Planetary Protection Coordination Office?

"Owing to a 2008 law passed by Congress, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has until 15 October 2010 to decide which agency will be responsible for protecting the planet from an asteroid strike. Members of the task force say NASA expects to be given part or all of that responsibility. To meet it, the panel discussed the creation of a Planetary Protection Coordination Office (PPCO) within NASA, with an annual budget of $250 million–$300 million. It would detect and track asteroids — and develop a capability to deflect them," writes Jousha Keating in Foreign Policy Magazine. The story was also covered by NPR.