45 CFR § 601.8 - Access to classified materials.

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title: "45 CFR § 601.8 - Access to classified materials."
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title_name: "Public Welfare"
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section_name: "Access to classified materials."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"
part_number: "601"
part_name: "CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "E.O. 12958, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp. p. 333."
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# 601.8 Access to classified materials.

No person may be given access to classified information unless that person has been determined to be trustworthy and unless access is essential to the accomplishment of lawful and authorized Government purposes.