What Should Be Classified?: A Framework with Application to the Global Force Management Data Initiative(Rand Corporation Monograph)

Series: Rand Corporation Monograph

The Global Force Management Data Initiative was launched to improve aggregation of unclassified force-structure data. Aggregation, though, raised concerns about classification because the system might be attractive to a potential adversary. The authors develop a framework for evaluating classification decisions to determine that, while overall classification is not indicated, the inclusion of some