[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 7131-7132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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
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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
Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]
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