[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 97-3992]
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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
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 31 / Friday, February 14, 1997 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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                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.
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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).
                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.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    February 11, 1997.
[FR Doc. 97-3992
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