The President Executive Order 13526—Classified National Security Information page 719 of PDF gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-01-05/pdf/E9-31418.pdf "Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2010 / Presidential Documents (a) An agency may refuse to confirm or deny the existence or nonexistence of requested records whenever the fact of their existence or nonexistence is itself classified under this order or its predecessors. (b) When an agency receives any request for documents in its custody that contain classified information that originated with other agencies or the disclosure of which would affect the interests or activities of other agencies with respect to the classified information, or identifies such docu- ments in the process of implementing sections 3.3 or 3.4 of this order, it shall refer copies of any request and the pertinent documents to the originating agency for processing and may, after consultation with the origi- nating agency, inform any requester of the referral unless such association is itself classified under this order or its predecessors. In cases in which the originating agency determines in writing that a response under paragraph (a) of this section is required, the referring agency shall respond to the requester in accordance with that paragraph. (c) Agencies may extend the classification of information in records deter- mined not to have permanent historical value or nonrecord materials, includ- ing artifacts, beyond the time frames established in sections 1.5(b) and 2.2(f) of this order, provided: (1) the specific information has been approved pursuant to section 3.3(j) of this order for exemption from automatic declassification; and (2) the extension does not exceed the date established in section 3.3(j) "
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