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Proclamation 8460

Critical Infrastructure Protection Month, 2009

This proclamation designates December 2009 as Critical Infrastructure Protection Month, calling on Americans to recognize the importance of protecting vital infrastructure systems and to observe the month with events and training. It describes existing DHS efforts under the National Infrastructure Protection Plan but creates no new programs, mandates, or legal obligations.

Federal Register Open PDF 74 FR 64585

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of December 2009 as Critical Infrastructure Protection Month

Near term (90d)

  • Month-long observance with suggested events and training during December 2009

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document is purely hortatory with no binding directives; 'call upon' language is non-mandatory
  • References to existing DHS programs (NIPP) without altering them
Proclamation 8460: Critical Infrastructure Protection Month, 2009 · Executive Orders