المملكة: Urgent – Prohibitions governing the publication of reports by public agencies, most notably documents "Top secret"

Put The National Center for Measuring the Performance of Public Agencies "performance" Precise regulatory frameworks for the mechanism of publishing annual reports of government agencies, launching a new project through the platform "reconnaissance" It aims to balance the entitlements of transparency and accountability on the one hand, and the necessities of protecting national security and sensitive information on the other hand, in order to ensure that the public disclosure process is disciplined and compatible with the state’s sovereign regulations.

In its proposed project, the Center has specified a procedural roadmap that obliges all public agencies to publish their annual reports or their contents to the public, stipulating that this step takes place after the report is officially submitted to the Cabinet Office, in implementation of the general provisions contained in the guide for preparing annual reports, which ensures the sequence of procedures. Fortification of sensitive information

In order to fortify sensitive information, the project established a fence of prohibitions that included seven items. Main principles, the first of which is prohibiting the publication of any documents or data that conflict with the regulations of the agencies, or those classified as grades "Top secret" or "Top secret" or "secret" In accordance with the standards of the National Center for Documents and Archives, in addition to prohibiting the circulation of any information that violates Article Nine of the Publications and Publications Law.

The list of prohibitions extended to include the disclosure of statutory instruments issued by the Holy Shrine or the Council of Ministers if they affect higher policies or national security. The Center also prohibited the publication of details related to the challenges facing the state or public agencies if revealing them might lead to harming public or private interests, or threaten national security in any way.

Responsibility Publishing

The new controls resolved the issue of responsibility, stressing that the person with the authority to approve the annual report within the agency is the primary person responsible for the publishing decision, or whoever is officially authorized by him, stressing the need for close coordination with data management offices in government agencies to ensure that the content is classified according to the four nationally approved levels of confidentiality. "Top Secret, Secret, Restricted, Public"

This organizational move comes from a center "performance" To enhance data governance in the public sector, establishing the principle that transparency does not mean complete exposure, but rather is a responsible practice that serves the public interest without endangering the state’s gains or secrets.

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