A military or civilian government official designated by the Head of a DOD Component or by the DOD Component's Principal Disclosure Authority (PDA), who has been delegated disclosure authority to control disclosures of Classified Military Information (CMI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) to foreign governments or international organizations and their representatives.

• A. Designated Disclosure Authority (DDA)
• B. Designated Government Representative (DGR)
• C. Derivative Classifier
• D. Destruction

Answer: (A)

The designated disclosure authority is the official who controls when and how Classified Military Information and Controlled Unclassified Information can be shared with foreign governments, international organizations, and their representatives. This designation comes from the Head of a DoD Component or the Component’s Principal Disclosure Authority, and the role has been granted the authority to approve, deny, or restrict foreign disclosures in line with policy, classification levels, and any security agreements. The purpose is to ensure that any sharing with foreign partners meets national security requirements and is handled through the proper review processes. The derivative classifier, by contrast, is focused on assigning classifications to new information derived from existing classified sources, not on controlling foreign disclosures, and destruction is about disposing of material, not about disclosure authority.