Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet

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Part V

The President

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Executive Order 13035--Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing
and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation
Internet

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Title 3--
The President

Executive Order 13035 of February 11, 1997

Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing
and Communications, Information Technology, and the
Next Generation Internet

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the High-Performance Computing Act
of 1991 (Public Law 102-194) (``Act''), and in order to
establish an advisory committee on high-performance
computing and communications, Information Technology,
and the Next Generation Internet, it is hereby ordered
as follows:

Section 1. Establishment. There is established the
``Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and
Communications, Information Technology, and the Next
Generation Internet'' (``Committee''). The Committee
shall consist of not more than 25 nonfederal members
appointed by the President, including representatives
of the research, education, and library communities,
network providers, and representatives from critical
industries. The President shall designate co-chairs
from among the members of the Committee.

Sec. 2. Functions. The Committee shall provide the
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), through
the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy (``Director''), with advice and information on
high-performance computing and communications,
information technology, and the Next Generation
Internet. The Committee shall provide an independent
assessment of:

(1) progress made in implementing the High-
Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC)
Program;
(2) progress in designing and implementing the Next
Generation Internet initiative;
(3) the need to revise the HPCC Program;
(4) balance among components of the HPCC Program;
(5) whether the research and development undertaken
pursuant to the HPCC Program is helping to maintain
United States leadership in advanced computing and
communications technologies and their applications; and
(6) other issues as specified by the Director.

Sec. 3. Administration. To the extent permitted by law
and subject to the availability of appropriations, the
Department of Defense shall provide the financial and
administrative support for the Committee. Further, the
Director of the National Coordination Office for
Computing Information, and Communications (``Director
of the NCO'') shall provide such coordination and
technical assistance to the Committee as the co-chairs
of the Committee may request.

(a) The heads of executive agencies shall, to the
extent permitted by law, provide to the Committee such
information as it may require for the purpose of
carrying out its functions.
(b) The co-chairs may, from time to time, invite
experts to submit information to the Committee and may
form subcommittees or working groups within the
Committee to review specific issues.

(c) Members of the Committee shall serve without
compensation but shall be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as
authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in
the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).

Sec. 4. General. (a) Notwithstanding any other
Executive order, the functions of the President under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, except
that of reporting to the Congress, that are applicable
to the Committee shall be performed by the Director of
the NCO in accordance with guidelines that have been
issued by the Administrator of General Services.

(b) The Committee shall terminate 2 years from the
date of this order unless extended by the President
prior to such date.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

February 11, 1997.