[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09083]


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                Executive Order 13794 of April 28, 2017

                
Establishment of the American Technology Council

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United 
                States to promote the secure, efficient, and economical 
                use of information technology to achieve its missions. 
                Americans deserve better digital services from their 
                Government. To effectuate this policy, the Federal 
                Government must transform and modernize its information 
                technology and how it uses and delivers digital 
                services.

                Sec. 2. Purpose. To promote the policy set forth in 
                section 1 of this order, this order establishes the 
                American Technology Council (ATC).

                Sec. 3. ATC Establishment and Membership. The ATC is 
                hereby established, with the following members:

                    (a) The President, who shall serve as Chairman;
                    (b) The Vice President;
                    (c) The Secretary of Defense;
                    (d) The Secretary of Commerce;
                    (e) The Secretary of Homeland Security;
                    (f) The Director of National Intelligence;
                    (g) The Director of the Office of Management and 
                Budget (OMB);
                    (h) The Director of the Office of Science and 
                Technology Policy;
                    (i) The U.S. Chief Technology Officer;
                    (j) The Administrator of General Services;
                    (k) The Senior Advisor to the President;
                    (l) The Assistant to the President for 
                Intragovernmental and Technology Initiatives;
                    (m) The Assistant to the President for Strategic 
                Initiatives;
                    (n) The Assistant to the President for National 
                Security Affairs;
                    (o) The Assistant to the President for Homeland 
                Security and Counterterrorism;
                    (p) The Administrator of the U.S. Digital Service;
                    (q) The Administrator of the Office of Electronic 
                Government (Federal Chief Information Officer);
                    (r) The Commissioner of the Technology 
                Transformation Service; and
                    (s) The Director of the American Technology Council 
                (Director).

                Sec. 4. Additional Invitees. The Director may invite 
                the heads of agencies with key service delivery 
                programs to attend meetings of the ATC on a rotating 
                basis and may also invite the heads of those service 
                delivery programs to attend. The President, or upon his 
                direction, the Director, may also invite other 
                officials of executive departments, agencies, and 
                offices to attend meetings of the ATC from time to 
                time.

                Sec. 5. ATC Meetings. The President, or upon his 
                direction, the Director, may convene meetings of the 
                ATC. The President shall preside over the

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                meetings. In the President's absence the Vice President 
                shall preside, and in the Vice President's absence the 
                Director shall preside.

                Sec. 6. ATC Functions. (a) The principal functions of 
                the ATC shall be to:

(i) coordinate the vision, strategy, and direction for the Federal 
Government's use of information technology and the delivery of services 
through information technology;

(ii) coordinate advice to the President related to policy decisions and 
processes regarding the Federal Government's use of information technology 
and the delivery of services through information technology; and

(iii) work to ensure that these decisions and processes are consistent with 
the policy set forth in section 1 of this order and that the policy is 
being effectively implemented.

                    (b) The functions of the ATC, as specified in 
                subsection (a) of this section, shall not extend to any 
                national security system, as defined in section 
                3552(b)(6) of title 44, United States Code.
                    (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
                impair or otherwise affect the authority of any agency 
                or of OMB, including the authority of OMB to monitor 
                implementation of Administration policies and programs 
                and to develop and implement management policies for 
                all agencies.

                Sec. 7. ATC Administration. (a) The ATC may function 
                through ad hoc committees, task forces, or interagency 
                groups, each to be chaired by the Director or such 
                official as the Director may, from time to time, 
                designate. Such groups shall include a senior 
                interagency forum for considering policy issues related 
                to information technology, and a deputies committee to 
                review and monitor the work of the ATC interagency 
                forum and to ensure that issues brought before the ATC 
                have been properly analyzed and prepared for decision.

                    (b) The ATC shall have a Director, who shall be an 
                employee of the Executive Office of the President 
                designated by the President.
                    (c) All agencies are encouraged to cooperate with 
                the ATC and to provide such assistance, information, 
                and advice to the ATC as the ATC may request, to the 
                extent permitted by law.
                    (d) Consistent with the protection of sources and 
                methods, the Director of National Intelligence is 
                encouraged to provide access to classified information 
                on cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and 
                mitigation procedures to the ATC in order to facilitate 
                the ATC's activities.

                Sec. 8. Termination. This order, and the ATC 
                established hereunder, shall terminate on January 20, 
                2021.

                Sec. 9. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof;

(ii) the functions of the Director of OMB relating to budgetary, 
administrative, or legislative proposals; or

(iii) the provisions of the Presidential Memorandum of March 19, 2015, 
entitled ``Establishing the Director of White House Information Technology 
and the Executive Committee for Presidential Information Technology.''

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.

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                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    April 28, 2017.

[FR Doc. 2017-09083
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