{"id":34342,"date":"2023-05-11T20:42:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T20:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/11\/senators-eye-defense-bill-for-classified-intelligence-reform\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:30:14","slug":"senators-eye-defense-bill-for-classified-intelligence-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/05\/11\/senators-eye-defense-bill-for-classified-intelligence-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators eye defense bill for classified intelligence reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The head of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is hopeful at least some of the reforms proposed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers to improve the U.S. government process for classifying information could make its way into forthcoming defense and intelligence policy bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group, led by Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warner.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/6\/0\/60108bde-a49e-4eef-a676-02953097b1a7\/6AA8FE9B9A8F171B3F920D7B83128DC0.security-clearance-one-pager.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">announced two bills on May 10<\/a> designed to centralize classification decisions, impose disincentives for overclassification and protect against insider threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a May 11 briefing on Capitol Hill, Warner said that while achieving true reform may be \u201ca bit of a slog,\u201d he\u2019s working to make progress on some of the recommendations during this legislative session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve not done a major socialization with the House yet, but we know there are a lot of people who are interested in this issue,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether it got in-total attached or whether we have pieces of this that went into the [National Defense Authorization Act] or the Intelligence Authorization Act, we\u2019re actively working that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secrecy within the defense and intelligence communities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2020\/01\/29\/unbelievably-ridiculous-four-star-general-seeks-to-clean-up-pentagons-classification-process\/\" target=\"_blank\">is not a new obstacle<\/a>. Officials have for years warned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2023\/01\/25\/secrecy-hinders-info-sharing-with-allies-says-space-command-deputy\/\" target=\"_blank\">overclassification hinders work with allies<\/a> and industry and makes it harder to communicate with the public. At the same time, several recent events \u2014 including alleged misuse of classified documents by the Trump and Biden administrations and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2023\/04\/26\/zero-trust-could-have-limited-pentagon-leak-navy-cto-says\/\" target=\"_blank\"> leak of classified Pentagon documents<\/a> by a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard \u2014 renew concerns by some that access and handling of secret information is not subject to enough oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warner said those incidents have brought a new urgency to the reform discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll of that coalesced a bipartisan group of us on the Intelligence Committee to say it\u2019s time to actually put up a piece of legislation, or a couple of pieces of legislation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first bill, the Classification Reform Act, targets the classification process itself, setting accountability and governance measures to ensure that secrecy levels are being applied appropriately. The bill would designate the director of national intelligence as the executive agent for classification and declassification, creating a single authority overseeing the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Right to know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill would also require that before designating a program as classified, agencies must validate that the national security risk to revealing that information is more compelling than the public\u2019s right to know. Further, it would also establish a fund to upgrade the outdated systems that support declassification. Agencies would allocate a portion of their annual budgets to the fund and those with the highest rates of classified information would be required to contribute more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get after insider threat concerns, the bill would set minimum standards for what information can leave government buildings. 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