National Essential Functions

"Category" refers to the categories of executive departments and agencies listed in Annex A to this directive;

From PrisonerX at The Oil Drum

This directive 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. This policy establishes "National Essential Functions," prescribes continuity requirements for all executive departments and agencies, and provides guidance for State, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and private sector organizations in order to ensure a comprehensive and integrated national continuity program that will enhance the credibility of our national security posture and enable a more rapid and effective response to and recovery from a national emergency. [more]

Annex A is, of course, classified.

annex, v. to take illegally.

Forget about reversing this stuff. Simply stopping it would be a huge change for the better. Sand and crowbars in the gears.

Everything those so-eager-to-do-real-work-Democrats have done this entire session is Augusta and in their first 100hours in Washington is trashed and overridden by this one directive.

We are here because we've not drawn the line earlier. The Democrats are not going to do it. Not appeasers; collaborators.