Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness

It directs a broad rewrite of Federal resilience, critical infrastructure, continuity, and emergency-response policy. Federal investments and budgets would be guided by quantified risks rather than a general all-hazards model.

What the order does ​

• Requires a National Resilience Strategy within 90 days and updates at least every four years.
• Orders reviews of critical infrastructure and national continuity policies within 180 days.
• Orders a review of national preparedness and response policies within 240 days.
• Creates a National Risk Register within 240 days to quantify natural and hostile threats and inform government and private investment.
• Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to propose simpler Federal preparedness and continuity frameworks within one year.
• Excludes policies concerning misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and cognitive infrastructure from the critical infrastructure review.

Who it affects ​

• State and local governments responsible for infrastructure and emergency preparedness.
• Federal agencies handling national security, continuity, critical infrastructure, budgeting, and disaster response.
• Private infrastructure owners and investors whose decisions may use the National Risk Register.
• Individuals expected to take a larger role in personal and community preparedness.

Context ​

The order targets risks including cyberattacks, wildfires, hurricanes, space weather, and other threats to infrastructure and communities.