Government operations and workforce

Executive Order 12885: Amendment to Executive Order No. 12829

President: Bill Clinton

Extended the deadline for issuing the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual to June 30, 1994; the deadline passed and the program later moved to a codified rule.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 12885 still in effect? No. Executive Order 12885 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 12885 do?

EO 12885 made a narrow amendment to EO 12829: it moved the deadline for the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual to no later than June 30, 1994 so the manual could reflect a security review and changes to the classification system. The deadline and publication task are complete. EO 12829 remains a cited authority for today’s National Industrial Security Program, whose operating requirements are now codified in 32 C.F.R. part 117.

Administration position: The amendment said additional time would align the manual with a security review and classification changes. It did not itself change clearance decisions or declassify information.
SignedDecember 14, 1993
Order amendedEO 12829
Manual deadlineJune 30, 1994

Before and after

Before the order

EO 12829 required the operating manual on an earlier schedule.

After the order

The agencies had until June 30, 1994 to issue a coordinated NISP manual; later rulemaking codified the program requirements.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
NISP executive agent and participating agenciesComplete and issue the operating manualNo later than June 30, 1994
Cleared contractorsFollow the issued program requirementsAfter implementation

What happened next

EO 12829 established NISP.

EO 12885 extended the manual deadline.

The modern NISP operating rule took effect in 32 C.F.R. part 117.