Executive Order 13356

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and in order to further strengthen the effective conduct of United States intelligence activities and protect the territory, people, and interests of the United States of America, including against terrorist attacks, it is hereby ordered as follows:

. Policy.
 * To the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, agencies shall, in the design and use of information systems and in the dissemination of information among agencies:

. Duty of Heads of Agencies Possessing or Acquiring Terrorism Information.
 * To implement the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, the head of each agency that possesses or acquires terrorism information:

. Preparing Terrorism Information for Maximum Distribution within Intelligence Community.
 * To assist in expeditious and effective implementation by agencies within the Intelligence Community of the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, the Director of Central Intelligence shall, in consultation with the Attorney General and the other heads of agencies within the Intelligence Community, set forth not later than 90 days after the date of this order, and thereafter as appropriate, common standards for the sharing of terrorism information by agencies within the Intelligence Community with (i) other agencies within the Intelligence Community, (ii) other agencies having counterterrorism functions, and (iii) through or in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, appropriate authorities of State and local governments. These common standards shall improve information sharing by such methods as:

. Requirements for Collection of Terrorism Information Inside the United States.

. Establishment of Information Systems Council.

. Definitions.
 * As used in this order:

. General Provisions.

, August 27, 2004. [FR Doc. 04–20052 Filed 8–31–04; 8:45 am] Billing Code 3195–01–P