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Executive Order on Strengthening National Resilience through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services
whitehouse.gov ^ | February 12, 2020 | President Trump

Posted on 02/12/2020 11:06:07 AM PST by ransomnote

Section 1.  Purpose.  The national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable and efficient functioning of critical infrastructure.  Since the United States made the Global Positioning System available worldwide, positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services provided by space-based systems have become a largely invisible utility for technology and infrastructure, including the electrical power grid, communications infrastructure and mobile devices, all modes of transportation, precision agriculture, weather forecasting, and emergency response.  Because of the widespread adoption of PNT services, the disruption or manipulation of these services has the potential to adversely affect the national and economic security of the United States.  To strengthen national resilience, the Federal Government must foster the responsible use of PNT services by critical infrastructure owners and operators.

Sec2.  Definitions.  As used in this order:

(a)  “PNT services” means any system, network, or capability that provides a reference to calculate or augment the calculation of longitude, latitude, altitude, or transmission of time or frequency data, or any combination thereof.

(b)  “Responsible use of PNT services” means the deliberate, risk-informed use of PNT services, including their acquisition, integration, and deployment, such that disruption or manipulation of PNT services minimally affects national security, the economy, public health, and the critical functions of the Federal Government.

(c)  “Critical infrastructure” means systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or on any combination of those matters.

(d)  “PNT profile” means a description of the responsible use of PNT services — aligned to standards, guidelines, and sector-specific requirements — selected for a particular system to address the potential disruption or manipulation of PNT services.

(e)  “Sector-Specific Agency” (SSA) is the executive department or agency that is responsible for providing institutional knowledge and specialized expertise as well as leading, facilitating, or supporting the security and resilience programs and associated activities of its designated critical infrastructure sector in the all-hazards environment.  The SSAs are those identified in Presidential Policy Directive 21 of February 12, 2013 (Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience).

Sec3.  Policy.  It is the policy of the United States to ensure that disruption or manipulation of PNT services does not undermine the reliable and efficient functioning of its critical infrastructure.  The Federal Government must increase the Nation’s awareness of the extent to which critical infrastructure depends on, or is enhanced by, PNT services, and it must ensure critical infrastructure can withstand disruption or manipulation of PNT services.  To this end, the Federal Government shall engage the public and private sectors to identify and promote the responsible use of PNT services.

Sec4.  Implementation.  (a)  Within 1 year of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the heads of SSAs and in consultation, as appropriate, with the private sector, shall develop and make available, to at least the appropriate agencies and private sector users, PNT profiles.  The PNT profiles will enable the public and private sectors to identify systems, networks, and assets dependent on PNT services; identify appropriate PNT services; detect the disruption and manipulation of PNT services; and manage the associated risks to the systems, networks, and assets dependent on PNT services.  Once made available, the PNT profiles shall be reviewed every 2 years and, as necessary, updated.

(b)  The Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Transportation, and Secretary of Homeland Security shall refer to the PNT profiles created pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in updates to the Federal Radionavigation Plan.

(c)  Within 1 year of the date of this order, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the heads of SSAs, shall develop a plan to test the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure systems, networks, and assets in the event of disruption and manipulation of PNT services.  The results of the tests carried out under that plan shall be used to inform updates to the PNT profiles identified in subsection (a) of this section.

(d)  Within 90 days of the PNT profiles being made available, the heads of SSAs and the heads of other executive departments and agencies (agencies), as appropriate, through the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall develop contractual language for inclusion of the relevant information from the PNT profiles in the requirements for Federal contracts for products, systems, and services that integrate or utilize PNT services, with the goal of encouraging the private sector to use additional PNT services and develop new robust and secure PNT services.  The heads of SSAs and the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, shall update the requirements as necessary.

(e)  Within 180 days of the completion of any of the duties described in subsection (d) of this section, and consistent with applicable law and to the maximum extent practicable, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, in consultation with the heads of SSAs and the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, shall incorporate the requirements developed under subsection (d) of this section into Federal contracts for products, systems, and services that integrate or use PNT services.

(f)  Within 1 year of the PNT profiles being made available, and biennially thereafter, the heads of SSAs and the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, through the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit a report to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on the extent to which the PNT profiles have been adopted in their respective agencies’ acquisitions and, to the extent possible, the extent to which PNT profiles have been adopted by owners and operators of critical infrastructure.

