Sec. 107. Management and execution

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Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 341 ) is amended by redesignating subsections

(c)and

(d)as subsections

(e)and (f), respectively, and by striking subsections

(a)and

(b)and inserting the following: Subject to the direction and control of the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Management shall serve as the following: The Chief Management Officer for all matters related to the management and administration of the Department in support of homeland security operations and programs. With regard to the management functions for which the Under Secretary has responsibility by law or by direction of the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Management takes precedence in the Department after the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. The senior official with the authority to administer, implement, and direct management integration and transformation across functional disciplines of the Department, including— information technology, financial management, acquisition management, and human capital management of the Department to improve program efficiency and effectiveness; ensure compliance with laws, rules, regulations, and the Department’s policies; conduct regular oversight; and prevent unnecessary duplication of programs in the Department. In addition to responsibilities designated by the Secretary or otherwise established by law, the Under Secretary for Management shall be responsible for performing, or delegating responsibility for performing, the following activities of the Department: Development of the budget, management of appropriations, expenditures of funds, accounting, and finance. Acquisition and procurement activities under section 701(d). Human resources and personnel. Information technology and communication systems, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, as appropriate. Facilities, property, equipment, and other material resources. Real property and personal property. Security for personnel, information technology and communications systems, facilities, property, equipment, and other material resources. Strategic management planning, annual performance planning, and identification and tracking of performance measures relating to the responsibilities of the Department, including such responsibilities under section 306 of title 5, United States Code. Oversight of grants and other assistance management programs to ensure proper administration. Management integration and transformation within each functional management discipline of the Department, including information technology, financial management, acquisition management, and human capital management, and the transition process, to ensure an efficient and orderly consolidation of functions and personnel in the Department and transition, including the— development of coordinated data sources and connectivity of information systems to the greatest extent practical to enhance program visibility and transparency; development of standardized, automated, and real-time management information to uniformly manage and oversee programs, and make informed decisions to improve the efficiency of the Department; development of effective program management and regular oversight mechanisms, including clear roles and processes for program governance, sharing of best practices, and access to timely, reliable, and analyzed data on all acquisitions and investments; implementation of mechanisms to promote accountability for management integration among Department and component chief officers; integration of financial management systems within and across the Department to ensure financial transparency, support daily operational and financial decisionmaking, and maintain consecutive unqualified opinions for all financial statements, including the responsibility to review, approve, and oversee the planning, design, acquisition, deployment, operation, maintenance, and modernization of business systems; integration of human resource management systems within and across the Department to track and record information (including attrition rates, knowledge, skills, and abilities critical for workforce planning, identifying current and future human capital needs, including recruitment efforts and improving employee morale), including the responsibility to review, approve, and oversee the planning, design, acquisition, deployment, operation, maintenance, and modernization of business systems; development of a management integration strategy for the Department and its components to be submitted annually with the President’s budget to ensure that management of the Department is strengthened in the areas of human capital, acquisition, information technology, and financial management, which shall include— short- and long-term objectives to effectively guide implementation of interoperable business systems solutions; issuance of guidance and action plans with dates, specific actions, and costs for implementing management integration and transformation of common functional disciplines across the Department and its components; specific operational and tactical goals, activities, and timelines needed to accomplish the integration effort; performance measures to monitor and validate corrective measures; efforts to identify resources needed to achieve key actions and outcomes; other issues impeding management integration; reporting to the Government Accountability Office twice annually to demonstrate measurable, sustainable progress made in implementing the Department’s corrective action plans and achieving key outcomes, including regarding— leadership commitment; capacity building; and continuous monitoring to address Government Accountability Office designations of programs at high risk for waste, fraud, and abuse, including with respect to strengthening management functions; review and approve any major update to the Department’s strategy related to management integration and transformation across functional disciplines and lines of business, including any business systems modernization plans to maximize benefits and minimize costs for the Department; and before December 1 of each year in which a Presidential election is held, the development of a transition and succession plan to guide the transition of Department functions to a new Presidential administration, and making such plan available to the next Secretary and Under Secretary for Management and to the homeland security congressional committees; oversight, including the conduct of internal audits and management analyses, of the programs and activities of the Department. Such supervision includes establishing oversight procedures to ensure a full and effective review of the efforts by Department components to implement policies and procedures of the Department for management integration and transformation; and any other management duties that the Secretary may designate. .

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