Presidential Decision Directive

In June of 1995, The White House issued Presidential Decision Directive 39 (PDD-39), United States Policy of Counterterrorism. PDD-39 directed a number of measures to reduce the nation s vulnerability to terrorism, to deter and respond to terrorist acts, and to strengthen capabilities to prevent and manage the consequences of terrorist use of NBC weapons. The laws of the United States assign primary authority to the states to respond to the consequences of terrorism the federal government provides assistance as required. 

Presidential Decision Directive - 39 (PDD-30), U.S. Policy on Counterterrorism. Washington, D.C. 

Clinton, William J., Protecting America s Critical Infrastructures Presidential Decision Directive 63, May 22, 1998... 

A CST is a federally funded National Guard unit established under Presidential Decision Directive 39.9 Under current plans, each state will have at least one CST more than half of these teams have been certified to date. The mission of a CST is to augment local and regional responders to terrorism attacks in events known or suspected to involve weapons of mass destruction when the local and regional responders need the added and/or specialized skills of the CST. Each CST has about 23 members, all of whom are individually selected and highly cross-trained in multiple specialties. CST capabilities include these ... 

The White House. (1998a). Combating terrorism Presidential Decision Directive 62 [Fact sheet]. Washington, DC Office of the Press Secretary. 

Presidential Decision Directive 63—Critical Irfrastructure Protection, Office of the Press Secretary, the White Honse, Washington, DC, 1998. 

Federal Emergency Management Agency Abstract, Memorandum for Mr. lohn E. Sopko, Senate Government Affairs Committee, Unclassified FEMA Abstract on Presidential Decision Directive 39, National Security Council, Washington, DC, 1996. 

In addition to congressional action. Presidential Decision Directive 39 (PDD-39), United States Policy on Counterterrorism, was issued in June, 1995. It specifies the responsibilities of federal agencies and their relationships to one another in the conduct of crisis management and consequence management. As defined in PDD-39, crisis management involves actions to anticipate and prevent acts of terrorism. United States law assigns... 

The committee is encouraged by the recent provisions of Presidential Decision Directive 63 that call for establishing a national center to warn owners and operators of critical economic and governmental infrastructures of terrorist threats. We hope that as the details of this center are developed, the medical community will not be overlooked. To enhance communication to and within the national medical community, the following R D needs have been identified ... 

PDD63 (Presidential Decision Directive 63). 1998. The Clinton Administration s Policy on Critical Infrastructure Protection Presidential Decision Directive 63. Available online at . 

Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PDD). [Online]. Available http //www.ciao.gov. 

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