Bill Text: TX HR111 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Richland College on its designation as a two-year National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-06 - Reported enrolled [HR111 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR111-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 111 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Richland College has been designated as a two-year | ||
| National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance | ||
| Education, and the attainment of this prestigious status reflects | ||
| the high quality of its educational offerings in that field; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The National Center of Academic Excellence program | ||
| was established by the National Security Agency and the Department | ||
| of Homeland Security, with the support of the National Science | ||
| Foundation and CyberWatch, and it is intended to promote higher | ||
| education and research related to safeguarding the nation's | ||
| information infrastructure; and | ||
| WHEREAS, To be selected as a center of academic excellence, a | ||
| college or university must establish a strong information assurance | ||
| program and design its security courses in accordance with training | ||
| standards developed by the Committee on National Security Systems; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Richland College has placed a special emphasis on | ||
| information assurance and has offered a specialization in that area | ||
| since the fall of 2007 as part of its associate degree program in | ||
| digital forensics; students who complete this specialization are | ||
| trained in measures to prevent the loss, unauthorized modification, | ||
| and destruction of data, and they receive diverse training that | ||
| draws on skills in computer science, accounting, criminology, | ||
| management, and system and security engineering; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Covering the 2011 through 2016 school years, the | ||
| National Center of Academic Excellence designation provides | ||
| recognition of Richland College's leadership in the study of cyber | ||
| security, and the institution's efforts to prepare well-trained | ||
| professionals to work in this crucial discipline is of great | ||
| benefit to our state and nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Richland College on | ||
| its designation as a two-year National Center of Academic | ||
| Excellence in Information Assurance Education and extend to all | ||
| those associated with the program sincere best wishes for continued | ||
| success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the college as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Button | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 111 was adopted by the House on June | ||
| 28, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
