FBI, ATF, FEMA, now IPTF!!! by Executive Order #13010:
IPTF = Infrastructure Protection Task Force
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[Federal Register: July 17, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 138)]
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Part III The President
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Executive Order 13010--Critical Infrastructure Protection
Presidential Documents
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Title 3-- The President
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Executive Order 13010 of July 15, 1996
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Certain national infrastructures are so vital that their incapacity or
destruction would have a debilitating impact on the defense or economic
security of the United States. These critical infrastructures include
telecommunications, electrical power systems, gas and oil storage and
transportation, banking and finance, transportation, water supply systems,
emergency services (including medical, police, fire, and rescue), and
continuity of government. Threats to these critical infrastructures fall
into twocategories: physical threats to tangible property (``physical
threats''), and threats of electronic, radio-frequency, or computer-based
attacks on the information or communications components that control
critical infrastructures (``cyber threats''). Because many of these
critical infrastructures are owned and operated by the private sector, it
is essential that the government and private sector work together to
develop a strategy for protecting them and assuring their continued
operation.
NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is hereby established the President's
Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (``Commission'').
(a) Chair. A qualified individual from outside the Federal
Government shall be appointed by the President to serve as
Chair of the Commission. The Commission Chair shall be
employed on a full-time basis.
(b) Members. The head of each of the following executive branch
departments and agencies shall nominate not more than two
full-time members of the Commission:
(i) Department of the Treasury;
(ii) Department of Justice;
(iii) Department of Defense;
(iv) Department of Commerce;
(v) Department of Transportation;
(vi) Department of Energy;
(vii) Central Intelligence Agency;
(viii) Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(ix) Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(x) National Security Agency.
One of the nominees of each agency may be an individual from outside the
Federal Government who shall be employed by the agency on a full-time
basis. Each nominee must be approved by the Steering Committee.
Sec. 2. The Principals Committee. The Commission shall report to the
President through a Principals Committee (``Principals Committee''),
which shall review any reports or recommendations before submission to
the President. The Principals Committee shall comprise the:
(i) Secretary of the Treasury;
(ii) Secretary of Defense;
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(iii) Attorney General;
(iv) Secretary of Commerce;
(v) Secretary of Transportation;
(vi) Secretary of Energy;
(vii) Director of Central Intelligence;
(viii) Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(ix) Director of the Federal Emergency ManagementAgency;
(x) Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs;
(xi) Assistant to the Vice President for National
Security Affairs.
Sec. 3. The Steering Committee of the President's Commission on Critical
Infrastructure Protection. A Steering Committee (``Steering Committee'')
shall oversee the work of the Commission on behalf of the Principals
Committee. The Steering Committee shall comprise four members appointed
by the President. One of the members shall be the Chair of the Commission
and one shall be an employee of the executive Office of the President. The
Steering Committee will receive regular reports on the progress of the
Commission's work and approve the submission of reports to the Principals
Committee.
Sec. 4. Mission. The Commission shall:
(a) within 30 days of this order, produce a statement of its mission
objectives, which will elaborate the general objectives
set forth in this order, and a detailed schedule for addressing
each mission objective, for approval by the Steering Committee;
(b) identify and consult with:
(i) elements of the public and private sectors that conduct,
support, or contribute to infrastructure assurance;
(ii) owners and operators of the critical infrastructures; and
(iii) other elements of the public and private sectors, including
the Congress, that have an interest in critical infrastructure
assurance issues and that may have differing perspectives on
these issues;
(c) assess the scope and nature of the vulnerabilities of, and threats
to, critical infrastructures;
(d) determine what legal and policy issues are raised by efforts to
protect critical infrastructures and assess how these issues should
be addressed;
(e) recommend a comprehensive national policy and implementation
strategy for protecting critical infrastructures from physical and
cyber threats and assuring their continued operation;
(f) propose any statutory or regulatory changes necessary to effect its
recommendations; and
(g) produce reports and recommendations to the Steering Committee as
they become available; it shall not limit itself to producing one
final report.
Sec. 5. Advisory Committee to the President's Commission on Critical
Infrastructure Protection.
