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.