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Executive Order 14239Executive Order
Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness
Donald J. Trump
Signed: Mar 18, 2025
Published: Mar 21, 2025
Infrastructure
Standard Summary
Comprehensive overview
Executive Order 14239, titled "Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness," aims to shift national resilience and preparedness efforts toward state and local governments and individuals, emphasizing decentralized decision-making and risk-informed approaches. Issued on March 18, 2025, it directs federal agencies to review and update policies related to critical infrastructure, continuity, and emergency response to reduce complexity, improve efficiency, and empower local actors. The order could lead to more tailored disaster preparedness, reduced federal oversight, and potential cost savings for taxpayers, but may also require significant coordination and resource allocation at state and local levels.
Key Points
- 1Requires development of a National Resilience Strategy within 90 days, to be updated every 4 years, outlining priorities for enhancing national resilience.
- 2Mandates review and revision of critical infrastructure policies within 180 days, shifting from an "all-hazards" approach to a "risk-informed" approach and excluding policies related to misinformation or cognitive infrastructure.
- 3Orders a review of national continuity policies within 180 days to modernize and streamline continuity capabilities and align with the National Resilience Strategy.
- 4Directs a review of preparedness and response policies within 240 days to reformulate federal responsibility processes and metrics, moving away from all-hazards approaches.
- 5Calls for creation of a National Risk Register within 240 days to identify and quantify natural and malicious risks to infrastructure, informing intelligence, private sector, and government investments.
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