Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness
Directs Federal Agencies to Empower State and Local Preparedness
What it does
Agencies must publish a National Resilience Strategy and review and update preparedness, continuity, and infrastructure policies on set timelines.
Real-world impact
- Requires a National Resilience Strategy that reshapes federal preparedness priorities.
- Creates a National Risk Register to guide state, private, and federal investments.
- Directs reviews and updates across many federal preparedness policies, adding agency workloads.
Topics
Summary
This order tells federal agencies to put State and local governments and individuals at the center of preparing for threats to infrastructure. It requires the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to publish a National Resilience Strategy in 90 days and sets deadlines to review and update critical infrastructure, continuity, and preparedness policies.
The order also directs creation of a National Risk Register to guide federal, state, and private investment and asks the Secretary of Homeland Security to propose clearer federal functions within one year. It aims to reduce complexity, save taxpayer money, and make communities more resilient.
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