ML20205H558
| ML20205H558 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 12/20/1985 |
| From: | Cunningham G NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20204G253 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-86-40, FOIA-86-A-40, FOIA-86-A-97 NUDOCS 8601030442 | |
| Download: ML20205H558 (2) | |
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,o MEMORANDUM FOR: William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations FROM: Guy H. Cunningham, III Executive Legal Director
SUBJECT:
UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION -
AVAILABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS AGAINST NRC EMPLOYEES AND SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES Attached for your review, signature and transmittal to the Commission .is a Comission paper on the above subject prepared in response to a memorandum from the Secretary of the Comission dated May 2,1985. The Comission request, which was made in connection with its approval of the publication for coment of the notice of proposed rulemaking transmitted in SECY-85-20, was the preparation of a separate paper to consider the question of sanctions on NRC employee', and special Government employees for unauthorized disclosures of certain types of protected information.
including unauthorized disclosures of adjudicatory transcripts..
The Comission paper contains several enclosures of which Enclosures A and )
B are particularly pertinent. Enclosure A contains an analysis of l
' administrative sanctions available for use against NRC employees and 1 special Government employees for unauthorized disclosures of protected I l
information. Enclosure A also includes a comparison of NRC regulations (
with the regulations of certain selected Federal agencies and a brief summary of incidents of unauthorized disclosures of protected 19, 1975 infomation8 to date. Enclosure
- by NRC employees for the period from Januaryaddresses the two broad ca The types classified information and sensitive unclassified information.Each type of information of information in each category are described.
discussed by identifying the legal basis for withholding the information from pubite disclosure, the kinds of sanctions which may be imposed for unauthorized disclosures, and the legal authority for these sanctions.
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< 2-The Commission paper has received extensive office review and incorporates or reflects comments received from the Office of Administration, the Office of Inspector and Auditor, the Office of Investigations and the Regional Offices. Inforumi comments from the Office of General Counsel have also been accommodated. Concurrences have been received from the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and the Division of Safeguards of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. The Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research has no connents.
Guy H. Cunningham. III Executive Legal Director
Enclosure:
Commission Paper with Enclosures A - E.
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