Organizations

CAPCO (Controlled Access Program Coord. Office)

1995

Controlled Access Program Coordination Office - the Director of National Intelligence's focal point for the Intelligence Community's controlled-access (compartmented/SAP) programs. Established via DCID 6/11 (1995) and later DNI policy; maintains the CAPCO Register of classification markings and coordinates with DoD's SAPCO for reciprocity. The IC-level counterpart to the Pentagon's SAP gatekeeping structure.

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Connections (5)

confirmedDNI Special Security Center

IC security-policy and training body alongside the CAPCO compartmented-program office

Source: ODNI, DNI Special Security Center (SSC)

confirmedCAPOC (Controlled Access Program Oversight Cmte.)

the IC Controlled Access Program Oversight Committee (DCID 6/11, 1995); CAPCO is the DNI's coordinating office for it

Source: ODNI, Controlled Access Program Coordination Office (CAPCO); DCID 6/11 (1995); ICPG 2006-700-10

confirmedSAPOC (SAP Oversight Committee)

coordinates with DoD's SAP Coordination Office (SAPCO) to ensure reciprocity for DoD intelligence SAPs

Source: ODNI, Controlled Access Program Coordination Office (CAPCO); DCID 6/11 (1995); ICPG 2006-700-10

confirmedAARO

CAPCO issued a parallel 2023 memo on AARO's access to controlled-access-program information

Source: CAPCO memo, 2023 (AARO.mil)

confirmedODNI

the DNI's focal point for controlled-access programs across the Intelligence Community

Source: ODNI, Controlled Access Program Coordination Office (CAPCO); DCID 6/11 (1995); ICPG 2006-700-10

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