http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd/pdd-63.htm
Some interesting reading on Federal continuity of government requirements and programs.
No later than 180 days from the issuance of this directive, every department
and agency shall develop a plan for protecting its own critical infrastructure,
including but not limited to its cyber-based systems. The National Coordinator shall be responsible for coordinating analyses required by the departments and agencies of inter-governmental dependencies and the mitigation of those dependencies.
The Critical infrastructure Coordination Group (CICG) shall sponsor an expert review process for those plans. No later than two years from today, those plans
shall have been implemented and shall be updated every two years. In meeting this schedule, the Federal Government shall present a model to the private sector on how best to protect critical infrastructure.
This was authored in 1999 btw, and the government STILL does not have a good audit record on protecting critical infrastructure per the GAO.
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd_ntsc7.htm
Authored in 1996
PDD/NSTC-7 Threat of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
Homeland Security Presidential Directive / HSPD-8
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/hspd-8.html
All-Hazards Domestic Preparedness
Purpose
(1) This directive establishes policies to strengthen the preparedness of the United States to prevent and respond to threatened or actual
domestic terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies by requiring a national domestic all-hazards preparedness goal, establishing mechanisms for improved delivery of Federal
preparedness assistance to State and local governments, and outlining actions to strengthen preparedness capabilities of Federal, State, and local entities.
(1) This directive establishes policies…for improved delivery of Federal preparedness assistance to State and local governments…
In other words, “You’re on your own”!
Our tax dollars hard at work.