Sec. 948. Centers of Academic Excellence for Information Assurance matters
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The Centers of Academic Excellence for Information Assurance shall not lose their certification as centers of academic excellence in fiscal year 2014 for failure to meet revised guidelines and criteria for such certification issued by the National Security Agency if the Centers qualify for certification as centers of academic excellence under guidelines and standards for such certification as of September 30, 2013. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and with the advice of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, determine whether either— information assurance has become a mature academic discipline that warrants the creation of a non-government national accreditation body for the development of curricula and other criteria for accrediting the information assurance programs of institutions of higher education; or a direct Government role is still required for the development of curricula and other criteria for certifying the information assurance programs of the existing Centers of Academic Excellence for Information Assurance.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a plan on the following: Implementing the determination made pursuant to subsection
(b)on appropriate mechanisms for developing the curricula and other criteria for accrediting or certifying the the information assurance programs of the Centers of Academic Excellence for Information Assurance. Transitioning the responsibility specified in subparagraph
(A)from the sole administration of the National Security Agency. In developing the plan, the President shall consult with appropriate representatives of information assurance interests in all departments and agencies of the Federal Government, State and local governments, academia, and the private sector. In developing the plan, the President shall seek to conform the accreditation or certification process for the Centers of Academic Excellence for Information Assurance to the peer-based accreditation practices used for all other established academic disciplines, including a process involving all appropriate constituency communities, and covering standards for curriculum, quality of instruction, contribution to the discipline, and supporting facilities.