(a) The Commission shall receive advice from an advisory committee
(``Advisory Committee'') composed of no more than ten individuals
appointed by the President from the private sector who are
knowledgeable about critical infrastructures. The Advisory Committee
shall advise the Commission on the subjects of the Commission's
mission in whatever manner the Advisory Committee, the Commission
Chair, and the Steering Committee deem appropriate.
(b) A Chair shall be designated by the President from among the members
of the Advisory Committee.
(c) The Advisory Committee shall be established in compliance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.). The
Department of Defense shall perform the functions of the President
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act for the Advisory Committee,
except that of reporting to the Congress, in accordance with the
guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of
General Services.
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Sec. 6. Administration.
(a) All executive departments and agencies shall cooperate with the
Commission and provide such assistance, information, and advice to
the Commission as it may request, to the extent permitted by law.
(b) The Commission and the Advisory Committee may hold open and closed
hearings, conduct inquiries, and establish subcommittees, as
necessary.
(c) Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve without compensation
for their work on the Advisory Committee. While engaged in the work
of the Advisory Committee, members may be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for
persons serving intermittently in the government service.
(d) To the extent permitted by law, and subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Department of Defense shall provide the
Commission and the Advisory Committee with administrative services,
staff, other support services, and such funds as may be necessary
for the performance of its functions and shall reimburse the
executive branch components that provide representatives to the
Commission for the compensation of those representatives.
(e) In order to augment the expertise of the Commission, the
Department of Defense may, at the Commission's request, contract
for the services of nongovernmental consultants who may prepare
analyses, reports, background papers, and other materials for
consideration by the Commission. In addition, at the Commission's
request, executive departments and agencies shall request that
existing Federal advisory committees consider and provide advice
on issues of critical infrastructure protection, to the extent
permitted by law.
(f) The Commission, the Principals Committee, the Steering Committee,
and the Advisory Committee shall terminate 1 year from the date of
this order, unless extended by the President prior to that date.
Sec. 7. Interim Coordinating Mission.
(a) While the Commission is conducting its analysis and until the President has an
opportunity to consider and act on its recommendations, there is a
need to increase coordination of existing infrastructure protection efforts in order to better address, and prevent, crises that would have a debilitating regional or national impact. There is hereby established an Infrastructure Protection Task Force (``IPTF'') within the Department of Justice, chaired by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to undertake this interim coordinating mission.
(b) The IPTF will not supplant any existing programs or organizations.
(c) The Steering Committee shall oversee the work of the IPTF.
(d) The IPTF shall include at least one full-time member each from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense, and the
National Security Agency. It shall also receive part-time assistance
from other executive branch departments and agencies. Members shall
be designated by their departments or agencies on the basis of their
expertise in the protection of critical infrastructures. IPTF
members' compensation shall be paid by their parent agency or
department.
(e) The IPTF's function is to identify and coordinate existing expertise
, inside and outside of the Federal Government, to:
(i) provide, or facilitate and coordinate the provision of, expert
guidance to critical infrastructures to detect, prevent, halt,
or confine an attack and to recover and restore service;
(ii) issue threat and warning notices in the event
advance information is obtained about a threat;
(iii) provide training and education on methods of reducing
vulnerabilities and responding to attacks on critical
infrastructures;
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(iv) conduct after-action analysis to determine possible future
threats, targets, or methods of attack; and
(v) coordinate with the pertinent law enforcement authorities
during or after an attack to facilitate any resulting
criminal investigation.
(f) All executive departments and agencies shall cooperate with the
IPTF and provide such assistance, information, and advice as the
IPTF may request, to the extent permitted by law.
(g) All executive departments and agencies shall share with the IPTF
information about threats and warning of attacks, and about actual
attacks on critical infrastructures, to the extent permitted by law.
(h) The IPTF shall terminate no later than 180 days after the
termination of the Commission, unless extended by the President
prior to that date.
Sec. 8. General.
(a) This order is not intended to change any existing statutes or
executive orders.
(b) This order is not intended to create any right, benefit, trust, or
responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or
equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, its
officers, or any person.
Presidential Sig.) Clinton Clinton
THE WHITE HOUSE, July 15, 1996.
[FR Doc. 96-18351 Filed 7-16-96; 11:24 am] Billing code 3195-01-P