28 CFR § 17.12 - Component head responsibilities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s17.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 17.12 - Component head responsibilities."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "17.12"
section_name: "Component head responsibilities."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "17"
part_name: "CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "28 U.S.C. 501, 509, 510, 515-519; 5 U.S.C. 301; E.O. 12958, 60 FR 19825, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 333; E.O. 12968, 60 FR 40245, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 391; 32 CFR part 2001."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 2091-97, 62 FR 36984, July 10, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "17"
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# 17.12 Component head responsibilities.

The head of each component shall appoint and oversee a Security Programs Manager to implement this regulation. The Security Programs Managers shall:

(a) Observe, enforce, and implement security regulations or procedures pertaining to the classification, declassification, safeguarding, handling, and storage of classified national security information;

(b) Report violations of the provisions of this regulation to the Department Security Officer;

(c) Ensure that all employees acquire adequate security education and training as required by the provisions of the Department security regulations and procedures for classified information;

(d) Continuously review the requirements for personnel access to classified information as a part of the continuous need-to-know evaluation, and initiate action to administratively withdraw or reduce the level of access authorized, as appropriate; and

(e) Cooperate fully with any request from the Department Security Officer for assistance in the implementation of this part.