Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 79, No. 214 

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 9199 of October 31, 2014 

Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 2014 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

Essential to our national security and economic growth, America’s critical 

infrastructure—from our power plants and pipelines to our hospitals and 

highways—supports the physical and virtual systems that underpin American 

society. In a changing world, the increased interdependence of our country’s 

most vital resources and networks has created new opportunities for growth 

and innovation, but it has also led to greater risk and vulnerability. During 

Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, we reflect on the 

important role our infrastructure plays in building a safe and prosperous 

Nation, and we recommit to strengthening and protecting these important 

assets. 

The security of our Nation is my top priority, and my Administration is 

dedicated to preserving and fortifying the systems that support our daily 

lives. Guided by our Cybersecurity Framework, we are working to protect 

our critical infrastructure from cyber threats, while promoting an open and 

reliable cyberspace. In the face of a diverse set of physical risks to our 

infrastructure—from extreme weather and the impacts of climate change 

to health pandemics, accidents, and acts of terrorism—we are taking steps 

to reduce our vulnerabilities. And because the majority of our critical infrastructure is owned and operated by private companies, we are encouraging 

the private sector to recognize their shared responsibility. As part of our 

National Infrastructure Protection Plan, we are finding new ways we can 

strengthen our public-private partnerships to bolster our systems and networks and to better manage risks. 

While we cannot always predict the ways in which our infrastructure will 

be tested, by harnessing an integrated approach to a range of threats and 

modernizing our cyber and physical infrastructure, we can ensure that one 

event does not compromise the stability of our entire system. When we 

invest in 21st century infrastructure, we not only increase our resilience, 

but also create jobs and expand opportunity for hardworking Americans. 

That is why earlier this year we launched the Build America Investment 

Initiative to improve our roads, water systems, electrical grid, and other 

vital systems. By encouraging innovative financing and increased publicprivate collaboration, we can build a revitalized, efficient, and secure American infrastructure. 

In today’s interconnected world, we must all remain dedicated to identifying 

and deterring threats and hazards to our Nation’s critical infrastructure and 

to mitigating the consequences of incidents that do occur. This month, 

let us resolve to safeguard and strengthen the systems we rely on every 

day and to support first-class infrastructure that can sustain America’s role 

as a leader on the world stage. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2014 

as Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. I call upon the 

people of the United States to recognize the importance of protecting our 


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Nation’s resources and to observe this month with appropriate events and 

training to enhance our national security and resilience. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day 

of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtyninth. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26471 

Filed 11–4–14; 11:15 am] 

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