The Defense Department is mishandling the job of classifying secret documents, the Government Accountability Office stated in a report today. Poor training and a lack of coordination are contributing to a high rate of errors and a backlog of classification work, according to GAO.
GAO surveyed information security programs in nine DOD components, which were responsible for 83 percent of the department’s classification decisions from 2002-2004.
“A lack of oversight and inconsistent implementation of DOD’s information security program are increasing the risk of miscalculation,†GAO said.
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