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Downgrade is
“ | [a] determination by an appropriate authority that (1) information may be handled at a level lower than the initial classification level or (2) matter may be handled at a level and/or category lower than the initial classification level and/or category, but in either case, not lower than Confidential.[1] | ” |
“ | [a] determination that classified information requires, in the interest of U.S. national security, a lower degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure than currently provided, together with a changing of the classified designation to reflect such lower degree of protection.[2] | ” |
References[]
- ↑ DOE Manual 470.4-7, at 21.
- ↑ DoD Instruction 5210.52, Encl. 2, at 12.