Executive Order 13010: Critical Infrastructure Protection
President: Bill Clinton
Created a presidential commission and FBI-led task force to assess threats to eight critical infrastructure sectors and recommend a national protection strategy.
Status: Partly revoked. Is Executive Order 13010 still in effect? Partly. Executive Order 13010 remains in force in part. See Federal Register record.
What does Executive Order 13010 do?
EO 13010 set up the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection and an FBI-led Infrastructure Protection Task Force to examine physical and cyber threats to essential systems. The commission issued Critical Foundations in October 1997. A Commerce Department Federal Register notice then made the report available for public comment and recorded that the commission had ended on October 13, 1997, with some staff retained to help review its recommendations. The archived White House report describes growing vulnerabilities but says the commission had not found an imminent attack. PDD-63 and later laws supplied subsequent policy; the 1996 order itself did not impose comprehensive duties on private infrastructure owners.
Before and after
Before the order
Federal infrastructure protection was fragmented across sector agencies and security disciplines.
After the order
The commission’s assessment helped shape a national critical-infrastructure strategy and successor institutions.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Presidential commission | Assess vulnerabilities and recommend policy | Completed in 1997 |
| Infrastructure Protection Task Force | Coordinate existing federal work and support the commission | Historical |
| Agencies | Provide information and assistance | During the bodies’ operation |
What happened next
EO 13010 created the commission and task force.
The commission terminated after completing its study.
The commission released Critical Foundations.
Commerce published notice of the report and sought comments.
PDD-63 established a later national framework.
EO 13138 revoked the commission provisions.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The order relied on presidential management authority and FACA for its advisory body. Current sector-risk, incident-response and cybersecurity duties arise from later statutes, directives and agency rules.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- GovInfo — EO 13138 (opens in a new tab) Order text
- CISA — critical infrastructure sectors (opens in a new tab) Official record
- GovInfo — Commerce report notice (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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