Research Catalog

Title

Issues with access to acquisition data and information in the Department of Defense : a closer look at the origins and implementation of controlled unclassified information labels and security policy / Megan McKernan [and 5 others].

Author

McKernan, Megan

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016]

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Additional Authors

• Riposo, Jessie
• Drezner, Jeffrey A.
• McGovern, Geoffrey
• Shontz, Douglas
• Grammich, Clifford A. (Clifford Anthony), 1963-
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Description

xxiii, 56 pages; 28 cm

Summary

"Acquisition data play a critical role in the management of the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) portfolio of weapon systems. Identifying which unclassified but potentially sensitive data require protection as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and how to properly protect them through the use of appropriate markings or labels can be difficult: Management and sharing of these data are subject to the interaction and interpretation of a number of laws, regulations, and policies. Therefore, the Office of the Secretary of Defense asked RAND to evaluate current CUI labeling procedures, practices, and security policies. The authors found that documentation on CUI labeling procedures is incomplete and unclear. To define and establish proper handling procedures for CUI, a function (additional responsibility for a currently existing office with experience using a large number of CUI labels in multiple roles) and reference (a central, authoritative online resource that references all relevant guidance on information management, handling, access, and release for acquisition data) should be established within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics"--Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

Access to acquisition data and information in the Department of Defense

Subject

• United States. Department of Defense > Procurement > Data processing
• United States. Department of Defense > Appropriations and expenditures
• United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
• Defense contracts > United States > Data processing
• Government information > Access control > United States

Note

• "RR-1476-OSD"--Cover page 4.
• "RAND National Defense Research Institute."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-56)

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Approach -- Organization of This Report -- 2. Proprietary Information: Clarifying and Creating Confusion: What Is Truly Proprietary Information? -- Who Can Access PROPIN? -- Determining How to Grant Access to PROPIN -- How DoD Is Addressing PROPIN -- 3. Origins and Meaning of Commonly Used Controlled Unclassified Information Labels on Acquisition Data: Guiding Questions and Choice of Labels -- Overview of Commonly Used Acquisition Data Labels -- Findings -- 4. Security Policy and Its Implications for AIR and DAMIR: Background -- Security Policies Identified Through Discussions -- AIR: Implications and Challenges for Implementing Security Policy -- DAMIR: Implications and Challenges for Implementing Security Policy -- Impacts of Security Policies -- Findings -- 5. Conclusions and Options: Proprietary Information -- Origins and Meaning of Commonly Used CUI Acquisition Labels -- Security Policy and Its Implications for AIR and DAMIR -- Options for Improving the Three OUSD(AT&L) Data Issues -- APPENDIX: DoD OGC Legal Opinion Dated February 1999 -- Bibliography.

ISBN

• 083309596X
• 9780833095961

OCLC

• 967721609
• SCSB-10162837

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library