Leadership 4
Leadership 4 :
"The senior decisionmakers who have been elected (e.g., the President, State governors) or designated (e.g., Cabinet Secretaries, chief executive officers) to head a branch of Government or other organization. The survivability of leadership is accomplished by physically protecting the officeholder (sheltering the individual in place or relocating him or her away from the threat area) and by developing a prioritized list of designated successors to that leadership position, who would assume the roles and responsibilities of that position in the event of the incapacitation or unavailability of the current officeholder. The designation as a successor enables an individual to act for the officeholder and exercise the powers and authorities of the officeholder's position, in the event of the officeholder's death, permanent disability, or resignation". (DHS, FCD 1, Nov 2007, P-6)
