Sec. 942. NATIONAL CENTERS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION ASSURANCE EDUCATION MATTERS
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## SEC. 942 NATIONAL CENTERS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION ASSURANCE EDUCATION MATTERS ###
(a)Preservation of Designation During Academic Years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 Each institution of higher education that was designated by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education as of January 1, 2013, shall continue to be designated as such a Center through June 30, 2015, provided that such institution maintains the standards by which such institution was originally designated as such a Center. ###
(b)Assessment and Recommendation of Accreditation or Designation Process Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the National Security Agency, and other appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government and non-Federal organizations, shall— ####
(1)assess the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education program strengths and weaknesses, including processes and criteria used to develop curricula and designate an institution of higher education as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education; ####
(2)assess the maturity of information assurance as an academic discipline; ####
(3)assess the role the Federal Government should play in the future development of curricula and other criteria for designating or accrediting information assurance education programs of institutions of higher education as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education; ####
(4)assess the advantages and disadvantages of broadening the governance structure of such Centers; ####
(5)assess the extent to which existing and emerging curricula and other criteria for designation as such a Center is aligned with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education and will provide the knowledge and skills needed by the information assurance workforce for existing and future employment; ####
(6)make recommendations for improving and evolving the mechanisms and processes for developing the curricula and other criteria for accrediting or designating information assurance programs of institutions of higher education as Centers; and ####
(7)make recommendations on transitioning the responsibility for developing the curricula and other criteria for accrediting or designating information assurance programs of institutions of higher education as Centers from the sole administration of the National Security Agency. ###
(c)Assessment of Department of Defense Collaboration With Centers Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall assess the collaboration of the Department of Defense with the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. Such assessment shall include— ####
(1)the extent to which the information security scholarship program of the Department of Defense established under chapter 112 of title 10, United States Code, contributes to— #####
(A)building the capacity to educate the information assurance and cybersecurity workforce needed for the future; and #####
(B)employing exceptional information assurance and cybersecurity workers in the Department; and ####
(2)mechanisms for increasing Department employment of graduates of such Centers. ###
(d)Plan ####
(1)In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the National Security Agency, and other appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government and non-Federal organizations, shall submit to Congress— #####
(A)a plan for implementing the recommendations made pursuant to subsection
(b)on improving and evolving the mechanisms and processes for developing the curricula and other criteria for accrediting or designating the information assurance programs of institutions of higher education as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education; #####
(B)the results of the assessments conducted under subsections
(b)and (c); and #####
(C)the recommendations made under subsection (b). ####
(2)Consultation In developing the plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of information assurance interests in departments and agencies of the Federal Government, State and local governments, academia, and the private sector. ###
(e)Institution of Higher Education Defined In this section, the term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). ## Subtitle E Total Force Management
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