Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of the National Cyber Director
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Executive Order
Executive Order 14139: Order of Succession Within the Office of the National Cyber Director
On January 3, 2025, an executive order was issued to establish a clear order of succession within the Office of the National Cyber Director. This order outlines the hierarchy of officials who will assume the duties of the National Cyber Director in the event of a vacancy or inability to perform the role. The order also includes provisions and exceptions regarding eligibility and the President's discretion in appointing an acting Director.
- The order of succession is established for the Office of the National Cyber Director.
- The hierarchy includes: Deputy National Cyber Director, Chief of Staff, and several Assistant National Cyber Directors.
- Individuals serving in an acting capacity are not eligible to act as Director.
- The President retains the discretion to appoint an acting Director outside the established order.
- The order does not affect existing legal authorities or budgetary functions.
- The order does not create enforceable rights or benefits against the U.S. government.
Summary last updated: January 11, 2025
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Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025)
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025)]
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[FR Doc No: 2025-00620]
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Executive Order 14139 of January 3, 2025
Providing an Order of Succession Within the
Office of the National Cyber Director
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of
1998, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq. (the ``Act''),
it is hereby ordered that:
Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the
provisions of section 2 of this order, and to the
limitations set forth in the Act, the following
officials of the Office of the National Cyber Director,
in the order listed, shall act as and perform the
functions and duties of the office of the National
Cyber Director (Director) during any period in which
the Director has died, resigned, or otherwise become
unable to perform the functions and duties of the
office of Director:
(a) Deputy National Cyber Director;
(b) Chief of Staff;
(c) Assistant National Cyber Director for Policy
Development;
(d) Assistant National Cyber Director for Policy
Implementation;
(e) Assistant National Cyber Director for Resource
Management and Administration; and
(f) General Counsel.
Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in
an office listed in section 1(a)-(f) of this order in
an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act
as Director pursuant to this order.
(b) No individual who is serving in an office
listed in section 1(a)-(f) of this order shall act as
Director unless that individual is otherwise eligible
to so serve under the Act.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order,
the President retains discretion, to the extent
permitted by law, to depart from this order in
designating an acting Director.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 3, 2025.
[FR Doc. 2025-00620
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