Advisory Committee - Summary of Executive Order 13035 as
amended by Executive Orders 13092, 13113, 13200 and 13215
May 31, 2001
President's Information Technology Advisory Committee
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") as amended by the Next Generation
Internet Research Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-305) ("Research
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 "President's Information
Technology Advisory Committee" ("Committee"). The Committee
shall consist of not more than 30 non-federal members
appointed by the President, including representatives of the
research, education, and library communities, network
providers, and representatives from critical industries.
Members appointed prior to June 1, 2001, shall serve until
December 1, 2001, unless reappointed by the President. Members
appointed or reappointed on or after June 1, 2001, shall serve
for no more than 2 years from the date of their appointment,
unless their period of service is extended by the President.
The President shall designate two co-chairs from among the
members of the Committee. A co-chair may serve for a term of 2
years or until the end of his or her service as a member of
the Committee, whichever is the shorter period.
Sec. 2. Functions.
(a) 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.
(b) The Committee shall carry out its responsibilities
under the Research Act in the manner described in the Research
Act.
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 June 1, 2003, unless
extended by the President prior to such date.
Executive order signed February 11, 1997; first amended and
signed July 24, 1998, second amended and signed February 10,
1999, third amended and signed February 11, 2001, and last
amended and signed May 31, 2001. |