[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 2, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 25619-25621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part IV





The President





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Executive Order 13151--Global Disaster Information Network
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                Executive Order 13151 of April 27, 2000

                
Global Disaster Information Network

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and in order to establish a Global Disaster 
                Information Network to use information technology more 
                effectively to reduce loss of life and property from 
                natural and man-made disasters, it is hereby ordered as 
                follows:

                Section 1. Policy. (a) It is the policy of this 
                Administration to use information technology more 
                effectively to coordinate the Federal Government's 
                collection and dissemination of information to 
                appropriate response agencies and State governments to 
                prepare for and respond to natural and man-made 
                disasters (disasters). As a result of changing 
                population demographics in our coastal, rural, and 
                urban areas over the past decades, the loss of life and 
                property (losses) from disasters has nearly doubled. 
                One of the ways the Federal Government can reduce these 
                losses is to use technology more effectively to 
                coordinate its collection and dissemination (hereafter 
                referred to collectively as ``provision'') of 
                information which can be used in both planning for and 
                recovering from disasters. While many agencies provide 
                disaster-related information, they may not always 
                provide it in a coordinated manner. To improve the 
                provision of disaster-related information, the agencies 
                shall, as set out in this order, use information 
                technology to coordinate the Federal Government's 
                provision of information to prepare for, respond to, 
                and recover from domestic disasters.

                    (b) It is also the policy of this Administration to 
                use information technology and existing channels of 
                disaster assistance to improve the Federal Government's 
                provision of information that could be helpful to 
                foreign governments preparing for or responding to 
                foreign disasters. Currently, the United States 
                Government provides disaster-related information to 
                foreign governments and relief organizations on 
                humanitarian grounds at the request of foreign 
                governments and where appropriate. This information is 
                supplied by Federal agencies on an ad hoc basis. To 
                increase the effectiveness of our response to foreign 
                disasters, agencies shall, where appropriate, use 
                information technology to coordinate the Federal 
                Government's provision of disaster-related information 
                to foreign governments.
                    (c) To carry out the policies in this order, there 
                is established the Global Disaster Information Network 
                (Network). The Network is defined as the coordinated 
                effort by Federal agencies to develop a strategy and to 
                use existing technical infrastructure, to the extent 
                permitted by law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations and under the guidance of the 
                Interagency Coordinating Committee and the Committee 
                Support Office, to make more effective use of 
                information technology to assist our Government, and 
                foreign governments where appropriate, by providing 
                disaster-related information to prepare for and respond 
                to disasters.

                Sec. 2. Establishment. (a) There is established an 
                Interagency Coordinating Committee (Committee) to 
                provide leadership and oversight for the development of 
                the Network. The Office of the Vice President, the 
                Department of Commerce through the National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of 
                State, respectively, shall designate a representative 
                to serve as Co-chairpersons of the Committee. The 
                Committee membership shall comprise representatives 
                from the following departments and agencies:

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                    (1) Department of State;
                    (2) Department of Defense;
                    (3) Department of the Interior;
                    (4) Department of Agriculture;
                    (5) Department of Commerce;
                    (6) Department of Transportation;
                    (7) Department of Energy;
                    (8) Office of Management and Budget;
                    (9) Environmental Protection Agency;
                    (10) National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
                    (11) United States Agency for International 
                Development;
                    (12) Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
                    (13) Central Intelligence Agency.

                At the discretion of the Co-chairpersons of the 
                Committee, other agencies may be added to the Committee 
                membership. The Committee shall include an Executive 
                Secretary to effect coordination between the Co-
                chairpersons of the Committee and the Committee Support 
                Office.

                    (b) There is established a Committee Support Office 
                (Support Office) to assist the Committee by developing 
                plans and projects that would further the creation of 
                the Network. The Support Office shall, at the request 
                of the Co-chairpersons of the Committee, carry out 
                tasks taken on by the Committee.
                    (c) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                Administration shall provide funding and administrative 
                support for the Committee and the Support Office. To 
                the extent permitted by law, agencies may provide 
                support to the Committee and the Support Office to 
                assist them in their work.

                Sec. 3. Responsibilities. (a) The Committee shall:

(1)

serve as the United States Government's single entity for all matters, both 
national and international, pertaining to the development and establishment 
of the Network;

(2)

provide leadership and high-level coordination of Network activities;

(3)

provide guidance for the development of Network strategies, goals, 
objectives, policies, and legislation;

(4)

represent and advocate Network goals, objectives, and processes to their 
respective agencies and departments;

(5)

provide manpower and material support for Network development activities;

(6)

develop, delegate, and monitor interagency opportunities and ideas 
supporting the development of the Network; and

(7)

provide reports, through the Co-chairpersons of the Committee, to the 
President as requested or at least annually.

                    (b) The Support Office shall:

(1)

provide management and administrative support for the Committee;

(2)

develop Network strategies, goals, objectives, policies, plans, and 
legislation in accordance with guidance provided by the Committee;

(3)

consult with agencies, States, nongovernment organizations, and 
international counterparts in developing Network development tasks;

(4)

develop and make recommendations concerning Network activities to the 
agencies as approved by the Committee; and

(5)

participate in projects that promote the goals and objectives of the 
Network.

                Sec. 4. Implementation. (a) The Committee, with the 
                assistance of the Support Office, shall address 
                national and international issues associated with the 
                development of the Network within the context of:

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                    (1) promoting the United States as an example and 
                leader in the development and dissemination of disaster 
                information, both domestically and abroad, and, to this 
                end, seeking cooperation with foreign governments and 
                international organizations;
                    (2) striving to include all appropriate 
                stakeholders in the development of the Network; and
                    (3) facilitating the creation of a framework that 
                involves public and private stakeholders in a 
                partnership for sustained operations of the Network.
                    (b) Intelligence activities, as determined by the 
                Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, as well as 
                national security-related activities of the Department 
                of Defense and of the Department of Energy, are exempt 
                from compliance with this order.

                Sec. 5. Tribal Governments. This order does not impose 
                any requirements on tribal governments.

                Sec. 6. Judicial Review. This order does not create any 
                right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable by law, by a party against the United 
                States, its officers, its employees, or any other 
                person.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     April 27, 2000.

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