Sec. 505. Classified information spillage
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the relevant congressional committees on a plan that describes how the reforms described in subsection
(b)will be completed within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall develop or maintain, as the case may be, a training program for appropriate officials reporting to the Under Secretary of Management of the Department regarding best practices for detecting and recognizing classified information spillage, including information originating from the intelligence community. The officials receiving the training described in subsection
(b)shall, not less frequently than quarterly— collect statistically valid random samples of electronic mail sent by or received from employees of the Department who hold a security clearance granting such employees authorized access to information classified at the level of Secret or above; and use such samples, in a manner provided for in the training described in subsection (b), to detect spillage of data that was classified at the time such electronic mail was sent or received, as part of the Department’s program for safeguarding classified information. Not later than 180 days after the implementation of the training program described in subsection (b), the Inspector General for the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall— conduct an audit of the program and activities carried out under this section; and submit a report containing the results of the audit conducted under paragraph
(1)to the relevant congressional committees.