(g)  Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, and Secretary of Homeland Security shall each develop plans to engage with critical infrastructure owners or operators to evaluate the responsible use of PNT services.  Each pilot program shall be completed within 1 year of developing the plan, and the results shall be used to inform the development of the relevant PNT profile and research and development (R&D) opportunities.

(h)  Within 1 year of the date of this order, the Director of OSTP shall coordinate the development of a national plan, which shall be informed by existing initiatives, for the R&D and pilot testing of additional, robust, and secure PNT services that are not dependent on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).  The plan shall also include approaches to integrate and use multiple PNT services to enhance the resilience of critical infrastructure.  Once the plan is published, the Director of OSTP shall coordinate updates to the plan every 4 years, or as appropriate.

(i)  Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce shall make available a GNSS-independent source of Coordinated Universal Time, to support the needs of critical infrastructure owners and operators, for the public and private sectors to access.

Sec5.  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.

(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.

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 12, 2020.



TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: gps; infrastructure; navigation

1 posted on 02/12/2020 11:06:07 AM PST by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote
Today, President Donald J. Trump signed the Executive Order on Strengthening National Resilience through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services, which directs the Federal Government to develop guidance that mitigates the risks of disruption to critical infrastructure that rely on PNT services. President Trump is committed to protecting and building a more resilient America. As the first nation to take this action, President Trump is advancing America’s leadership in emerging technologies and securing infrastructure vital to national security, commercial industry, and our everyday lives. PNT service, such as U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), is among the most used utilities in the world. Americans rely on it every day for a variety of purposes ranging from electricity to smartphone applications. This action by the President will help to ensure that the United States maintains uninterrupted access to essential services that rely on PNT.

2 posted on 02/12/2020 11:07:23 AM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote

They are going to put trackers in our cars.


3 posted on 02/12/2020 11:07:36 AM PST by kaehurowing
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To: ransomnote

how dare you post something that isn’t “Bernie is surging” or “Mayor Pete is advancing” or “Amy id rising in the polls” etc?


4 posted on 02/12/2020 11:09:04 AM PST by Bob434
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To: ransomnote

Thanks for posting. This was a vulnerability ignored by the previous admin.


5 posted on 02/12/2020 11:11:49 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: kaehurowing

Umm, most people already voluntarily put trackers in their own cars (and carry them around with them wherever they go too).


6 posted on 02/12/2020 11:16:40 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: ransomnote
This is the interesting part to me

(i) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce shall make available a GNSS-independent source of Coordinated Universal Time, to support the needs of critical infrastructure owners and operators, for the public and private sectors to access.

Since GPS is the distribution system for timing for so many applications and services today, it will be interesting to see what alternative distribution system for timing is developed. In the old days, one would synch up to the USNO atomic clocks by hard line modem, and in the really old days, you would tune in a to the HF broadcast on a radio receiver and set your watch to the metronome.

7 posted on 02/12/2020 11:19:28 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Magnum44

I used to have a toll-free number to call Coordinated Universal Time and get the metronome over the phone. (I assume it was simply the radio broadcast...)


8 posted on 02/12/2020 11:47:39 AM PST by HeadOn (Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
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To: ransomnote
Speaking of time, NIST recently did a major revamp of their "what time is it?" page. I like the new revisions.
9 posted on 02/12/2020 11:56:32 AM PST by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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To: kaehurowing
You already have a tracker in your car.

Your "smart" phone.

10 posted on 02/12/2020 12:01:03 PM PST by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: ransomnote

Good - POTUS Trump is looking out for our critical infrastructure, so that natural and terrorist events cannot disrupt our economy at this critical chokepoint.

Does anyone know if we have a similar plan of action to safeguard and secure the electrical grid? That is incredibly critical - no electricity means no medicines, no refrigeration of food, no petroleum production, no industrial production, very limited recharging of phones and other common electronic devices, no pumping of water, etc. It is WAY MORE critical as the entire GPS system (oh, and no electricity disables the GPS system also), and has to be reliable or we are done.


11 posted on 02/12/2020 12:09:41 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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12 posted on 02/12/2020 6:48:29 PM PST by bitt (We, the people, are who they fear will one day awake.)
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13 posted on 02/12/2020 7:43:32 PM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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Executive Order on Strengthening National Resilience through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services

14 posted on 02/12/2020 8:21:17 PM PST by LucyT
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