The order appears to be a response to the , which posted information provided by Bradley Manning, a relatively low-level Army intelligence officer who last year downloaded thousands of documents from secure networks and handed them over to whistleblower site.

Obama's order focuses mostly on creating committees and task forces that would be responsible for overseeing access to classified networks and data controlled by federal agencies.

The order requires the heads of all federal agencies to appoint a senior official to oversee the implementation of measures for controlling and monitoring access to classified information. The official is also required to put in place an insider threat-detection and prevention program and to oversee the agency's compliance with new policies and standards governing the access and use of classified data.

The president's order also establishes a new Information Sharing and Safeguarding Steering Committee, a Classified Information Sharing and Safeguarding Office (CISSO) and an interagency Insider Threat Task Force.

The steering committee will be responsible for coordinating the development of new interagency policies and standards for safeguarding and sharing classified information on government networks. The committee will be co-chaired by an executive from the White House Office of Management and Budget and will include representatives from the Departments of State, Justice, Homeland Security (DHS), the CIA, the National Security Agency and other agencies.