§ 278g-4. Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board
(a)
Establishment and composition
There is hereby established a [1] Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board within the Department of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint the chairman of the Board. The Board shall be composed of twelve additional members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce as follows:
(1)
four members from outside the Federal Government who are eminent in the information technology industry, at least one of whom is representative of small or medium sized companies in such industries;
(b)
Duties
The duties of the Board shall be—
(1)
to identify emerging managerial, technical, administrative, and physical safeguard issues relative to information security and privacy;
(2)
to advise the Institute and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on information security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal Government information systems, including through review of proposed standards and guidelines developed under section
278g–3 of this title; and
(c)
Term of office
The term of office of each member of the Board shall be four years, except that—
(d)
Quorum
The Board shall not act in the absence of a quorum, which shall consist of seven members.
(e)
Allowance for travel expenses
Members of the Board, other than full-time employees of the Federal Government, while attending meetings of such committees or while otherwise performing duties at the request of the Board Chairman while away from their homes or a regular place of business, may be allowed travel expenses in accordance with subchapter
I of chapter
57 of title
5.
(f)
Meetings
The Board shall hold meetings at such locations and at such time and place as determined by a majority of the Board.
(g)
Staff services and utilization of Federal personnel
To provide the staff services necessary to assist the Board in carrying out its functions, the Board may utilize personnel from the Institute or any other agency of the Federal Government with the consent of the head of the agency.
(h)
Definitions
As used in this section, the terms “information system” and “information technology” have the meanings given in section
278g–3 of this title.
[1] So in original. Probably should be “an”.