§ 10-3-2504 - Arkansas Cyberinfrastructure Task Force.
10-3-2504. Arkansas Cyberinfrastructure Task Force.
(a) There is created a legislative committee to be known as the "Arkansas Cyberinfrastructure Task Force", to be composed of:
(1) The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration or his or her designee;
(2) The Director of the Department of Information Systems or his or her designee;
(3) The President of the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority or his or her designee;
(4) The Chair or his or her designee and the Vice Chair or his or her designee of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Technology, and Legislative Affairs;
(5) The Chair or his or her designee and the Vice Chair or his or her designee of the House Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology;
(6) (A) Four (4) members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate from a list of ten (10) persons submitted by the Arkansas Broadband Advisory Council.
(B) The members selected under subdivision (a)(6)(A) of this section shall include:
(i) One (1) member with expertise in optical networks;
(ii) One (1) member with expertise in high-performance computing;
(iii) One (1) member with expertise in data center operation and management; and
(iv) One (1) member with expertise in at least one (1) of the following areas:
(a) Large-scale data storage;
(b) Computer visualization;
(c) Distributed authentication and authorization architectures;
(d) Distributed collaboration environments; or
(e) Other software architectures relevant to advanced cyberinfrastructure; and
(7) (A) Four (4) members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from a list of ten (10) persons from higher education in the State of Arkansas submitted by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(B) The members selected under subdivision (a)(7)(A) of this section shall include:
(i) One (1) member with expertise in optical networks;
(ii) One (1) member with expertise in high-performance computing;
(iii) One (1) member with expertise in data center operation and management; and
(iv) One (1) member with expertise in at least one (1) of the following areas:
(a) Large-scale data storage;
(b) Computer visualization;
(c) Distributed authentication and authorization architectures;
(d) Distributed collaboration environments; or
(e) Other software architectures relevant to advanced cyberinfrastructure.
(b) If a vacancy occurs on the task force, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(c) The Cochairs of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology or the designee of a Cochair of the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology shall serve as cochairs of the task force and shall call meetings as appropriate.
(d) (1) (A) The task force may create by written resolution technical work groups.
(B) The written resolution for the creation of a technical work group shall specify the:
(i) Duties and objectives of the technical work group; and
(ii) Date the technical work group shall expire.
(2) The membership of a technical work group may include:
(A) Members and staff of the task force; and
(B) Individuals not affiliated with the task force.
(3) Members of the technical work groups shall serve at the pleasure of the task force without compensation.
(4) Technical work groups may be created without limitation in areas such as research applications, technology transfer, emergency management, telemedicine, educational outreach, student technologists, and other technical work groups as appropriate.