Who is responsible for declassification of foreign government information in NARA's holdings?
36 C.F.R. § 1260.24
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(a) The agency that received or classified the information is responsible for its declassification.
(b) In the case of a defunct agency, NARA is responsible for declassification of foreign government information, as defined in section 6.1(s) of the Order, in its holdings and will consult with the agencies having equity in the records before making declassification determinations.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-36.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026