Sec. 7. Methodology
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The Board shall conduct each review, issue each recommendation, develop each report, and deliver all technical assistance authorized under this Act using the methods that are in accordance with relevant professional best practices, including those by analogous review organizations, academia, and government and private organizations. The Board shall— review, on a regular basis, the methodologies of the Board; and update the methodologies of the Board in accordance with the findings of each review conducted under paragraph (1).
In establishing the methodologies of the Board under this section, the Board shall incorporate all relevant information from relevant Federal, State, and local entities, including past experience with similar incidents, exercises, risk assessments, and all other past research and analysis. The Chairperson shall include with each review report in which a recommendation is issued by the Board a methodology section detailing the process and information underlying the selection of each recommendation.
Except as provided in subsection (f), the methodology section under subsection
(a)shall include, for each recommendation— a brief summary of the Board’s collection and analysis of the specific information most relevant to the recommendation; a description of the Board’s use of external information, including studies, reports, and experts, other than the findings of a specific review, if any were used to inform or support the recommendation, including a brief summary of the specific resilience benefits and other effects identified by each study, report, or expert; and a brief summary of actions, including important examples, taken by regulated entities before the publication of the recommendation, to the extent such actions are known to the Board, that were consistent with the recommendation. Nothing in this section may be construed— to delay publication of the findings, cause, or probable cause of a Board review; to delay the issuance of an urgent recommendation that the Board has determined must be issued to avoid immediate death, or human or economic injury; or to limit the number of examples the Board may consider before issuing a recommendation. Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Board shall publish the methodology required under this section not later than 30 days after the date on which the review is initially published.