U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 28, 2024
§ 278g–4.
Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board
(a)
Establishment and composition
There is hereby established a 1
1
 So in original. Probably should be “an”.
Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board within the Department of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint the chairman of the Board. The Board shall be composed of twelve additional members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce as follows:
(1)
four members from outside the Federal Government who are eminent in the information technology industry, at least one of whom is representative of small or medium sized companies in such industries;
(2)
four members from outside the Federal Government who are eminent in the fields of information technology, or related disciplines, but who are not employed by or representative of a producer of information technology; and
(3)
four members from the Federal Government who have information system management experience, including experience in information security and privacy, at least one of whom shall be from the National Security Agency.
(b)
Duties
The duties of the Board shall be—
(1)
to identify emerging managerial, technical, administrative, and physical safeguard issues relative to information security and privacy;
(2)
to advise the Institute, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on information security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal Government information systems, including through review of proposed standards and guidelines developed under section 278g–3 of this title; and
(3)
to report annually its findings to the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the National Security Agency, and the appropriate committees of the Congress.
(c)
Term of office
The term of office of each member of the Board shall be four years, except that—
(1)
of the initial members, three shall be appointed for terms of one year, three shall be appointed for terms of two years, three shall be appointed for terms of three years, and three shall be appointed for terms of four years; and
(2)
any member appointed to fill a vacancy in the Board shall serve for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was appointed.
(d)
Quorum
(e)
Allowance for travel expenses
(f)
Meetings
(g)
Staff services and utilization of Federal personnel
(h)
Definitions
(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 21, as added Pub. L. 100–235, § 3(2), Jan. 8, 1988, 101 Stat. 1727; amended Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(a)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 107–296, title X, § 1004, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2271; Pub. L. 107–347, title III, § 304, Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2959; Pub. L. 113–283, § 2(f)(2), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3087.)
cite as: 15 USC 278g-4