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44 U.S. Code § 3533 - Authority and functions of the Director | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 44 › Chapter 35 › Subchapter II › § 3533 44 U.S. Code § 3533 - Authority and functions of the Director
The Director shall oversee agency information security policies and practices, by—
promulgating information security standards under section 11331 of title 40;
overseeing the implementation of policies, principles, standards, and guidelines on information security;
requiring agencies, consistent with the standards promulgated under such section 11331 and the requirements of this subchapter, to identify and provide information security protections commensurate with the risk and magnitude of the harm resulting from the unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of—
coordinating the development of standards and guidelines under section 20 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3) with agencies and offices operating or exercising control of national security systems (including the National Security Agency) to assure, to the maximum extent feasible, that such standards and guidelines are complementary with standards and guidelines developed for national security systems;
overseeing agency compliance with the requirements of this subchapter, including through any authorized action under section 11303
(b)(5) of title 40, to enforce accountability for compliance with such requirements;
reviewing at least annually, and approving or disapproving, agency information security programs required under section 3534
coordinating information security policies and procedures with related information resources management policies and procedures; and
reporting to Congress no later than March 1 of each year on agency compliance with the requirements of this subchapter, including—
a summary of the findings of evaluations required by section 3535;
significant deficiencies in agency information security practices;
planned remedial action to address such deficiencies; and
a summary of, and the views of the Director on, the report prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology under section 20(d)(9) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3).
Except for the authorities described in paragraphs (4) and (7) of subsection (a), the authorities of the Director under this section shall not apply to national security systems.
(Added Pub. L. 107–296, title X, § 1001(b)(1),Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2261.)
This section not to apply while subchapter III of this chapter is in effect, see section 3549 of this title.
A prior section 3533, added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1061], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–266, set forth authority and functions of the Director prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–296.