Establishment of the American Technology Council

Executive Order 13794 of April 28, 2017

Establishment of the American Technology Council

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United
States to promote the secure, efficient, and economical
use of information technology to achieve its missions.
Americans deserve better digital services from their
Government. To effectuate this policy, the Federal
Government must transform and modernize its information
technology and how it uses and delivers digital
services.

Sec. 2. Purpose. To promote the policy set forth in
section 1 of this order, this order establishes the
American Technology Council (ATC).

Sec. 3. ATC Establishment and Membership. The ATC is
hereby established, with the following members:

    (a) The President, who shall serve as Chairman;
    (b) The Vice President;
    (c) The Secretary of Defense;
    (d) The Secretary of Commerce;
    (e) The Secretary of Homeland Security;
    (f) The Director of National Intelligence;
    (g) The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB);
    (h) The Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy;
    (i) The U.S. Chief Technology Officer;
    (j) The Administrator of General Services;
    (k) The Senior Advisor to the President;
    (l) The Assistant to the President for
Intragovernmental and Technology Initiatives;
    (m) The Assistant to the President for Strategic
Initiatives;
    (n) The Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs;
    (o) The Assistant to the President for Homeland
Security and Counterterrorism;
    (p) The Administrator of the U.S. Digital Service;
    (q) The Administrator of the Office of Electronic
Government (Federal Chief Information Officer);
    (r) The Commissioner of the Technology
Transformation Service; and
    (s) The Director of the American Technology Council
(Director).

Sec. 4. Additional Invitees. The Director may invite
the heads of agencies with key service delivery
programs to attend meetings of the ATC on a rotating
basis and may also invite the heads of those service
delivery programs to attend. The President, or upon his
direction, the Director, may also invite other
officials of executive departments, agencies, and
offices to attend meetings of the ATC from time to
time.

Sec. 5. ATC Meetings. The President, or upon his
direction, the Director, may convene meetings of the
ATC. The President shall preside over the

meetings. In the President's absence the Vice President
shall preside, and in the Vice President's absence the
Director shall preside.

Sec. 6. ATC Functions. (a) The principal functions of
the ATC shall be to:

(i) coordinate the vision, strategy, and direction for the Federal
Government's use of information technology and the delivery of services
through information technology;

(ii) coordinate advice to the President related to policy decisions and
processes regarding the Federal Government's use of information technology
and the delivery of services through information technology; and

(iii) work to ensure that these decisions and processes are consistent with
the policy set forth in section 1 of this order and that the policy is
being effectively implemented.

    (b) The functions of the ATC, as specified in
subsection (a) of this section, shall not extend to any
national security system, as defined in section
3552(b)(6) of title 44, United States Code.
    (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect the authority of any agency
or of OMB, including the authority of OMB to monitor
implementation of Administration policies and programs
and to develop and implement management policies for
all agencies.

Sec. 7. ATC Administration. (a) The ATC may function
through ad hoc committees, task forces, or interagency
groups, each to be chaired by the Director or such
official as the Director may, from time to time,
designate. Such groups shall include a senior
interagency forum for considering policy issues related
to information technology, and a deputies committee to
review and monitor the work of the ATC interagency
forum and to ensure that issues brought before the ATC
have been properly analyzed and prepared for decision.

    (b) The ATC shall have a Director, who shall be an
employee of the Executive Office of the President
designated by the President.
    (c) All agencies are encouraged to cooperate with
the ATC and to provide such assistance, information,
and advice to the ATC as the ATC may request, to the
extent permitted by law.
    (d) Consistent with the protection of sources and
methods, the Director of National Intelligence is
encouraged to provide access to classified information
on cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and
mitigation procedures to the ATC in order to facilitate
the ATC's activities.

Sec. 8. Termination. This order, and the ATC
established hereunder, shall terminate on January 20,
2021.

Sec. 9. 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;

(ii) the functions of the Director of OMB relating to budgetary,
administrative, or legislative proposals; or

(iii) the provisions of the Presidential Memorandum of March 19, 2015,
entitled “Establishing the Director of White House Information Technology
and the Executive Committee for Presidential Information Technology.”

    (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.

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    April 28, 2017.