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22 May 2007
[Federal Register: May 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 98)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 28583-28585]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr22my07-137]
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13434 of May 17, 2007
National Security Professional Development
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to enhance the national security,
it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. In order to enhance the national
security of the United States, including preventing,
protecting against, responding to, and recovering from
natural and manmade disasters, such as acts of
terrorism, it is the policy of the United States to
promote the education, training, and experience of
current and future professionals in national security
positions (security professionals) in executive
departments and agencies (agencies).
Sec. 2. National Strategy for Professional Development.
Not later than 60 days after the date of this order,
the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security
and Counterterrorism (APHS/CT), in coordination with
the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs (APNSA), shall submit to the President for
approval a National Strategy for the Development of
Security Professionals (National Strategy). The
National Strategy shall set forth a framework that will
provide to security professionals access to integrated
education, training, and professional experience
opportunities for the purpose of enhancing their
mission-related knowledge, skills, and experience and
thereby improve their capability to safeguard the
security of the Nation. Such opportunities shall be
provided across organizations, levels of government,
and incident management disciplines, as appropriate.
Sec. 3. Executive Steering Committee. (a) There is
established the Security Professional Development
Executive Steering Committee (Steering Committee),
which shall facilitate the implementation of the
National Strategy. Not later than 120 days after the
approval of the National Strategy by the President, the
Steering Committee shall submit to the APHS/CT and the
APNSA an implementation plan (plan) for the National
Strategy, and annually thereafter shall submit to the
APHS/CT and the APNSA a status report on the
implementation of the plan and any recommendations for
changes to the National Strategy.
(b) The Steering Committee shall consist exclusively of
the following members (or their designees who shall be
full-time officers or employees of the members'
respective agencies):
(i) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management,
who shall serve as Chair;
(ii) the Secretary of State;
(iii) the Secretary of the Treasury;
(iv) the Secretary of Defense;
(v) the Attorney General;
(vi) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(vii) the Secretary of Labor;
(viii) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
(ix) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
(x) the Secretary of Transportation;
(xi) the Secretary of Energy;
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(xii) the Secretary of Education;
(xiii) the Secretary of Homeland Security;
(xiv) the Director of National Intelligence;
(xv) the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget; and
(xvi) such other officers of the United States as the
Chair of the Steering Committee may designate from time
to time.
(c) The Steering Committee shall coordinate, to the
maximum extent practicable, national security
professional development programs and guidance issued
by the heads of agencies in order to ensure an
integrated approach to such programs.
(d) The Chair of the Steering Committee shall convene
and preside at the meetings of the Steering Committee,
set its agenda, coordinate its work, and, as
appropriate to deal with particular subject matters,
establish subcommittees of the Steering Committee that
shall consist exclusively of members of the Steering
Committee (or their designees under subsection (b) of
this section), and such other full-time or permanent
part-time officers or employees of the Federal
Government as the Chair may designate.
Sec. 4. Responsibilities. The head of each agency with
national security functions shall:
(a) identify and enhance existing national security
professional development programs and infrastructure,
and establish new programs as necessary, in order to
fulfill their respective missions to educate, train,
and employ security professionals consistent with the
National Strategy and, to the maximum extent
practicable, the plan and related guidance from the
Steering Committee; and
(b) cooperate with the Steering Committee and provide
such information, support, and assistance as the Chair
of the Steering Committee may request from time to
time.
Sec. 5. Additional Responsibilities. (a) Except for
employees excluded by law, and subject to subsections
(b), (c), and (d) of this section, the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management, after consultation with
the Steering Committee, shall:
(i) consistent with applicable merit-based hiring and advancement
principles, lead the establishment of a national security professional
development program in accordance with the National Strategy and the plan
that provides for interagency and intergovernmental assignments and
fellowship opportunities and provides for professional development
guidelines for career advancement; and
(ii) issue to agencies rules and guidance or apply existing rules and
guidance relating to the establishment of national security professional
development programs to implement the National Strategy and the plan;
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall issue rules or
guidance on professional development programs for
Department of Defense military personnel, including
interagency and intergovernmental assignments and
fellowship opportunities, to implement the National
Strategy and the plan, as appropriate, and shall
coordinate such programs, to the maximum extent
practicable, with the Steering Committee;
(c) The Secretary of State shall issue rules or
guidance on national security professional development
programs for the Foreign Service, including interagency
and intergovernmental exchanges and fellowship
opportunities, to implement the National Strategy and
the plan, as appropriate, and shall coordinate such
programs, to the maximum extent practicable, with the
Steering Committee;
(d) The Director of National Intelligence, in
coordination with the heads of agencies of which
elements of the intelligence community are a part,
shall issue rules or guidance on national security
professional development
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programs for the intelligence community, including
interagency and intergovernmental assignments and
fellowship opportunities, to implement the National
Strategy and the plan, as appropriate, and shall
coordinate such programs, to the maximum extent
practicable, with the Steering Committee; and
(e) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop a
program to provide to Federal, State, local, and tribal
government officials education in disaster
preparedness, response, and recovery plans and
authorities, and training in crisis decision-making
skills, consistent with applicable presidential
guidance.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. This order:
(a) shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and authorities of agencies, or heads of agencies,
vested by law, and subject to the availability of
appropriations;
(b) shall not be construed to impair or otherwise
affect the authorities of any agency, instrumentality,
officer, or employee of the United States under
applicable law, including the functions of the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget relating to
budget, administrative, or legislative proposals, or
the functions assigned by the President to the Director
of the Office of Personnel Management; and
(c) is not intended to, and does not, create any right,
benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies,
instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or
employees, or any other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 17, 2007.
[FR Doc. 07-2570
Filed 5-21-07; 8:45 am]
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