45 CFR § 601.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s601.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 601.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "601.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"
part_number: "601"
part_name: "CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "E.O. 12958, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp. p. 333."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 57284, Dec. 23, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "601"
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# 601.1 Purpose.

Pursuant to Executive Order 12958 and Information Security Oversight Office Directive No. 1, the National Science Foundation [Foundation] issues the following regulations. The regulations identify the information to be protected, prescribe classification, declassification, downgrading, and safeguarding procedures to be followed, and establish a monitoring system to ensure the regulations' effectiveness.

[47 FR 57284, Dec. 23, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 51021, Sept. 30, 1996]