declassify , declassified , and declassification refer to the process by which information that has been classified is determined to no longer require protection from unauthorized disclosure pursuant to this title. (8) Document The term document means any recorded information, regardless of the nature of the medium or the method or circumstances of recording. (9) Employee The term employee includes any person who receives a salary or compensation of any kind from the United States Government, is a contractor of the United States Government or an employee thereof, is an unpaid consultant of the United States Government, or otherwise acts for or on behalf of the United States Government, except as otherwise determined by the President. (10) Executive Agent for Classification and Declassification The term Executive Agent for Classification and Declassification means the Executive Agent for Classification and Declassification established by section 811(a). (11) Financial agency and holding company The terms financial agency and financial institution have the meanings given to such terms in section 5312(a) of title 31, United States Code, and the term holding company has the meaning given to such term in section 1101(6) of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 ( 12 U.S.C. 3401 ). (12) Foreign power and agent of a foreign power The terms foreign power and agent of a foreign power have the meanings given such terms in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 ). (13) Information The term information means any knowledge that can be communicated, or documentary material, regardless of its physical form or characteristics, that is owned by, is produced by or for, or is under the control of the United States Government. (14) Information Security Oversight Office The term Information Security Oversight Office means the Information Security Oversight Office established by section 814(a). (15) Original classification authority The term original classification authority means an