[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 6, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 6CFR29.4]

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                       TITLE 6--HOMELAND SECURITY
 
   CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
 
PART 29_PROTECTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  29.4  Protected Critical Infrastructure Information Program 

administration.

    (a) Preparedness Directorate Program Management. The Secretary of 
Homeland Security hereby designates the Under Secretary for Preparedness 
as the senior DHS official responsible for the direction and 
administration of the PCII Program. He shall administer this program 
through the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection.
    (b) Appointment of a PCII Program Manager. The Under Secretary for 
Preparedness shall:
    (1) Appoint a PCII Program Manager serving under the Assistant 
Secretary for Infrastructure Protection who is responsible for the 
administration of the PCII Program;
    (2) Commit resources necessary for the effective implementation of 
the PCII Program;
    (3) Ensure that sufficient personnel, including such detailees or 
assignees from other Federal national security, homeland security, or 
law enforcement entities as the Under Secretary deems appropriate, are 
assigned to the PCII Program to facilitate secure information sharing 
with appropriate authorities.
    (4) Promulgate implementing directives and prepare training 
materials as ppropriate for the proper treatment of PCII.
    (c) Appointment of PCII Officers. The PCII Program Manager shall 
establish procedures to ensure that each DHS component and each Federal, 
State, or local entity that works with PCII appoint one or more 
employees to serve as a PCII Officer in order to carry out the 
responsibilities stated in paragraph (d) of this section. Persons 
appointed to serve as PCII Officers shall be fully familiar with these 
procedures.
    (d) Responsibilities of PCII Officers. PCII Officers shall:
    (1) Oversee the handling, use, and storage of PCII;
    (2) Ensure the secure sharing of PCII with appropriate authorities 
and individuals, as set forth in 6 CFR 29.1(a), and paragraph (b)(3) of 
this section;
    (3) Establish and maintain an ongoing self-inspection program, to 
include periodic review and assessment of the compliance with handling, 
use, and storage of PCII;
    (4) Establish additional procedures, measures and penalties as 
necessary to prevent unauthorized access to PCII; and
    (5) Ensure prompt and appropriate coordination with the PCII Program 
Manager regarding any request, challenge, or complaint arising out of 
the implementation of these regulations.
    (e) Protected Critical Infrastructure Information Management System 
(PCIIMS). The PCII Program Manager shall develop, for use by the PCII 
Program Manager and the PCII Manager's designees, an electronic 
database, to be known as the ``Protected Critical Infrastructure 
Information Management System'' (PCIIMS), to record the receipt, 
acknowledgement, validation, storage, dissemination, and destruction of 
PCII. This compilation of PCII shall be safeguarded and protected in 
accordance with the provisions of the CII Act. The PCII Program Manager 
may require the completion of appropriate background investigations of 
an individual before granting that individual access to any PCII.