Federal Register, Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness, Executive Order 14239, March 18, 2025
Prioritizes infrastructure and national preparedness and response efforts. Stresses a need for greater efficiency through the increased role of state and local governments. Kickstarts the creation of a National Resilience Strategy to articulate policy and recommendations for advancing resilience and national emergency preparedness. APNSA will recommend any recissions and revisions to current preparedness and response policies.
From the Order:
Section 1. Purpose. Commonsense approaches and investments by State and local governments across American infrastructure will enhance national security and create a more resilient Nation. Federal policy must rightly recognize that preparedness is most effectively owned and managed at the State, local, and even individual levels, supported by a competent, accessible, and efficient Federal Government. Citizens are the immediate beneficiaries of sound local decisions and investments designed to address risks, including cyber attacks, wildfires, hurricanes, and space weather. When States are empowered to make smart infrastructure choices, taxpayers benefit.
This order empowers State, local, and individual preparedness and injects common sense into infrastructure prioritization and strategic investments through risk-informed decisions that make our infrastructure, communities, and economy resilient to global and dynamic threats and hazards.