§7302 Establishment of the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Governance Board

Summary

Creates a Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Governance Board to run and watch over the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office (DTS–PO). The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) picks one department or agency that uses the DTS Network to act as the DTS–PO Executive Agent. That Executive Agent must nominate a Director of the DTS–PO for the Board to approve and do other tasks the Board assigns under written arrangements the Board sets. The OMB Director also picks four departments or agencies to each send one voting member to the Board and may name other agencies to send nonvoting advisors. The Chair is chosen by the OMB Director. The Chair leads meetings, handles board paperwork, and suggests bylaws. A quorum is the Chair plus four voting members. Decisions need a majority of voting members. The Board must meet at least four times each year. The Board approves and watches DTS–PO plans, services, priorities, policies, and bandwidth pricing; advises on the annual budget before it is sent by the Executive Agent; reviews performance and controls; requests needed reports and records; runs independent audits; approve or reject the Director nominee by majority; and can recommend the Director be replaced by majority vote. Work tied to U.S. national security gets the highest priority.