Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 2020, 70415-70416 [2020-24737]

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• Executive Office of the President

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 215 (Thursday, November 5, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 70415-70416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24737]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 85 , No. 215 / Thursday, November 5, 2020 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10108 of October 30, 2020

                
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience 
                Month, 2020

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Critical infrastructure provides the foundation for our 
                national security and prosperity. During Critical 
                Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, we renew 
                our commitment to protecting and securing our Nation's 
                essential systems for food and water, healthcare and 
                public health, electric power supplies, emergency 
                services, telecommunications, transportation, 
                government and banking services, the administration of 
                elections, and beyond. These vital functions and 
                services are powered by a broad ecosystem of critical 
                infrastructure assets, systems, networks, and workers, 
                and underpin our American way of life.

                While advances in technology have enhanced the safety, 
                security, and comprehensive integration of our Nation's 
                critical infrastructure, vulnerabilities still exist, 
                particularly those that can be exploited by cyber 
                adversaries. Manipulation of our data networks can 
                interfere with healthcare, financial, and government 
                services. Interruption of the electric power grid can 
                disrupt water and food supplies, telecommunications, 
                manufacturing, and transportation. Our Nation relies on 
                these complex and interdependent networks to sustain 
                our economic growth and ensure public health and 
                security.

                To coordinate our security and resilience efforts and 
                protect our critical infrastructure now and in the 
                future, I signed into law the Cybersecurity and 
                Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Act of 2018. CISA 
                works with businesses, communities, and government to 
                help make the Nation's critical infrastructure more 
                resilient to cyber and physical threats. From the onset 
                of the coronavirus pandemic, CISA has released guidance 
                to promote the health and safety of our Nation's 
                essential workforce and provided critical information 
                to assist owners and operators in categorizing risk, 
                identifying opportunities for remote work, determining 
                the criticality of specific roles, and deciding the 
                allocation of resources, such as personal protective 
                equipment and medical testing.

                Additionally, my Administration has further advanced 
                and strengthened the security and resilience of our 
                critical infrastructure throughout the pandemic. In 
                February, I signed an Executive Order on Strengthening 
                National Resilience through Responsible Use of 
                Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services to 
                prevent any efforts to disrupt or manipulate PNT 
                services, such as the Global Positioning System, from 
                being undermined. In March, I signed the Secure and 
                Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 and issued 
                the National Strategy to Secure 5G to ensure the 
                security, reliability, and trustworthiness of America's 
                communications networks. In May, I signed an Executive 
                Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System 
                to prevent foreign actors from creating and exploiting 
                vulnerabilities in bulk-power system electric 
                equipment. In August, I signed an Executive Order on 
                Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, 
                and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States to 
                reduce our dependence on foreign chemical and medical 
                supply chains and promote American-made production of 
                essential medicines. And in September and October, my 
                Administration completed implementation of a 
                Presidential Memorandum on Promoting the Reliable 
                Supply and Delivery of Water in the West, and

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                I signed an Executive Order on Modernizing America's 
                Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure. 
                Both of these actions ensure that Americans have 
                abundant, safe, and reliable supplies of water and 
                world-class water infrastructure to support our 
                economy. These actions and many more, like restocking 
                personal protective equipment in the Strategic National 
                Stockpile, will ensure our national self-sufficiency 
                and security for our children, grandchildren, and 
                generations to come.

                During Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience 
                Month, we recommit to staying alert and continuously 
                adapting to evolving threats and hazards, promoting the 
                security of all critical infrastructure systems, and 
                boosting resilience to potential disruptions, in 
                partnership with State, local, Tribal, and private 
                organizations. We thank the incredible workers who are 
                on the frontlines night and day to sustain our vital 
                systems, functions, and services, and we recognize that 
                each and every American can help protect and strengthen 
                our country's critical infrastructure.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim November 2020 as 
                Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. 
                I call on the people of the United States to recognize 
                the importance of protecting our Nation's 
                infrastructure and to observe this month with 
                appropriate measures to enhance our national security 
                and resilience.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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