EXECUTIVE ORDER 11556 ASSIGNING TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUNCTIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000300130011-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 4, 1970
• Content Type: REGULATION

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ASSIGNING TELECOI NUNICATIONS FUNCTIONS
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section
301 cif title 3 of the United States Code, and as
President of the United States, and in consonance with
the intention expressed in my message to the Congress
transmitting Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1970, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
SECTION 1. Amended and superseded orders. Executive
Orders Nos. 10705 of April 17, 1957, 11051 df September 27,
1962, 11191 of January 4, 1965, and 11490 o October 28,
1969, and the President's Memorandum of August 21, 1963,
headed "Lstablishment of the National Communications
System" (28 F.R. 9413) are amended as provided herein.
Executive Orders Nos. 10695- of January 16, 1957, 10995
of February 16, 1962, and 11084 of February 15, 1963, to
the extent not heretofore made inapplicable, are hereby
revoked.
SEC. 2. General functions. Subject to the authority
and control of the President, the Director of the Office
of Telecommunications Policy (hereinafter referred to as
the Director)tshail:
(a) Serve as the President's principal adviser on
? telecommunications.
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programs with respect to telecommunications that will
promote the public interest, support national security,
sustain and contribute to the full. development of the
economy and world trade, strengthen the position and
serve the best interests of the United States in ncgo-
tiations with foreign nations, and promote effective and
innovative use of telecommunications technology, resources,
and services. Agencies shall consult with the Director
to insure that their conduct of telecommunications
activities is consistent with tho Director's policies
and standards.
(c) Assure that the executive branch views are
effectively presented to the Congress and the Federal
Communications Commission on telecommunications policy
matters.
(d) Coordinate those interdepartmental and national
activities which are conducted in preparation for U.S.
participation in international telecommunications con-
ferences and negotiations, and provide to the Secretary
of State advice and assistance with respect to telecom-
munications in support of the Secretary's responsibilities
for the conduct of foreign affairs.
(e) Coordinate the telecommunications activities
.of the executive branch and formulate policies and
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standards therefor, including but not limited to con-
siderations of interoperability, privacy, security,
spectrum use and emergency readiness.
(f) Evaluate by appropriate means, including suit-
able tests, the capability of existing and planned tele-
communications systems to meet national security and
emergency preparedness requirements, and report the
results and any recorculended remedial actions to the
President and the National Security Council.
(g) Review telecommunications research and develop-
mttent, system improvement and expansion programs, and
programs for the testing, operation, and use of tele-
communications systems by Federal agencies. Identify
competing, overlapping, duplicative or inefficient
programs, and make recommendations to appropriate agency
officials and to the Direct& of the Office of Management
and Budget concerning the scope and funding of tele-
communications programs.
(h) Coordinate the development of policy, plans,
programs, and standards for the mobilization and use of
the Nation's telecommunications resources in any emergency,
.and-be prepared to administer such resources in any emer-
gency under the overall policy dir.ection.and planning
assumptions of the Director of. the Office'of Emergency
T rc:nar edness.
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(i) Develop, in cooper.at:ion With the I"C era
Communications Commission, a Com11?rehc1 siVe long-range
plan for improved management of all electromagnetic
spectrum resources.
?(j)
Conduct and coordinate economic, technical,
and systems analyses of telecommunications policies,
activities, and opportunities in support of assigned
responsibilities.
(k) Conduct studies and analyses to evaluate the
impact of the convergence of computer and communications
technologies, and recommend needed'actions to the President
and to the departments and agencies.
(1)
Coordinate Federal assistance to State and
?local governments in the telecommunications area.
(m) Contract for studies and reports related to
any aspect of his respailsi~}ilities.
SEC. 3. 'recaoncy assignments. The functions
transferred to the Director by section 1 of Reorganiza-
tion Plan No. 1 of 1970 include the functions of amending,
modifying, and revoking frequency assignments for radio
stations belonging to and operated by the United States,
or to classes thereof, which have heretofore been made
or which may be made hereafter. ?
SEC. 4. War. powers. Executive Order No. 10705 of
April 17, 1957, headed "Delegating Certain Authority of
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the President Ref sting to Radio ;nation:; and Communica-
tions", as amended, is fur-h:her amended by:
(a) Substituting a or s ub:-,ection (a) of section 1
the following: " (a) Subject to the }provisions of this
order, the authority vested in the President by sub-
sections 606 (a), (c) , and (d) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 606(a), (c) and (d)), is
delegated to the Director of the Office of Telecommunica-
tions Policy (hereinafter referred to as the Director).
That authority shall be exercised under the overall
policy direction of the Director of the Offi e of Emergency
preparedness."
(b) Substituting for the text "subsections 305(a)
and 606(a)"'in subsection (b) of section 1 the following:
"subsection 606(a)".
SEC. 5. Foreign government radio stations. The
authority to authorize a foreicgn government to construct
and operate a.gadio station at the seat of government
vested in-the President by subsection 305(d) of the
.Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 305(d)),
is hereby delegated to the Director. Authorization for
the construction and operation of*a radio station pur-
suant to this subsection and the assignment of a frequency
for its use shall be made only upon recommendation of',the
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Secretary of State and after consultation with the
Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Com-
munications Commission.
SEC. 6. Office o. f_` mcergeney Prcoaredness. (a) Exocu-
tive Order No. 11051 of September 27, 1962, headed
"Prescribing Responsibilities of the Office of Emergency
Planning in the Executive Office of the President", as
amended, is further amended by:
(1) Deleting subsection 301(4) and renumbering
subsection 301(5) as subsection 301(4).
(2) Substituting for section 306 the f.ollowing:
"Sec. 306. Emergency telecommunication. The Director
shall be responsible for providing overall policy guidance
to the Director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy
in planning for the mobilization of the Nation's tele-
communications resources in time of national emergency."
(3) Deleting section 406.
SEC. 7. Emergency preparedness . Executive Order
No. 11490 of October 28, 1969, headed "Assigning emergency
preparedness functions to Federal departments and agencies,"
as amended, is hereby further amended (1) by substituting
"Policy (35 F.R. 6421) " for "Management (OEP) " in section
401(27), and (2) by substituting the number of this order
for "10995" in section 1802 and in section 2002(3).
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