I bet that if an independent review were made of ANY governments “secrets” they’d judge no more than 15% of them as actually needing to be secret. Despite that, the laws are far more stringent than the handling policies support.
Haven’t been in a position to handle classified documents for more than 60 years now but when I did there was a LOT of paperwork associated with it. I can’t imagine that it has decreased. And paperwork takes time. It’s probably computerized now.
I would suspect if it isn’t currently in place, an expiration date should be attached to approval for someone to hold a document. When the expiration is reached the approval has to be renewed or the document returned. If it’s not returned, someone will come looking for it.
Erse IS better over 1 year ago
I bet that if an independent review were made of ANY governments “secrets” they’d judge no more than 15% of them as actually needing to be secret. Despite that, the laws are far more stringent than the handling policies support.
Dirtfarmer over 1 year ago
Haven’t been in a position to handle classified documents for more than 60 years now but when I did there was a LOT of paperwork associated with it. I can’t imagine that it has decreased. And paperwork takes time. It’s probably computerized now.
I would suspect if it isn’t currently in place, an expiration date should be attached to approval for someone to hold a document. When the expiration is reached the approval has to be renewed or the document returned. If it’s not returned, someone will come looking for it.
AtomicForce91 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Locked in a Safe vs. Left in a Garage and an Office