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Executive Order 13064

Further Amendment to Executive Order 13010, as Amended, Critical Infrastructure Protection

This executive order makes technical amendments to EO 13010 to expand the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection from 15 to 20 members, adds public sector representation, and extends the life of supporting committees until March 15, 1998 to review the Commission's report and prepare recommendations. It also authorizes retention of Commission staff and designates classification authority for related infrastructure protection work.

Federal Register Open PDF 62 FR 53711

Impact dates

  1. Committees to review Commission report and prepare recommendations upon submission

  2. Principals Committee, Steering Committee, and Advisory Committee termination; latest date for retaining Commission staff

Key directives

  • Increase Commission membership from 15 to 20 members
  • Expand sector representation from 'sector' to 'private and public sectors'
  • Add 'or Co-Chairs' after 'Chair' in Section 5(b)
  • Terminate Principals Committee, Steering Committee, and Advisory Committee no later than March 15, 1998
  • Require committees to review Commission report and prepare recommendations to President upon submission
  • Allow former Commission Chair to continue as Steering Committee member after Commission termination
  • Retain certain Commission staff until March 15, 1998 to assist committees
  • Designate Executive Secretary of National Security Council with Top Secret classification authority for infrastructure protection work

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Expansion of Commission membership from 15 to 20
  • Addition of public sector to private sector representation
  • Insertion of Co-Chairs authority

Near term (90d)

  • Committees to review Commission report and prepare recommendations by March 15, 1998
  • Retention of Commission staff until March 15, 1998

Long term

  • Potential structural changes to critical infrastructure protection governance based on Commission recommendations

Risks & tensions

  • Unclear whether 'upon submission of the Commission's report' creates binding deadline or merely triggers duty—text does not specify report due date
  • Extension of committee life and staff retention suggests Commission report was delayed or process more complex than originally planned
  • Classification authority grant to NSC Executive Secretary for infrastructure protection work may create interagency tension over information control
  • Vague: 'certain of the Commission's staff' retained—no numerical limit or criteria specified
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