---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 7.29"
title: "6"
number: "7.29"
heading: "National Declassification Center."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/7.29"
---

# §7.29. National Declassification Center.

- (a) The Chief Security Officer and applicable components will support the NARA, National Declassification Center (NDC), which was established to streamline declassification processes, facilitate quality-assurance measures, and implement standardized training regarding the declassification of records determined to have permanent historical value. The Chief Security Officer will assign DHS personnel on an as-needed basis to address declassification matters and priorities containing DHS equities.
- (b) The Office of the Chief Security Officer shall provide the NDC with all DHS classification and declassification guides that include ISCAP-approved exemptions from automatic declassification.
- (c) The Chief Security Officer, or his designee, shall oversee DHS-wide support to the NDC, including representing DHS in consultations with the NDC Director.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; Pub. L. 107-296; E.O. 13526; 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 333; E.O. 13142, 64 FR 66089, 3 CFR, 1999 Comp., p. 236; 32 CFR part 2001.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 44095, July 30, 2014, unless otherwise noted.