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. The PPG itself, declassified and released in August 2016 in response to an ACLU lawsuit, is here.
Number |
Presidential Policy Directive
|
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 | 06/14/12 |
| 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 (TS - do not view on unclassified government system) (unclassified fact sheet) | 10/16/12 |
| PPD 21 | Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience | 02/12/13 |
| PPD 22 | National Special Security Events | 03/28/13 |
| PPD 23 | Security Sector Assistance (Fact Sheet) | 04/05/13 |
| PPD 24 | Nuclear Weapons Employment Strategy of the United States | 06/19/13 |
| PPD 25 | Guideline for U.S. Government Interagency Response to Terrorist Threats or Incidents in the U.S. and Overseas (Fact Sheet) | |
| PPD 26 | National Space Transportation Policy | 11/21/13 |
| 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 |
| PPD 31 | ||
| PPD 32 | ||
| PPD 33 | ||
| PPD 34 | ||
| PPD 35 | United States Nuclear Weapons Command and Control, Safety, and Security | 12/08/15 |
| PPD 36 | ||
| PPD 37 | ||
| PPD 38 | ||
| PPD 39 | ||
| PPD 40 | National Continuity Policy | 07/15/16 |
| PPD 41 | United States Cyber Incident Coordination | 07/26/16 |
| PPD 42 | Preventing and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation, Terrorism, and Use | |
| PPD 43 | United States-Cuba Normalization | 10/14/16 |