Greatly strengthens requirements for the training of all original classification authorities (OCAs) and the much larger number of derivative classifiers.

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Mandates a review by all departments and agencies to ensure that delegations of original classification authority are as limited as possible.

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It greatly strengthens the requirements for training and oversight of all original classification authorities and the much larger number of derivative classifiers.

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These delegations should be made only to those individuals or positions with a demonstrable and continuing need to exercise original classification authority.

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In addition, the memorandum stresses the principle that delegations of original classification authority must be held to the minimum necessary to implement the EO.

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Prosecutors said the courtroom audio was suspended by an OCA - Original Classification Authority - which could refer to any agency responsible for the classified information at stake.

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Mandates that agency self-inspection programs shall review original and derivative classification decisions and correct misclassification actions appropriately.

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The original was refused a certificate by the British Board of Film Classification in 1975, which felt its focus on sadistic terror and "abnormal psychology" was unsuitable - although some local councils allowed it to be shown with an X certificate.

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