Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

information were directed to establish assessment teams to review their implementation of safeguarding procedures. (Office of Management and Budget, Memorandum M-11-06, “WikiLeaks- Mishandling of Classified Information, ” November 28, 2010.) These assessments were intended to build upon the existing requirement in Executive Order 13526 (“Classified National Security Information”) for departments and agencies to establish and maintain ongoing self-inspection programs, in furtherance of the Executive Branch’s comprehensive and enduring effort to strengthen our safeguarding and counterintelligence postures to enhance the protection of classified national security information. Please see the attached memorandum from the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) and the National Counterintelligence Executive within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Their offices will – consistent with their respective