Biden partially revokes Trump-era federal mission resilience order and ties continuity policy to new national security memo

President Joe Biden signed a January 19, 2025 executive order partially revoking Executive Order 13961, the Trump-era order on governance and integration of federal mission resilience. Biden revoked sections 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of EO 13961, renumbered the remaining sections, and amended language so continuity coordination referenced the Restricted Principals Committee described in Biden's National Continuity Policy memorandum. The action mattered because continuity-of-government and federal mission-resilience rules determine how agencies plan for crises that could disrupt national essential functions. This was a governance cleanup action tied to Biden's updated continuity-policy structure.