Last week I reported the Pentagon inspector general had slapped a “For Official Use Only” stamp on a memo dealing with misclassification policies and procedures, an odd approach to information sharing.
Bridget Ann Serchak, public affairs chief for the IG, told me the FOUO label was a mistake, applied to the document only until the names of the folks who signed it had been redacted. (If you are a GS-15 or under, your name gets erased from documents posted to the Web.)
Click here for the document with the FOUO line now crossed out.
Quick work -- but only due to the fact that Nextgov shined some light on this. I wonder how many documents unnecessarily bear the FOUO label just because someone likes to use the stamp?
Bob Brewin
Bob Brewin joined Government Executive in April 2007, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience as a journalist focusing on defense issues and technology. Bob covers the world of defense and information technology for Nextgov, and is the author of the “What’s Brewin” blog.
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