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[121 STAT. 313]
PUBLIC LAW 110-000—MMMM. DD, 2007
[121 STAT. 313]

PUBLIC LAW 110–53—AUG. 3, 2007

121 STAT. 313

‘‘SEC. 210. INFORMATION SHARING INCENTIVES.

6 USC 124g.

‘‘(a) AWARDS.—In making cash awards under chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, the President or the head of an agency, in consultation with the program manager designated under section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485), may consider the success of an employee in appropriately sharing information within the scope of the information sharing environment established under that section, including homeland security information, terrorism information, and weapons of mass destruction information, or national intelligence (as defined in section 3(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(5)), in a manner consistent with any policies, guidelines, procedures, instructions, or standards established by the President or, as appropriate, the program manager of that environment for the implementation and management of that environment. ‘‘(b) OTHER INCENTIVES.—The head of each department or agency described in section 1016(i) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485(i)), in consultation with the program manager designated under section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485), shall adopt best practices regarding effective ways to educate and motivate officers and employees of the Federal Government to participate fully in the information sharing environment, including— ‘‘(1) promotions and other nonmonetary awards; and ‘‘(2) publicizing information sharing accomplishments by individual employees and, where appropriate, the tangible end benefits that resulted.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended further by inserting after the item relating to section 206 the following: ‘‘Sec. 207. Intelligence components. ‘‘Sec. 208. Training for employees of intelligence components. ‘‘Sec. 209. Intelligence training development for State and local government officials. ‘‘Sec. 210. Information sharing incentives.’’. SEC. 504. INFORMATION SHARING.

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Section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: ‘‘(1) HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION.—The term ‘homeland security information’ has the meaning given that term in section 892(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 482(f)).’’; (C) by striking paragraph (3), as so redesignated, and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) INFORMATION SHARING ENVIRONMENT.—The terms ‘information sharing environment’ and ‘ISE’ mean an approach that facilitates the sharing of terrorism and homeland security information, which may include any method determined necessary and appropriate for carrying out this section.’’;

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