A new Web page designed to give Laboratory employees a single resource for information on handling unclassified controlled information is now online. The Web page was developed by the Security and Safeguards (S) Division for this type of information, formerly known as sensitive unclassified information.
The new Web page is at http://int.lanl.gov/security/protectinfo online.
The Web page describes proper handling for seven categories of unclassified controlled information employees may encounter, and provides details on definitions, access control, marking, protecting, transmitting and destroying various unclassified controlled information matter types, according to S Division. It also gathers in one place all applicable unclassified information controls from the Department of Energy and other federal agency orders.
The Web site captures information that previously existed in various places, as well as some new guidance. Of note is the fact that DOE's new "Official Use Only" category now includes many types of controlled information that traditionally had special labels such as "CRADA-protected," "In Strict Confidence," "Proprietary" and "Business-Protected."
The current DOE policies on official use only are included, even though the new DOE directives on OUO have not yet been included in Appendix G of the Laboratory/University of California contract. Lab employees are encouraged to follow these new official use only policies for marking, etc., but they aren't mandatory until the directives are accepted by UC. New training for Lab employees on official use only is being developed, according to S Division.
The guidance was developed under the auspices of UC, and is intended to provide both Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with a common set of definitions and guidelines with respect to information that is unclassified but also sensitive and requiring control.
This guidance creates no new policy and originates no new requirements regarding sensitive or controlled information, with the exception of the OUO information described above. It brings together in one place the existing guidance on how to identify and protect material that, while unclassified, still requires some degree of control and special handling.
Lab workers are encouraged to visit the site and direct questions or comments they have to the Classification Office at 7-5011. For questions about the maintenance of the Web site, write to the S Division Web Team at security-www@lanl.gov by electronic mail.
