(F) of the Department of Health and Human the Office of Inspector General (as established of Public Law 94-505);

(G) of the Department of Housing and Urba ment, the office of that department referred to fice of Inspector General";

(H) of the Department of the Interior, the
department referred to as the "Office of Aud
tigation";

(I) of the Department of Justice, the offic
partment referred to as (i) the "Audit Staf
agement Division”, (ii) the “Policy and Proc
Office of the Comptroller, Immigration and
Service", the "Office of Professional Resp
gration and Naturalization Service", and t
gram Inspections, Immigration and Nat
ice", (iii) the "Office of Internal Inspecti
Marshals Service", (iv) the "Financial A
of Financial Management, Bureau of Pr.
fice of Inspections, Bureau of Prisons"
Drug Enforcement Administration, tha
fice of Inspections" which is engaged
tivities, and that portion of the "Of
Evaluation" which is engaged in prog

(J) of the Department of Labor, the
ment referred to as the "Office of S
(K) of the Department of Trans;
that department referred to as the
and Security" and the "Office of A
the "Offices of Investigations and
tion Administration", and "Exter
eral Aviation Administration", th
and the External Audit Divisic
Review and Investigation, Fed
tion”, and the "Office of Progr
Administration"; 2

(L) of the Department of th
Department referred to as :
eral", and, notwithstanding
that portion of each of the
ferred to as the "Office of I
hol, Tobacco, and Firearms
United States Customs S.
tions, United States Sect
internal audit activities;

(M) of the Environme of that agency referred "Security and Inspecti

* Sec. 3004b) of Public Law 102-240 : map, regulation, document paper, or ( Transportation Adminstra of shall be d istrapon".".

§ 10. Conforming and technical amendments * *

§ 11. Definitions

As used in this Act

(1) the term "head of the establishment" means the Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, or the Treasury; the Attorney General; the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, Environmental Protection, General Services, National Aeronautics and Space, Small Business, or Veterans' Affairs; the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Personnel Management or the United States Information Agency; the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the Railroad Retirement Board; the Oversight Board and the Board of Directors of the Resolution Trust Corporation; as the case may be;

(2) the term "establishment" means the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, the Inte rior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, or the Treasury; the Agency for International Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the General Services Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Office of Personnel Management, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Resolution Trust Corporation, the Small Business Administration, the United States Information Agency, or the Veterans' Administration; as the case may be;

(3) the term "Inspector General" means the Inspector General of an establishment;

(4) the term "Office" means the Office of Inspector General of an establishment; and

(5) the term "Federal agency" means an agency as defined in section 552(e) of Title 5 (including an establishment as defined in paragraph (2)), United States Code, but shall not be construed to include the General Accounting Office.

§ 12. Effective date

The provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act [see section 10 of this Act] shall take effect October 1, 1978.

3Section 10 amended sections 5315 and 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and section 3522 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

15. Assignment of National Security and Emergency
Preparedness Telecommunications Functions.

Executive Order 12472, April 3, 1984, 49 F.R. 13471 1

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 151), the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061), the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2251), the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5121), Section 5 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 (3 C.F.R. 197, 1978 Comp.), and Section 203 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (3 C.F.R. 389, 1978 Comp.), and in order to provide for the consolidation of assignment and responsibility for improved execution of national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications functions, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. The National Communications System. (a) There is hereby established the National Communications System (NCS). The NCS shall consist of the telecommunications assets of the entities represented on the NCS Committee of Principals and an administrative structure consisting of the Executive Agent, the NCS Committee of Principals and the Manager. The NCS Committee of Principals shall consist of representatives from those Federal departments, agencies or entities, designated by the President, which lease or own telecommunications facilities or services of significance to national security or emergency preparedness, and, to the extent permitted by law, other Executive entities which bear policy, regulatory or enforcement responsibilities of importance to national security or emergency preparedness telecommunications capabilities.

(b) The mission of the NCS shall be to assist the President, the National Security Council, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in:

(1) The exercise of the telecommunications functions and responsibilities set forth in Section 2 of this Order; and

(2) The coordination of the planning for and provision of national security and emergency preparedness communications for the Federal government under all circumstances, including crisis or emergency, attack, recovery and reconstitution. (c) The NCS shall seek to ensure that a national telecommunications infrastructure is developed which:

(1) Is responsive to the national security and emergency preparedness needs of the President and the Federal departments, agencies and other entities, including telecommunications in

150 U.S.C. app. 2251 note.

support of national security leadership and continuity of gov ernment;

(2) Is capable of satisfying priority telecommunications requirements under all circumstances through use of commercial government and privately owned telecommunications re sources;

(3) Incorporates the necessary combination of hardness, redundancy, mobility, connectivity, interoperability, restorabilty and security to obtain, to the maximum extent practicable, the survivability of national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications in all circumstances, including conditions of crisis or emergency; and

(4) Is consistent, to the maximum extent practicable, with other national telecommunications policies.

(d) To assist in accomplishing its mission, the NCS shall:

(1) serve as a focal point for joint industry-government national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications planning; and

(2) establish a joint industry-government National Coordinating Center which is capable of assisting in the initiation, coordination, restoration and reconstitution of national security or emergency preparedness telecommunications services or fa cilities under all conditions of crisis or emergency.

(e) The Secretary of Defense is designated as the Executive Agent for the NCS. The Executive Agent shall:

(1) Designate the Manager of the NCS;

(2) Ensure that the NCS conducts unified planning and operations, in order to coordinate the development and maintenance of an effective and responsive capability for meeting the domestic and international national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications needs of the Federal government;

(3) Ensure that the activities of the NCS are conducted in conjunction with the emergency management activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

(4) Recommend, in consultation with the NCS Committee of Principals, to the National Security Council, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, as appropriate:

a. The assignment of implementation or other responsibilities to NCS member entities;

b. New initiatives to assist in the exercise of the functions specified in Section 2; and

c. Changes in the composition or structure of the NCS. (5) Oversee the activities of and provide personnel and administrative support to the Manager of the NCS;

(6) Provide staff support and technical assistance to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee established by Executive Order No. 12382, as amended; and

(7) Perform such other duties as are from time to time assigned by the President or his authorized designee. (f) The NCS Committee of Principals shall:

(1) Serve as the forum in which each member of the Commitmay review, evaluate, and present views, information and