Reformatted version of Executive
Order signed by President Clinton (2/11/97)
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For Immediate
Release
February 11, 1997
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Executive
Order 13035
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Advisory Committee on
High Performance Computing and Communications, Information Technology,
and the Next Generation Internet
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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:
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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 non-federal 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.
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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:
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| (1) |
progress
made in implementing the High-Performance Computing and Communications
(HPCC) Program;
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progress
in designing and implementing the Next Generation Internet initiative;
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| (3) |
the need
to revise the HPCC Program;
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| (4) |
balance
among components of the HPCC Program;
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| (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
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| (6) |
other issues
as specified by the Director. |
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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.
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| (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.
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| (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.
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| (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). |
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Sec. 4. General.
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| (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.
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| (b) |
The committee
shall terminate two years from the date of this order unless
extended by the President prior to such date. |
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William J. Clinton
The White House,
February 11, 1997.
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