---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 2001.1"
title: "32"
number: "2001.1"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/2001.1"
---

# §2001.1. Purpose and scope.

- (a) **This part is issued under Executive Order.** (E.O.) 13526, Classified National Security Information (the Order). [Section 5](/cfr/32/5.md) of the Order provides that the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) shall develop and issue such directives as are necessary to implement the Order.
- (b) **The Order provides that these directives are binding on agencies.** [Section 6.1(a)](/cfr/32/6.1.md?p=a) of the Order defines “agency” to mean any “Executive agency” as defined in [5 U.S.C. 105](/usc/5/105.md); any “Military department” as defined in [5 U.S.C. 102](/usc/5/102.md); and any other entity within the executive branch that comes into the possession of classified information.
- (c) For the convenience of the user, the following table provides references between the sections contained in this part and the relevant sections of the Order.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sections 5.1(a) and (b), E.O. 13526, (75 FR 707, January 5, 2010).

### Source

Source: 75 FR 37254, June 28, 2010, unless otherwise noted.