Amendment to Executive Order 13073, Year 2000 Conversion

Executive Order 13127 of June 14, 1999

Amendment to Executive Order 13073, Year 2000
Conversion

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to create the Information
Coordination Center to assist the Chair of the
President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion in
addressing year 2000 conversion problems both
domestically and internationally, it is hereby ordered
that Executive Order 13073 is amended as follows:

Section 1. A new section 5 is added to the order and
shall read ``Sec. 5. Information Coordination Center.
(a) To assist the Chair in the Y2K response duties
included under section 2(c) of this order, there shall
be established the Information Coordination Center
(ICC) in the General Services Administration.

(b) At the direction of the Chair, the ICC will
assist in making preparations for information sharing
and coordination within the Federal Government and key
components of the public and private sectors,
coordinating agency assessments of Y2K emergencies that
could have an adverse affect on U.S. interests at home
and abroad, and, if necessary, assisting Federal
agencies and the Chair in reconstitution processes
where appropriate.
(c) The ICC will:
(1) consist of officials from executive agencies,
designated by agency heads under subsection 3(a)(2) of
this order, who have expertise in important management
and technical areas, computer hardware, software or
security systems, reconstitution and recovery, and of
additional personnel hired directly or by contract, as
required, to carry out the duties described under
section 5 of this order;
(2) work with the Council and the Office of
Management and Budget to assure that Federal efforts to
restore critical systems are coordinated with efforts
managed by Federal agencies acting under existing
emergency response authorities.''
(d) The Chair of the President's Council on Year
2000 Conversion shall designate a Director of the ICC.

Sec. 2. The preexisting section 5 of Executive Order
13073 shall be renumbered as section 6.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 14, 1999.