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Subject:Re: FORMAT: Blank Pages From:lori m long <llong -at- UNM -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:16:17 -0700
On Mon, 13 Mar 1995, Marc Santacroce wrote:
> My understanding is that the terminology is derived from Department of
> Defense publications practices. Each page of a classified document must be
> stamped with the highest classification of both page sides.
> There could conceivable be a classified odd page on the same piece of paper
> as an unclassified even page. The unclassified page would still be stamped
> SECRET (or whatever the appropriate classification is), but to clarify that
> no classified material was missing, the annotation: "This Page
> Intentionally Left
> >Blank" would appear on the blank page.
> I know, I know, there are better and easier ways to do this. I'm just
> reporting the rules as I understood them.
Yup. DOE uses the same system. It sort of reminds me of the security
policies like this one: If you have a Q clearance and you commit suicide,
you MUST turn in your badge immediately! I think it's only use is
bureaucratic. *grin*
