by the section. The Office shall also conduct research and make recommendations to the Secretary to the extent that the agency can effectively engage in the following: (1) Recruiting, retaining, and sustaining the skills and knowledge of information assurance, cybersecurity and computer security professionals in the Department of Homeland Security, hereinafter known as the Department . (2) Supporting kindergarten through grade 12 science and technology and computer and information safety education through grants, and training programs. (3) Supporting postsecondary information assurance, cybersecurity and computer security programs that provide education that benefits the mission and objective of the Department regarding recruitment and retention of highly trained computing professionals who are work ready. (4) Promoting public knowledge of computer and information security competitions to provide computer and information security competition administrators, participants, and sponsors with information necessary to further broader public participation in these activities. (5) Developing a guest lecturer program or part-time lecturer program comprised of information assurance, cybersecurity and computer security experts in the Federal Government, academia and private sector to support education of students at institutions of higher education who are pursuing degrees in computing science. (6) Managing a Computer and Information Security Youth Training Pathway Program for secondary school and postsecondary school students to work in part-time or summer positions along with Federal agency computer and information security professionals. (7) Developing programs that increase the capacity of institutions defined in section 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965— (A) Historically Black Colleges and Universities