ral Government, as
appropriate.
(e) Responsibilities of the NBIC Member Agencies.--
(1) In general.--Each Member Agency shall--
(A) use its best efforts to integrate
biosurveillance information into the NBIC, with
the goal of promoting information sharing
between Federal, State, local, and tribal
governments to detect biological events of
national concern;
(B) provide timely information to assist
the NBIC in maintaining biological situational
awareness for accurate detection and response
purposes;
(C) enable the NBIC to receive and use
biosurveillance information from member
agencies to carry out its requirements under
subsection (c);
(D) connect the biosurveillance data
systems of that Member Agency to the NBIC data
system under mutually agreed protocols that are
consistent with subsection (c)(5);
(E) participate in the formation of
strategy and policy for the operation of the
NBIC and its information sharing;
(F) provide personnel to the NBIC under an
interagency personnel agreement and consider
the qualifications of such personnel necessary
to provide human, animal, and environmental
data analysis and interpretation support to the
NBIC; and
(G) retain responsibility for the
surveillance and intelligence systems of that
department or agency, if applicable.
(f) Administrative Authorities.--
(1) Hiring of experts.--The Directing Officer of
the NBIC shall hire individuals with the necessary
expertise to develop and operate the NBIC.
(2) Detail of personnel.--Upon the request of the
Directing Officer of the NBIC, the head of any Federal
department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable
basis, any of the personnel of that department or
agency to the Department to assist the NBIC in carrying
out this section.
(g) NBIC Interagency Working Group.--The Directing Officer
of the NBIC shall--