"Presidential Policy Directives(PPD)" as of 7-2-15(name changes upon % of Pubic Awareness)

Presidential Directives, better known as Presidential Decision Directives (or PDDs) are a form of an executive order issued by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the National Security Council. The directives articulate the executive's national security policy and carry the "full force and effect of law".[1][2][3]

Since many of the Presidential Directives pertain to the national security of the United States, many remainclassified.





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Presidential Policy Directives [PPDs]
Barack Obama Administration

In the Barack Obama Administration, the directives that are used to promulgate Presidential decisions on national security matters are designated Presidential Policy Directives (PPDs). Directives that are used to initiate policy review procedures are called Presidential Study Directives (PSDs). In May 2013, the Administration issued a previously unknown category of directive known as a Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG). A White House fact sheet describing that classified PPG on counterterrorism operations is here.


Number
 Presidential Policy Directive
Title
 Date
PPD 1 Organization of the National Security Council System 02/13/09
PPD 2 Implementation of the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats (National Strategy) 11/23/09
PPD 3
PPD 4 National Space Policy (Fact Sheet) 06/29/10
PPD 5
PPD 6 Global Development (Fact Sheet) 09/22/10
PPD 7 National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) 01/26/11
PPD 8 National Preparedness 03/30/11
PPD 9
PPD 10 US Ballistic Missile Defenses
PPD 11 [terms of reference for Nuclear Posture Review implementation study]
PPD 12
PPD 13 Political and Economic Reform in the Middle East and North Africa
PPD 14 Procedures Implementing Section 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Fact Sheet) 02/28/12
PPD 15 Implementation of the Treaty on Open Skies 03/01/12
PPD 16 U.S. Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa 06/14/12
PPD 17 Countering Improvised Explosive Devices
PPD 18 National Strategy for Maritime Security
PPD 19 Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information 10/10/12
PPD 20 U.S. Cyber Operations Policy (Fact Sheet) 10/16/12
PPD 21 Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience 02/12/13
PPD 22
PPD 23 Security Sector Assistance (Fact Sheet) 04/05/13
PPD 24 [nuclear weapons employment guidance]
PPD 25
PPD 26
PPD 27 United States Conventional Arms Transfer Policy 01/15/14
PPD 28 Signals Intelligence Activities 01/17/14
PPD 29
PPD 30 U.S. Nationals Taken Hostage Abroad and Personnel Recovery Efforts 06/24/15




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