---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 17.45"
title: "28"
number: "17.45"
heading: "Need-to-know."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/17.45"
---

# §17.45. Need-to-know.


No person shall be granted access to specific classified information unless that person has an actual need-to-know that classified information, pursuant to [section 2.5](/cfr/28/2.5.md) of Executive Order 12968.


## 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.