; (F) recommend security and resilience measures for critical infrastructure prior to, during, and after a terrorism event or incident; (G) support post-terrorism incident management and restoration efforts related to critical infrastructure; and (H) make recommendations on preventing the collapse or serious degrading of the telecommunication capability in an area impacted by a terrorism event. (2) Support the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to maintain and share, as a common Federal service, a near real-time situational awareness capability for critical infrastructure that includes actionable information about imminent terrorist threats, significant trends, and awareness of incidents that may affect critical infrastructure. 6. Protection of privacy and civil liberties (a) In General The Secretary of Homeland Security shall support greater terrorism cyber security information sharing by civilian Federal agencies with the private sector that protects constitutional privacy and civil liberties rights. The heads of Federal departments and agencies shall ensure that all existing privacy principles, policies, and procedures are implemented consistent with applicable law and policy and shall include senior agency officials for privacy in their efforts to govern and oversee terrorism program information sharing properly. (b) Ensuring independence of privacy officer (1) In general Section 222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 142 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking so much as precedes paragraph (1) and inserting the following: (a) In general There shall be in the Department a Privacy Officer who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Privacy Officer shall report directly to the Secretary, and shall have primary responsibility in the Department for privacy policy, including— ; (B) by striking senior official appointed under subsection (a) each place it appears and inserting Privacy Officer