[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 2015)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 68237-68238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28216]



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Vol. 80

Tuesday,

No. 212

November 3, 2015

Part VI





The President





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Proclamation 9357--Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience 
Month, 2015



Proclamation 9358--Military Family Month, 2015



Proclamation 9359--National Entrepreneurship Month, 2015
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                Proclamation 9357 of October 29, 2015

                
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience 
                Month, 2015

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Our Nation's critical infrastructure is central to our 
                security and essential to our economy. Technology, 
                energy, and information systems play a pivotal role in 
                our lives today, and people continue to rely on the 
                physical structures that surround us. From roadways and 
                tunnels, to power grids and energy systems, to 
                cybersecurity networks and other digital landscapes, it 
                is crucial that we stay prepared to confront any 
                threats to America's infrastructure. During Critical 
                Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, we 
                rededicate ourselves to safeguarding our infrastructure 
                by staying attentive, alert, and ready to respond to 
                any threats toward our homeland and our assets.

                Ensuring our country has a secure and stable 
                infrastructure is essential to our national security 
                efforts. Our systems and networks extend beyond the 
                scope of government. Many are owned by private 
                industry, and my Administration is committed to 
                partnering with private entities, as well as State and 
                local governments, to secure our critical 
                infrastructure. Earlier this year, we convened some of 
                America's top infrastructure planning experts at the 
                White House to highlight and advance important work to 
                improve our Nation's resilience. We also continue to 
                collaborate with stakeholders to mitigate risks and 
                confront threats as part of the National Infrastructure 
                Protection Plan. Additionally, to support the Build 
                America Investment Initiative--a Federal effort to 
                assist communities in constructing better and more 
                efficient infrastructure projects--we released a 
                Federal Resource Guide for Infrastructure Planning and 
                Design. This guide informs communities about relevant 
                Federal resources and noteworthy case studies, and it 
                outlines updated principles to guide infrastructure 
                projects.

                By some estimates, we are currently underinvesting in 
                our infrastructure by hundreds of billions of dollars 
                each year. I have called on the Congress to pass a 
                bipartisan infrastructure plan to create jobs and make 
                America stronger. Not only is it a threat to our 
                national security, but failing to maintain and 
                strengthen our infrastructure also jeopardizes our 
                economic growth and closes doors of opportunity for all 
                our citizens. Our people and our businesses require an 
                advanced infrastructure--modern ports, stronger 
                bridges, faster trains, a modern grid, and high-speed 
                Internet--and I am committed to efforts to build one.

                No challenge demands modern infrastructure more than 
                combatting climate change--the gravest threat to future 
                generations, particularly to communities and 
                populations with strained resources. Drawing on current 
                efforts, my Administration is reinforcing our 
                infrastructure projects and making them more clean, 
                sustainable, efficient, and resilient. Together with 
                States, local governments, and tribal communities, we 
                are planning new roads, transit lines, and other 
                methods of transportation and power generation that 
                bolster our country's resilience in the face of climate 
                change.

                We have more power at our fingertips than ever before 
                to communicate, collaborate, and make transactions each 
                day across the world we share. This month, let us 
                remind ourselves of the value of our infrastructure, 
                while recognizing the challenges of protecting it. 
                Together, we can safeguard the advances we have made as 
                a people by securing our critical infrastructure

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                and remaining vigilant in the face of any and all 
                threats, both here at home and around the globe.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim November 2015 as 
                Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. 
                I call upon the people of the United States to 
                recognize the importance of protecting our Nation's 
                infrastructure and to observe this month with 
                appropriate events and training to enhance our national 
                security and resilience.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand fifteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and fortieth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2015-28216
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