House Homeland Security Intelligence Subcommittee Chairwoman Jane Harman, D-Calif., Thursday introduced legislation that would set parameters for the Homeland Security Department's 'controlled unclassified information' designation.

The White House last month issued a long-awaited CUI policy to provide a consistent system in the government for safeguarding sensitive documents that are unclassified. The framework is intended to replace what security experts believe are more than 100 individual agency control markings that have stymied information-sharing within the intelligence community and disclosures to the public.

Under the memorandum, all CUI shall be categorized on a sliding scale of 'controlled with standard dissemination,' 'controlled with specified dissemination,' or 'controlled enhanced with specified dissemination.' Further markings may be approved in special circumstances and several types of security information are exempt from the standardization plan. ...