What term describes information the United States Government creates or possesses, or that an entity creates or possesses for or on behalf of the USG, that a law, regulation, or USG-wide policy requires or permits an agency to handle using safeguarding or dissemination controls?

• A. Control Markings
• B. CUI
• C. Cooperative Program
• D. Corporate Family

Answer: (A)

Controlled Unclassified Information describes information the United States Government creates or possesses, or that an entity creates or possesses for or on behalf of the USG, that a law, regulation, or USG-wide policy requires or permits an agency to handle using safeguarding or dissemination controls. It’s unclassified but protected under specific rules so it can’t be freely shared. The labels or markings used to indicate how that information must be safeguarded are called control markings, which support handling rules but don’t define the information type itself. The concept of CUI is standardized across agencies by the CUI program, established to bring consistency in how such information is identified, marked, safeguarded, and disseminated.