Executive Order -- Establishing the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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ESTABLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE
HOMELAND SECURITY PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, and in order to advance the
Federal Government's use of local partnerships to address homeland
security challenges, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The purpose of this order is to
maximize the Federal Government's ability to develop local partnerships
in the United States to support homeland security priorities.
Partnerships are collaborative working relationships in which the goals,
structure, and roles and responsibilities of the relationships are
mutually determined. Collaboration enables the Federal Government and
its partners to use resources more efficiently, build on one another's
expertise, drive innovation, engage in collective action, broaden
investments to achieve shared goals, and improve performance.
Partnerships enhance our ability to address homeland security
priorities, from responding to natural disasters to preventing
terrorism, by utilizing diverse perspectives, skills, tools, and
resources.
The National Security Strategy emphasizes the importance of
partnerships, underscoring that to keep our Nation safe "we must tap the
ingenuity outside government through strategic partnerships with the
private sector, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, and
community-based organizations. Such partnerships are critical to U.S.
success at home and abroad, and we will support them through enhanced
opportunities for engagement, coordination, transparency, and
information sharing." This approach recognizes that, given the
complexities and range of challenges, we must institutionalize an
all-of-Nation effort to address the evolving threats to the United
States.
Sec. 2. White House Homeland Security Partnership Council and Steering Committee.
(a) White House Homeland Security Partnership Council. There is
established a White House Homeland Security Partnership Council
(Council) to foster local partnerships -- between the Federal Government
and the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, foundations,
community-based organizations, and State, local, tribal, and territorial
government and law enforcement -- to address homeland security
challenges. The Council shall be chaired by the Assistant to the
President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (Chair), or a
designee from the National Security Staff.
(b) Council Membership.
(i) Pursuant to the nomination process established in subsection
(b)(ii) of this section, the Council shall be composed of Federal
officials who are from field offices of the executive departments,
agencies, and bureaus (agencies) that are members of the Steering
Committee established in subsection (c) of this section, and who have
demonstrated an ability to develop, sustain, and institutionalize local
partnerships to address policy priorities.
(ii) The nomination process and selection criteria for members of the
Council shall be established by the Steering Committee. Based on those
criteria, agency heads may select and present to the Steering Committee
their nominee or nominees to represent them on the Council. The Steering
Committee shall consider all of the nominees and decide by consensus
which of the nominees shall participate on the Council. Each member
agency on the Steering Committee, with the exception of the Office of
the Director of National Intelligence, may have at least one
representative on the Council.
(c) Steering Committee. There is also established a Steering
Committee, chaired by the Chair of the Council, to provide guidance to
the Council and perform other functions as set forth in this order. The
Steering Committee shall include a representative at the Deputy agency
head level, or that representative's designee, from the following
agencies:
(i) Department of State;
(ii) Department of the Treasury;
(iii) Department of Defense;
(iv) Department of Justice;
(v) Department of the Interior;
(vi) Department of Agriculture;
(vii) Department of Commerce;
(viii) Department of Labor;
(ix) Department of Health and Human Services;
(x) Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(xi) Department of Transportation;
(xii) Department of Energy;
(xiii) Department of Education;
(xiv) Department of Veterans Affairs;
(xv) Department of Homeland Security;
(xvi) Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
(xvii) Environmental Protection Agency;
(xviii) Small Business Administration; and
(xix) Federal Bureau of Investigation.
At the invitation of the Chair, representatives of agencies not listed
in subsection (c) of this section or other executive branch entities may
attend and participate in Steering Committee meetings as appropriate.
(d) Administration. The Chair or a designee shall convene
meetings of the Council and Steering Committee, determine their agendas,
and coordinate their work. The Council may establish subgroups
consisting exclusively of Council members or their designees, as
appropriate.
Sec. 3. Mission and Function of the Council and Steering Committee. (a) The Council shall, consistent with guidance from the Steering Committee:
(i) advise the Chair and Steering Committee members on priorities,
challenges, and opportunities for local partnerships to support homeland
security priorities, as well as regularly report to the Steering
Committee on the Council's efforts;
(ii) promote homeland security priorities and opportunities for
collaboration between Federal Government field offices and State, local,
tribal, and territorial stakeholders;
(iii) advise and confer with State, local, tribal, and territorial
stakeholders and agencies interested in expanding or building local
homeland security partnerships;
(iv) raise awareness of local partnership best practices that can support homeland security priorities;
(v) as appropriate, conduct outreach to representatives of the private
sector, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, community-based
organizations, and State, local, tribal, and territorial government and
law enforcement entities with relevant expertise for local homeland
security partnerships, and collaborate with other Federal Government
bodies; and
(vi) convene an annual meeting to exchange key findings, progress, and best practices.
(b) The Steering Committee shall:
(i) determine the scope of issue areas the Council will address and its
operating protocols, in consultation with the Office of Management and
Budget;
(ii) establish the nomination process and selection criteria for
members of the Council as set forth in section 2(b)(ii) of this order;
(iii) provide guidance to the Council on the activities set forth in subsection (a) of this section; and
(iv) within 1 year of the selection of the Council members, and
annually thereafter, provide a report on the work of the Council to the
President through the Chair.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) The heads of
agencies participating in the Steering Committee shall assist and
provide information to the Council, consistent with applicable law, as
may be necessary to implement this order. Each agency shall bear its own
expense for participating in the Council.
(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof;
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals;
or
(iii) the functions of the Overseas Security Advisory Council.
(c) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and
appropriate protections for privacy and civil liberties, and subject to
the availability of appropriations.
(d) 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.
BARACK OBAMA
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 26, 2012.
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