EM Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD)

HSPD 1 — Organization and Operation of the Homeland Security Council. (White House) Ensures coordination of all homeland security-related activities among executive departments and agencies and promote the effective development and implementation of all homeland security policies.

HSPD — 3: Homeland Security Advisory System. Establishes a comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to Federal, State, and local authorities and to the American people.

HSPD — 5: Management of Domestic Incidents. Enhances the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents by establishing a single, comprehensive national incident management system.

HSPD — 8: National Preparedness. Identifies steps for improved coordination in response to incidents. This directive describes the way Federal departments and agencies will prepare for such a response, including prevention activities during the early stages of a terrorism incident. This directive is a companion to HSPD-5.

HSPD — 8 Annex 1: National Planning. Further enhances the preparedness of the United States by formally establishing a standard and comprehensive approach to national planning.

HSPD — 12: Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors. (White House) Establishes a mandatory, Government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification issued by the Federal Government to its employees and contractors (including contractor employees).

HSPD — 18: Medical Countermeasures against Weapons of Mass Destruction. (White House) Establishes policy guidelines to draw upon the considerable potential of the scientific community in the public and private sectors to address medical countermeasure requirements relating to CBRN threats.

HSPD — 20: National Continuity Policy. (White House) Establishes a comprehensive national policy on the continuity of federal government structures and operations and a single National Continuity Coordinator responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of federal continuity policies.

HSPD — 20 Annex A: Categories Of Departments And Agencies. Describes the uses of the four categories assigned to executive departments and agencies during an emergency.

HSPD — 21: Public Health and Medical Preparedness. (White House) Establishes a national strategy that will enable a level of public health and medical preparedness sufficient to address a range of possible disasters.