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Part XIII
The President
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Executive Order 13127--Amendment to Executive Order 13073, Year 2000
Conversion
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Title 3--
The President
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                Executive Order 13127 of June 14, 1999
Amendment to Executive Order 13073, Year 2000
                Conversion
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, and in order to create the Information
                Coordination Center to assist the Chair of the
                President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion in
                addressing year 2000 conversion problems both
                domestically and internationally, it is hereby ordered
                that Executive Order 13073 is amended as follows:
                Section 1. A new section 5 is added to the order and
                shall read ``Sec. 5. Information Coordination Center.
                (a) To assist the Chair in the Y2K response duties
                included under section 2(c) of this order, there shall
                be established the Information Coordination Center
                (ICC) in the General Services Administration.
                    (b) At the direction of the Chair, the ICC will
                assist in making preparations for information sharing
                and coordination within the Federal Government and key
                components of the public and private sectors,
                coordinating agency assessments of Y2K emergencies that
                could have an adverse affect on U.S. interests at home
                and abroad, and, if necessary, assisting Federal
                agencies and the Chair in reconstitution processes
                where appropriate.
                    (c) The ICC will:
                    (1) consist of officials from executive agencies,
                designated by agency heads under subsection 3(a)(2) of
                this order, who have expertise in important management
                and technical areas, computer hardware, software or
                security systems, reconstitution and recovery, and of
                additional personnel hired directly or by contract, as
                required, to carry out the duties described under
                section 5 of this order;
                    (2) work with the Council and the Office of
                Management and Budget to assure that Federal efforts to
                restore critical systems are coordinated with efforts
                managed by Federal agencies acting under existing
                emergency response authorities.''
                    (d) The Chair of the President's Council on Year
                2000 Conversion shall designate a Director of the ICC.
                Sec. 2. The preexisting section 5 of Executive Order
                13073 shall be renumbered as section 6.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    June 14, 1999.
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