Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is information the government creates or possesses, or that an entity creates or possesses for or behalf of the government, that a law, regulation, or government-wide policy (LRGWP) requires or permits an agency to handle using safeguarding or dissemination ... certain copyrighted material. However, regardless of the control marking, all STI is to be submitted to OSTI through appropriate applications.