---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 2001.35"
title: "32"
number: "2001.35"
heading: "Discretionary declassification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/2001.35"
---

# §2001.35. Discretionary declassification.

- (a) In accordance with [section 3.1(d)](/cfr/32/3.1.md?p=d) of the Order, agencies may declassify information when the public interest in disclosure outweighs the need for continued classification.
- (b) Agencies may also establish a discretionary declassification program that is separate from their automatic, systematic, and mandatory review programs.

## 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.