Lower military secrecy thresholds coming this year, Plumb says
By Courtney Albon
Thursday, Apr 11
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb told reporters April 10 that an updated classification policy should be implemented by the end of the year. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Pentagon’s top space policy official expects the military services to implement updated classification guidance meant to make it easier for the U.S. to communicate with allies and partners by the end of this year.
John Plumb, assistant secretary of defense for space policy, told reporters that while reducing the classification levels of highly-secretive programs takes time, the process should be easier under the updated policy, which Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks signed out in January.
“You have to be able to use your systems,” Plumb said during an April 10 briefing at Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. “And to be able to use your systems, they have to be able to at least talk to each other. . . . Otherwise you just have a bunch of stovepipes. So, I think there is a military necessity of doing this, which I think is going to drive implementation.”
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