Governance and Integration of Federal Mission Resilience

Executive Order 13961 establishes a formal framework to ensure continuous performance of National Essential Functions (NEFs) across the executive branch, even under threat or disruption. Building on the Federal Continuity/Resilience framework, the order creates a Federal Mission Resilience Executive Committee to coordinate the strategy, implementation plan, and interagency actions needed to protect and sustain government operations and constitutional governance. It emphasizes proactive resilience over reactive relocation and requires rapid development of a charter and an implementation plan, with subsequent policy reviews to align existing continuity policies with the Strategy. The order also updates leadership roles by designating the National Continuity Coordinator (NCC) and reorganizing related authorities under prior executive orders and policy directives. In short, the measure aims to integrate continuity planning into day-to-day operations, strengthen interagency coordination for continuity and risk management, and realign existing leadership and authorities to support a more resilient federal mission across the executive branch.