---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 17.25"
title: "28"
number: "17.25"
heading: "Identification and markings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/17.25"
---

# §17.25. Identification and markings.

- (a) Classified information must be marked pursuant to the standards set forth in [section 1.7](/cfr/28/1.7.md) of Executive Order 12958; ISOO implementing directives in [32 CFR 2001](/cfr/32/2001.md), [subpart B](/cfr/28/subpartB.md); and internal Department of Justice direction provided by the Department Security Officer.
- (b) Foreign government information shall be marked or classified at a level equivalent to that level of classification assigned by the originating foreign government.
- (c) Information assigned a level of classification under predecessor Executive Orders shall be considered as classified at that level of classification.

## Notes

### Authority

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.

### Source

Source: Order No. 2091-97, 62 FR 36984, July 10, 1997, unless otherwise noted.