Trump Signs Executive Order Accelerating Federal Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration to 2030 Deadline — Four Years Earlier Than Prior Target

President Trump signed an executive order on June 22 requiring federal agencies to complete migration of high-value systems to NIST post-quantum cryptography standards by December 31, 2030 — a four-to-five year acceleration over the prior NSM-10 target of 2035. Agencies must name a PQC migration lead within 30 days, submit full migration plans within 90 days, and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council has 180 days to propose rules extending the 2030 hard deadline to covered government contractors. The order explicitly cites the 'harvest now, decrypt later' threat model where adversaries collect encrypted data today for future quantum decryption.