§19031 Office of Research Security and Policy

Summary

The Director must keep a Research Security and Policy office inside the Office of the Director. It must have at least four full-time equivalent positions, plus the Chief of Research Security created under section 19032. The office must handle research security policy across the Foundation. It must work with the Foundation Office of Inspector General, other federal research agencies, intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and the National Science and Technology Council under section 1746 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 42 U.S.C. 6601 note) to find and address security risks and to make policies and best practices, taking into account guidance from the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy under section 19231. The office must be the Foundation’s resource on research integrity, teach recipients and staff about risks and reporting rules, assess proposals and awards for hidden risks, set procedures to identify and handle threats consistent with National Security Presidential Memorandum–33 or a successor, and, under agency rules, do or help with due diligence before awards are made.