Technology and cybersecurity

Executive Order 14044: Amending Executive Order 14007

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Expanded PCAST’s authorized membership from 26 to 32 and made a conforming quorum-related change.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 14044 still in effect? No. Executive Order 14044 was revoked. See Federal Register record. EO 14148 revoked this order.

A science-policy meeting surrounds a globe beneath laboratory and technology symbols.
A science advisory council, illustrated symbolically; the pictured seats do not establish its legal membership cap or actual attendance. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14044 do?

This was a narrow amendment to EO 14007: the science council’s membership cap changed from 26 to 32, with a conforming quorum change.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedSeptember 13, 2021
Lead officialsOffice of Science and Technology Policy and PCAST
Express timingImmediate amendment

Before and after

Before the order

EO 14007 had authorized a smaller advisory council membership.

After the order

The larger council operated during the Biden term. EO 14148 revoked EO 14044, and EO 14177 revoked the underlying EO 14007 framework while creating a successor PCAST.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PCAST and OSTPApply the revised membership capImmediate

What happened next

EO 14044 signed.

EO 14148 revoked EO 14044.

EO 14177 replaced the underlying PCAST structure.