Executive Order 13402

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to strengthen efforts to protect against identity theft, it is hereby ordered as follows:

. Policy.
 * It is the policy of the United States to use Federal resources effectively to deter, prevent, detect, investigate, proceed against, and prosecute unlawful use by persons of the identifying information of other persons, including through:

. Establishment of the Identity Theft Task Force.

. Functions of the Task Force.
 * The Task Force, in implementing the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, shall:

. Cooperation.

. General Provisions.

. Termination.
 * Unless the Task Force is sooner terminated by the President, the Attorney General may terminate the Task Force by a written notice of its termination published in the Federal Register.

, May 10, 2006. [FR Doc. 06–4552 Filed 5–12–06; 8:45 am] Billing Code 3195–01–P