Institution that can handle specific secrets Dec. 10th at 10:55 on less than half in 5 years
The government decided in a cabinet meeting on the 10th that the government decided to exclude organizations that have not held specific secrets over the past five years, such as the Public Prosecutor's Office and the National Tax Agency, from the scope of application of the Special Secret Protection Act, and as a result, handle specific secrets. The number of institutions that can do this has decreased from 70 to 28, less than half.
The Specified Secret Protection Law is to review the number of institutions that can handle specified secrets five years after the effective date of 2014, and the relevant government ordinance stipulates that the number of institutions targeted is 70. It was.
For this reason, the government decided at the Cabinet meeting on the 10th that it would exclude 42 institutions, such as the Public Prosecutor's Office, the National Tax Agency, and the Fair Trade Commission, which had not held any particular secrets over the past five years, from the scope of the law.
As a result, the number of institutions that can handle specific secrets has decreased from 70 to 28, less than half. This ordinance will come into effect on the 11th.