10 CFR § 824.3 - Definitions.

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title: "10 CFR § 824.3 - Definitions."
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part_name: "PROCEDURAL RULES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CLASSIFIED INFORMATION SECURITY VIOLATIONS"
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# 824.3 Definitions.

As used in this part:

*Act* means the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 *et seq.*).

*Administrator* means the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration.

*Classified information* means Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data protected against unauthorized disclosure pursuant to the Act and National Security Information that has been determined pursuant to Executive Order 12958, as amended March 25, 2003, or any predecessor or successor executive order to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and that is marked to indicate its classified status when in documentary form.

*DOE* means the United States Department of Energy, including the National Nuclear Security Administration.

*Director* means the DOE Official, or his or her designee, to whom the Secretary has assigned responsibility for enforcement of this part.

*Person* means any person as defined in section 11.s. of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 2014, and includes any affiliate or parent corporation thereof, who enters into a contract or agreement with DOE, or is a party to a contract or subcontract under a contract or agreement with DOE.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Energy.