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The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) supports the President in protecting and allowing access to classified and controlled unclassified information. ISOO's authorities include Executive Orders 13526, 12829, 13549, and 13556, as well as 50 U.S.C. 3355a. The office's mission is to ensure the government protects and allows proper access to classified and controlled unclassified information. ISOO's primary functions include recommending policy changes, collecting and analyzing information, developing guidance, and serving as Executive Agent for the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) program.

The Director of ISOO, Mark A. Bradley, reports to the President that modernizing the government's outdated systems for classifying and declassifying national security information is crucial to restoring Americans' faith in their government. The report highlights the need for reforms and the mixed effects of COVID-19 on the classification and declassification systems. ISOO recommends updating critical national security authorities, modernizing its oversight role, and applying modern technologies to the declassification system. The office also recommends fully implementing the CUI program and funding a fully digital declassification pilot.