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Executive Order 13408: Amending Executive Order 13381, as Amended, to Extend its Duration by One Year

President: George W. Bush

Moved two security-clearance process deadlines in EO 13381 forward one year.

Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 13408 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 13408 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13408 do?

EO 13408 replaced those dates with April 1, 2007 and July 1, 2007. It did not itself create a new eligibility standard. EO 13436 moved the July 2007 expiry to July 2008; the National Archives lists EO 13381 as amended by all three orders.

Administration position: The immediate effect was an extension of two dates in the parent order.
SignedJune 29, 2006
Earlier frameworkEO 13381 set April 2006 and July 2006 dates for the security-clearance eligibility initiative.
Responsible bodyOfficials administering EO 13381
Follow-up evidenceJune 28, 2007: EO 13436 moved the July 2007 expiry to July 2008; the National Archives lists EO 13381 as amended by all three orders.

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13381 set April 2006 and July 2006 dates for the security-clearance eligibility initiative.

After the order

EO 13408 replaced those dates with April 1, 2007 and July 1, 2007. It did not itself create a new eligibility standard.

EO 13436 moved the July 2007 expiry to July 2008; the National Archives lists EO 13381 as amended by all three orders.

What did the signed order change?

EO 13381 set April 2006 and July 2006 dates for the security-clearance eligibility initiative. EO 13408 replaced those dates with April 1, 2007 and July 1, 2007. It did not itself create a new eligibility standard.

What happened later?

National Archives — 2005 order disposition: EO 13436 moved the July 2007 expiry to July 2008; the National Archives lists EO 13381 as amended by all three orders.

What does that evidence establish?

EO 13408 changed only section 6(a) and 6(b) dates of EO 13381. Later executive action changed the endpoint again. An extension is not evidence that clearance delays were resolved. Read the signed order for its original terms.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Officials administering EO 13381Continue the clearance-process work within the revised datesUnder the signed order and governing law

What happened next

EO 13408 signed.

EO 13436 moved the July 2007 expiry to July 2008; the National Archives lists EO 13381 as amended by all three orders.

Signed order and identified follow-up evidence checked.