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Executive Order 13284

Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Establishment of the Department of Homeland Security

This executive order formally integrates the newly created Department of Homeland Security into existing government structures by amending 16 prior executive orders to add DHS officials to various interagency bodies and councils. It also designates DHS intelligence elements as part of the Intelligence Community, grants the Secretary authority to classify information as Top Secret, and temporarily assigns domestic response coordination to the Secretary from January 24 to March 1, 2003.

Federal Register Open PDF 68 FR 4075

Impact dates

  1. Temporary domestic response coordination authority ends

  2. EO becomes effective; temporary domestic response coordination begins

Key directives

  • Amend EO 13234 to add DHS to Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness
  • Amend EO 13231 to add Secretary of Homeland Security to critical infrastructure protection board
  • Amend EO 13228 to add Secretary to Homeland Security Council; temporarily assign domestic response coordination January 24-March 1, 2003
  • Amend EO 13224 to add Secretary to terrorism sanctions implementation
  • Amend EO 12333 to designate DHS information analysis elements as part of Intelligence Community
  • Designate DHS Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary for IAIP, and Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis as Senior Officials of the Intelligence Community
  • Authorize Secretary of Homeland Security to originally classify information as Top Secret

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • EO takes effect January 24, 2003
  • Temporary domestic response coordination authority transfers to Secretary of Homeland Security through March 1, 2003

Near term (90d)

  • DHS officials assume seats on multiple interagency councils and task forces
  • Intelligence Community designation takes effect for DHS information analysis elements

Long term

  • Structural integration of DHS into federal interagency processes
  • Ongoing Top Secret classification authority for Secretary of Homeland Security

Risks & tensions

  • Brief 37-day window for domestic response coordination transfer may create ambiguity between DHS Secretary and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security
  • Intelligence Community designation for DHS elements with foreign intelligence analysis exception creates boundary uncertainty
  • Massive renumbering across 16 executive orders introduces technical risk of cross-reference errors
  • Private sector clearance recognition (Sec. 19(b)) lacks specificity on enforcement mechanism
Executive Order 13284: Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Establishment of the Department of Homeland Security · Executive Orders