§7302 Establishment of the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Governance Board

Summary

Creates a Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Governance Board to run and oversee the DTS Program Office (DTS–PO). The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must pick one user department or agency to act as the DTS–PO Executive Agent. That Executive Agent must nominate a Director for the DTS–PO for the Board to approve and do other tasks the Board assigns. The Board decides the written rules and processes for how the DTS–PO is managed. The OMB Director must also pick four departments or agencies to each name one voting member on the Board and may pick other agencies to each name nonvoting, advisory members. The Chair, picked by the OMB Director, plus the four voting members make up the voting group. The Chair leads meetings, keeps Board records, and suggests bylaws. A meeting needs the Chair and four voting members to make official decisions, and votes pass by a majority of voting members. The Chair must call at least four meetings each year (any voting member can call a meeting). The Board must approve and watch DTS–PO plans, services, priorities, policies, and bandwidth pricing; advise on the annual budget before it goes out; review performance and controls; require reports and records; run independent audits; approve or reject the Executive Agent’s Director nominee; and recommend replacing that Director. Work affecting U.S. national security telecommunications gets top priority.