EXECUTIVE ORDER |
EO 13127 Effective Date: June 14, 1999 |
Responsible Office: Office Of The Chief Information Officer |
Subject: Amendment to Executive Order 13073, Year 2000 Conversion |
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to create the information Coordination Center to assist the Chair of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion in addressing year 2000 conversion problems both domestically and internationally, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13073 is amended as follows: Section 1. A new section 5 is added to the order and shall read "Sec. 5. Information Coordination Center. (a) To assist the Chair in the Y2K response duties included under section 2(c) of this order, there shall be established the Information Coordination Center (ICC) in the General Services Administration. (b) At the direction of the Chair, the ICC will assist in making preparations for information sharing and coordination within the Federal Government and key components of the public and private sectors, coordinating agency assessments of Y2K emergencies that could have an adverse affect on U.S. interests at home and abroad, and, if necessary, assisting Federal agencies and the Chair in reconstitution processes where appropriate. (c) The ICC will: (1) consist of officials from executive agencies, designated by agency
heads under subsection 3(a) (2) of this order, who have expertise in important
management and technical areas, computer hardware, software or security
systems, reconstitution and recovery, and of additional personnel hired
directly or by contract, as required, to carry out the duties described
under section 5 of this order;
Sec. 2. The preexisting section 5 of Executive order 13073 shall be renumbered as section 6.
/s/William J. Clinton
The White House,
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