Government operations and workforce

Executive Order 13632: Establishing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force

President: Barack Obama

Created a HUD-led cabinet task force to coordinate resilient long-term rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 13632 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13632 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13632 do?

EO 13632 brought federal departments together under the Housing Secretary to create a single long-term rebuilding strategy for the Sandy-affected region. The task force consulted state, local, tribal and community partners and issued 69 recommendations on infrastructure, housing, resilience and coordination. As the order required, it dissolved 60 days after the strategy appeared, on October 18, 2013; ongoing work shifted to FEMA, HUD and recovery-support agencies.

Administration position: The task force coordinated recovery but did not itself appropriate disaster aid, displace state and local decisions or waive grant, procurement and environmental requirements.
SignedDecember 7, 2012
ChairSecretary of Housing and Urban Development
Strategy69 recommendations
TerminatedOctober 18, 2013

Before and after

Before the order

FEMA led immediate recovery, but no cabinet-level body coordinated the region’s long-term rebuilding and resilience strategy.

After the order

The government adopted a regional strategy and handed continuing coordination to normal disaster-recovery structures.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Task forceDevelop the rebuilding strategy and coordinate agenciesCompleted
HUD and FEMASupport implementation and recovery coordinationContinued after task force
Federal grant agenciesApply recommendations within program lawLong-term implementation

What happened next

EO 13632 created the task force.

The task force published its rebuilding strategy.

The task force terminated under the order.