---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1260.34"
title: "36"
number: "1260.34"
heading: "What are the responsibilities of the NDC?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1260.34"
---

# §1260.34. What are the responsibilities of the NDC?


The NDC shall coordinate the following activities:

- (a) **Referrals, to include—**
  - (1) Timely and appropriate processing of all referrals in accordance with [section 3.3(d)(3)](/cfr/36/3.3.md?p=d-3) of Executive Order 13526; and
  - (2) The exchange among agencies of detailed declassification guidance to enable referrals as identified in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section.
- (b) General interagency declassification activities as necessary to fulfill the requirements of sections [3.3](/cfr/36/3.3.md) and [3.4](/cfr/36/3.4.md) of the Order;
- (c) The development of effective, transparent, standard declassification work processes, training, and quality assurance measures;
- (d) The development of solutions to declassifying information contained in electronic records and special media; and planning for solutions for declassifying information as new technologies emerge;
- (e) The documentation and publication of declassification review decisions; and support of NDC declassification responsibilities by linking and using existing agency databases; and
- (f) Storage, and related services, on a reimbursable basis, for Federal records containing classified national security information.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2101 to 2118; 5 U.S.C. 552; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 298; Presidential Memorandum of December 29, 2009 “Implementation of the Executive Order, Classified National Security Information,” 75 FR 733, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 412; 32 CFR Part 2001.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 81828, Dec. 29, 2011, unless otherwise noted.