Executive Order 12656Amended

Assignment of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities

Ronald Reagan

November 18, 1988

53 FR 47491

Summary

Assigned national security emergency preparedness responsibilities to various federal departments and agencies to ensure the continuity of essential government functions during emergencies.

Topics

emergency preparednessnational securitycontinuity of government

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