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Executive Order: National Security Professional Development
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary May 17, 2007

Executive Order: National Security Professional Development

˙˙White House News


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;

(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
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.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 17, 2007.

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