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Executive Order 14060

Establishing the United States Council on Transnational Organized Crime

This executive order establishes the United States Council on Transnational Organized Crime (USCTOC), a new interagency body replacing the Threat Mitigation Working Group, to coordinate federal efforts against transnational criminal organizations. It also creates a Strategic Division housed at the Department of Justice to develop whole-of-government strategic plans, and mandates intelligence assessments and threat prioritization reports within specified timeframes.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 71793

Impact dates

  1. Strategic Division report on threat identification and prioritization process

  2. Director of National Intelligence first annual TOC intelligence posture report

  3. USCTOC first meeting

Key directives

  • Establish USCTOC reporting to President through National Security Advisor
  • Establish USCTOC Strategic Division at Department of Justice with interagency personnel
  • Revoke Section 3 of Executive Order 13773
  • USCTOC shall meet not later than 60 days from date of order
  • Strategic Division shall submit threat prioritization process report within 120 days
  • Director of National Intelligence shall submit TOC intelligence posture report within 120 days and annually thereafter
  • Strategic Division Chairperson serves 2-year term with DOJ/DHS alternating selection
  • Agencies shall provide full-time personnel details of not less than 1 year

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • USCTOC replaces Threat Mitigation Working Group; Section 3 of EO 13773 revoked
  • Agencies directed to provide personnel, information, and resources to Strategic Division

Near term (90d)

  • USCTOC must hold first meeting by February 13, 2022 (60 days)
  • Strategic Division must submit threat identification process report by April 14, 2022 (120 days)
  • Director of National Intelligence must submit first TOC intelligence posture report by April 14, 2022 (120 days)

Long term

  • Annual intelligence posture reports required thereafter
  • Ongoing strategic plan production and implementation
  • Rotating 2-year chairperson terms for Strategic Division continue indefinitely

Risks & tensions

  • Funding contingent on appropriations may limit operational capacity
  • Information sharing between law enforcement and intelligence constrained by need to protect sources and methods
  • Non-reimbursable personnel details may create interagency budget tensions
  • Vague: 'periodically thereafter' for USCTOC meetings leaves frequency undefined
  • Vague: 'as appropriate' and 'to the extent permitted by law' create implementation discretion
  • Potential tension between DOJ and DHS over Strategic Division chairperson alternation
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