: National Policy on the Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineering Information (9/21/85)
Letter from National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice reaffirming NSDD-189 (11/1/01)
White House memo on safeguarding sensitive homeland security information (3/19/02)
Draft Department of Defense regulation concerning control of scientific information proposed and then retracted in 2002 (3/02)
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law No. 107-296); Sec. 892 requires the president to "prescribe and implement procedures under which relevant Federal agencies ... identify and safeguard homeland security information that is sensitive but unclassified." (11/25/02)
Definitions and Regulations Involved in the Classified-Sensitive Information-Unclassified Debate compiled by the Association of American Universities (3/3/03; PDF format)
Critical Infrastructure Information Regulations Issued by DHS (03/02/04)
Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 (35 U.S.C. 181)
Atomic Energy Act of 1951 (42 U.S.C. 2011)

Other Statements and Resources:

Journal of National Security Law and Policy: A Troubling Equation in Contracts for Government Funded Scientific Research: "Sensitive But Unclassified" = Secret But Unconstitutional (6/28/05; PDF format)
Association of American Universities scientific openness and security page
National Academies Statement on Science and Security in an Age of Terrorism (10/18/02)
Letter from higher education community on scientific openness (1/31/03)
Congressional Research Service report RL31845: "Sensitive But Unclassified" and Other Federal Security Controls on Scientific and Technical Information: History and Current Controversy (4/2/03; PDF format)
National Academies study: Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism: Confronting the "Dual Use" Dilemma (10/8/03)
American Association of University Professors report: "Academic Freedom and National Security in a Time of Crisis" (10/27/03)
Congressional Research Service Report RL32425: Sensitive Security Information and Transportation Security: Issues and Congressional Options (6/14/04; PDF format)
The Library of Congress Federal Research Division report: "Laws and Regulations Governing the Protection of Sensitive But Unclassified Information" (9/04)