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Vol. 80, No. 75 

Monday, April 20, 2015 

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

Notice of Decennial Review of 

Operational Files Designations 

AGENCY: Central Intelligence Agency. 

Authority: 50 U.S.C 3141 

SUMMARY: The Central Intelligence 

Agency (CIA or Agency) is soliciting 

comments regarding the historical value 

of, or other public interest in, the CIA 

files designated by the Director of the 

Central Intelligence Agency (DCIA) 

pursuant to the CIA Information Act of 

1984. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

1 May 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

writing to Joseph W. Lambert, Director, 

Information Management Services, 

Central Intelligence Agency, 

Washington, DC 20505, or by fax to 

(703) 613–3020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph W. Lambert, Director, 

Information Management Services, 

Central Intelligence Agency, telephone 

703–613–1379. 

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The CIA Information Act of 1984, 

codified in section 3141 of title 50 of the 

United States Code, authorizes the DCIA 

to exempt operational files of the CIA 

from the publication, disclosure, search, 

and review provisions of the Freedom of 

Information Act. The statute defines 

operational files as: 

1. Files of the National Clandestine 

Service that document the conduct of 

foreign intelligence or 

counterintelligence operations or 

intelligence or security liaison 

arrangements or information exchanges 

with foreign governments or their 

intelligence or security services; 

2. Files of the Directorate of Science 

and Technology that document the 

means by which foreign intelligence or 

counterintelligence is collected through 

scientific and technical systems; and 

3. Files of the Office of Security that 

document investigations conducted to 

determine the suitability of potential 

foreign intelligence or 

counterintelligence sources; except that 

files that are the sole repository of 

disseminated intelligence are not 

operational files. 

The CIA Information Act of 1984 

requires that, not less than once every 

ten years, the DCIA shall review the 

exemptions in force to determine 

whether such exemptions may be 

removed from any category of exempted 

files or any portion thereof. The last 

review was completed in April 2005. 

The following represents a summary of 

the general categories of operational 

files that have been maintained within 

the National Clandestine Service, the 

Directorate of Science and Technology, 

and the Office of Security since the first 

decennial review: 

1. Files of the National Clandestine 

Service that document the intelligence 

sources and methods associated with 

various operational and foreign liaison 

activities, that document the conduct 

and management of various operational 

and foreign liaison activities, and that 

document the assessment of the 

viability of potential operational and 

foreign liaison activities and potential 

intelligence sources and methods; 

2. Files of the Directorate of Science 

and Technology that document the use 

of scientific and technical systems in 

the conduct of and in support of various 

operational and intelligence collection 

activities; 

3. Files of the Office of Security that 

document various aspects of the 

investigations conducted to determine 

the suitability of potential foreign 

intelligence or counterintelligence 

sources proposed for use in various 

operational activities. 

The CIA is in the process of 

conducting the 2015 decennial review 

of its operational files to determine 

whether any of the previously 

designated files, or portions thereof, can 

be removed from any of the specified 

categories of exempted files. The CIA 

Information Act of 1984 requires that 

the decennial review ‘‘include 

consideration of the historical value or 

other public interest in the subject 

matter of the particular category of files 

or portions thereof and the potential for 

declassifying a significant part of the 

information contained therein.’’ In 

accordance with this requirement, the 

CIA hereby solicits comments for the 

DCIA’s consideration during the 

decennial review of the CIA’s 

operational files regarding the historical 

value of, or other public interest in, the 

subject matter of these particular 

categories of files or portions thereof 

described above and the relationship of 

that historical value or other public 

interest to the removal of previously 

designated files or any portions thereof 

from such a classification. 

Dated: April 15, 2015. 

Joseph W. Lambert, 

Director, Information Management Services, 

CIA. 

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BILLING CODE 6310–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Application for 

Investment Assistance 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval of this 

information collection; they also will 

become a matter of public record. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before June 19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via email at 

JJessup@ doc.gov). 

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