Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Guidance

From the CUI Executive Agent

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) serves as the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program's Executive Agent and has delegated CUI Executive Agent responsibilities to the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO). As the CUI Executive Agent, ISOO issues guidance to Federal agencies on safeguarding and marking CUI. In the list below, you can search, access, and read current CUI guidance. You can find additional CUI resources, links to governing regulations, and more at the CUI website.

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Number	Date issued	Title	General topic	Summary	Date posted to portal	Status	Date of status change
CUI Notice 2020-07	10/02/2020	Using Alternate Designation Indicators (ADI) with CUI	Designation indicators	Outlines limited circumstances in which agencies may use alternate designation indicators on CUI.	10/02/2020
CUI Notice 2020-06	10/02/2020	Limited Marking Waiver Best Practices to Alert Users of CUI	Waivers	Guidance on alerting users to the presence of CUI when the agency has issued a limited marking waiver.	10/02/2020
CUI Notice 2020-05	08/20/2020	Using Exigent Circumstances Waivers	Waivers	Clarifies when agencies may grant exigent circumstances waivers and how these waivers apply when sharing CUI.	08/20/2020
CUI Memo 2020-07-01	07/01/2020	CUI FY20 Annual Reporting Memo (see also CUI Memo 2020-07-01a for attached form)	Reports and reporting	Annual reporting call by November 1, 2020, in accordance with regulation and implementing guidance. Includes guidance for reporting on current and projected efforts to implement the CUI Program.	07/01/2020	Annual requirement
CUI Memo 2020-07-01a	07/01/2020	CUI FY20 Annual Reporting Form (accompanies CUI Memo 2020-07-01)	Reports and reporting	FY20 Annual Reporting Form accompanying annual reporting call.	07/01/2020	Annual requirement
CUI Notice 2020-04	06/16/2020	Assessing Security Requirements in Non-Federal Information Systems	Implementing	Assessing whether security requirements for CUI within non-Federal information systems in unclassified environments are met, using NIST SP 800-171A to assess compliance with NIST SP 800-171 and applicable security requirements for such systems.	06/16/2020
CUI Notice 2020-03	06/03/2020	Non-Disclosure Agreement Template for CUI	Agreements	Provides an optional CUI non-disclosure agreement template for executive branch agency use.	06/03/2020
CUI Notice 2020-03a	06/03/2020	CUI non-disclosure agreement template (attachment)	Agreements	CUI non-disclosure agreement template for executive branch agency optional use.	06/03/2020
CUI Notice 2020-02	06/03/2020	Alternate Marking Methods	Marking	Clarifies marking guidance when it is impractical for agencies to individually mark CUI due to its quantity, the nature of the information, or when the agency has issued a limited CUI marking waiver.	06/03/2020
CUI Notice 2020-01	05/14/2020	CUI Program Implementation Deadlines	Implementation	Updates implementation deadlines for the CUI Program, to facilitate coordinated agency transition to CUI, based on projections provided in agency annual report submissions to ISOO.	05/14/2020	Cancels CUI Notice 2016-01 and CUI Notice 2018-03	05/14/2020

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