Vetoed Classification Act December 2020

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Set Terms for the Classification of Information

The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the “Classification Act December 2020”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

2 - Reasons
(1)There is no process in which any document or information can be deemed as Classified as of yet.

(2)Government agencies and bodies can be intentionally non transparent by classifying anything to serve their own needs or interests.


3 - Classification Process
1.Government employees or members can request for information to be deemed classified; this can only be approved by the Head of that Government Branch that the classified information belongs too.(The Speaker of the House, The President and the Chief Justice.)

2.Format and Clearance access:
1.
CLASSIFICATION FORMAT:
Classified Document or Information: (Name)

Reason for Classification:

Requesting Clearance: (Who needs access)

Period of Classification: (How long does the information need to be classified)

Status: (Approved,Rejected/Pending)

2.Clearance may be taken from or granted to additional people but they must be logged on to the list of people with clearance and the action must be approved by the Head of The Branch that the classified information was approved by.

3. Government members with clearance to Classified information are automatically in a confidentiality agreement meaning they cannot share any information they have gained access to through being given clearance to a classified document or make any duplicates and to do so is illegal.

4 - Classified Information Storage and Logging:
1.All Classified Documents must be logged and linked to a Central Document in which each document must be linked to a list which specifies who has access to the information,the date in which the information was classified and who requested and approved the classification of the information.

2.
CLASSIFIED
Document Name:

Active Clearances: (Who Currently has clearance)

Inactive Clearance: (Who used to have clearance)

Date Issued:

Classification Requested by:

Classification Approved by:

3.Only members with Unlimited Clearance may have access to this Central Document, unlimited clearance means they have access to all the Branches classified documents.

5 - Edits to Process
1.Any edits to a classified documentation must be recorded at the bottom of the document follow this process:
Edited By: (Name)
Date:
Reason: (Be Specific)
Sections Edited: (If Relevant)

6 - Internal Access
1.Internally Branches and Departments are permitted to Create their own levels of classification and access clearance in order to allow for department members to do their jobs and have access to the information they may need.

2.(1)The Head of the Branch is allowed to set out these levels of Clearance and classification and what that level has access to.

(2)The Head of the Branch may also delegate permission to members of their branch to give limited classification (not unlimited clearance) to subordinate government employees.


7 - External Access
1.Any Government Branch, Department or Body may request a classified warrant through the Supreme Court to be given limited access to a document, this can be granted for the following reasons: document is relevant to an ongoing investigation, relevant to a court case or is relevant to a congressional act such as a subpoena.

2.Format in Which to Request the warrant:
CLASSIFIED WARRANT
Document(s) being requested access to:

Requested by: (Name)

Purpose of access: (Reason)

Limited Clearance for: (listed people)

3.The Supreme Court may either reject or accept these requests which are to be confidential between the Supreme Court and the party requesting access.
If the court approves the request they will be given access to the document(s) for a limited time frame determined by the courts and any people have access to classified documents via a classified warrant are in a confidentiality agreement with the state and any use of the information must be for it's approved purpose and only information relevant to request may be used.

8 - Declassification of Information
1.After a period of 4 months all classified information must become declassified and available to public viewing, exceptions can be made to this if the Classified information is approved by the Supreme Court to stay classified.
 
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This bill has been vetoed.​

Explanation:
  • Classified information is by convention not logged anywhere, as it would be an unnecessary and bureaucratic process to have to establish documents for every element of information that branches wish to classify. Instead, should Congress wish to investigate a specific situation, they have the ability to investigate via a subpoena in which government officials can be held under oath, as per the Congressional Hearings Bill.
  • The bill does not include any legal penalty, such as fines, for the sharing of classified information.
  • Additionally, having all classified documents linked to one central document seems rather unsecure.
 
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