Amendments to Executive Orders 11030, 13279, 13339, 13381, and 13389, and Revocation of Executive Order 13011

This executive order makes minor technical amendments to five prior executive orders concerning federal form preparation standards, faith-based initiative agency designations, advisory committee expirations, and intelligence committee provisions, while revoking Executive Order 13011 on federal information technology. The changes are largely procedural updates to citations, formatting requirements, and sunset dates with no new policy creation.

Federal Register Open PDF 71 FR 28543

Impact dates

May 13, 2007
Advisory committee under EO 13339 expires unless extended by President

Key directives

Revoke EO 13011 (Federal Information Technology, 1996)
Update EO 11030: change 'typewritten' to 'prepared', paper to 8.5x14, margins to 1 inch, remove seven-copy requirement, update U.S. Code citations
Update EO 13279: expand 'specified agency heads' to include DHS Secretary and future agency heads with faith-based centers
Update EO 13339: set advisory committee expiration to May 13, 2007
Update EO 13381: clarify expiration excludes subsection 5(b) and its amendment
Update EO 13389: remove subsection 3(c), convert list to two items

Timeline

Immediate

Revocation of EO 13011 (Federal Information Technology)
Updated paper size and margin requirements for presidential documents (1-inch margins, 8.5x14 paper)
Removal of 'seven copies' submission requirement

Near term (90d)

Specified agency heads for faith-based initiatives now include DHS Secretary and any future agency heads where President creates Centers

Long term

Advisory committee under EO 13339 expires May 13, 2007 unless extended
EO 13381 provisions expire as scheduled unless extended by President

Risks & tensions

EO 13011 revocation without replacement may create uncertainty for federal IT coordination frameworks
Minimal substantive policy change; primarily housekeeping
No enforcement mechanism or private rights created per Section 7