(a) The Director of Classification may evaluate newly generated specific information in a previously declassified subject area using the criteria in section 1045.16 and classify it as RD, if warranted.
(b) The Director of Classification shall not classify the information in such cases if it is widely disseminated in the public domain. [62 FR 68509, Dec. 31, 1997, as amended at 71 FR 68737, Nov. 28, 2006]