Further Amendments to Executive Order 12859, Establishment of the Domestic Policy Council

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In simple terms

This executive order restructures membership of the Domestic Policy Council by replacing several Clinton-era advisory positions with Obama-era roles, including adding a Chief Technology Officer and an Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change. It is a procedural reorganization of White House internal advisory structures with no public-facing policy mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 74 FR 6981

Record & deadlines

Feb 5, 2009Signed
Signed by the President
Feb 11, 2009FR published
Published in the Federal Register · 74 FR 6981
Federal Register PDF

Key directives

Replace Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of National Service with Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison
Replace Senior Advisor to the President for Policy Development with Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Replace AIDS Policy Coordinator with Assistant to the President and Chief Technology Officer
Add Chief Executive Officer, Corporation for National and Community Service to DPC
Add Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to DPC
Relabel subsequent subsection as (aa)

Prior policy

amendExecutive Order 12859

Related orders

What to expect

Immediate

Restructured DPC membership takes effect upon signing

Near term (90d)

New DPC members assume advisory roles in policy coordination

Long term

Institutionalized energy/climate and technology voices in domestic policy deliberations

Risks & tensions

No explicit tensions in text; procedural reorganization without stated rationale
AIDS policy coordination role removed from DPC—unclear if function relocated or deprioritized
Energy/climate and technology roles elevated, signaling presidential priorities without binding policy commitments