(a) In General.--The Under Secretary for Management shall
serve as the Chief Management Officer and principal advisor to
the Secretary on matters related to the management of the
Department, including management integration and transformation
in support of homeland security operations and programs. The
Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Management,
shall be responsible for the management and administration of
the Department, including the following:
(1) The budget, appropriations, expenditures of
funds, accounting, and finance.
(2) Procurement.
(3) Human resources and personnel.
(4) Information technology and communications
systems.
(5) Facilities, property, equipment, and other
material resources.
(6) Security for personnel, information technology
and communications systems, facilities, property,
equipment, and other material resources.
(7) Strategic management planning and annual
performance planning and identification and tracking of
performance measures relating to the responsibilities
of the Department.
(8) Grants and other assistance management
programs.
(9) The management integration and transformation
process, as well as the transition process, to ensure
an efficient and orderly consolidation of functions and
personnel in the Department and transition, including--
(A) the development of a management
integration strategy for the Department, and
(B) before December 1 of any year in which
a Presidential election is held, the
development of a transition and succession
plan, to be made available to the incoming
Secretary and Under Secretary for Management,
to guide the transition of management functions
to a new Administration.
(10) The conduct of internal audits and management
analyses of the programs and activities of the
Department.
(11) Any other management duties that the Secretary
may designate.
(b) Immigration.--
(1) In general.--In addition to the
responsibilities described in subsection (a), the Under
Secretary for Management shall be responsible for the
following:
(A) Maintenance of all immigration
statistical information of the Bureau of Border
Security and the Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration Services. Such statistical
information shall include information and
statistics of the type contained in the
publication entitled ``Statistical Yearbook of
the Immigration and Naturalization Service''
prepared by the Immigration and Naturalization
Service (as in effect immediately before the
date on which the transfer of functions
specified under section 441 takes effect),
including region-by-region statistics on the
aggregate number of applications and petitions
filed by an alien (or filed on behalf of an
alien) and denied by such bureau, and the
reasons for such denials, disaggregated by
category of denial and application or petition
type.
(B) Establishment of standards of
reliability and validity for immigration
statistics collected by such bureaus.
(2) Transfer of functions.--In accordance with
title XV, there shall be transferred to the Under
Secretary for Management all functions performed
immediately before such transfer occurs by the
Statistics Branch of the Office of Policy and Planning
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service with
respect to the following programs:
(A) The Border Patrol program.
(B) The detention and removal program.
(C) The intelligence program.
(D) The investigations program.
(E) The inspections program.
(F) Adjudication of immigrant visa
petitions.
(G) Adjudication of naturalization
petitions.
(H) Adjudication of asylum and refugee
applications.
(I) Adjudications performed at service
centers.
(J) All other adjudications performed by
the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(c) Appointment and Evaluation.--The Under Secretary for
Management shall--
(1) be appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, from among persons
who have--
(A) extensive executive level leadership
and management experience in the public or
private sector;
(B) strong leadership skills;
(C) a demonstrated ability to manage large
and complex organizations; and
(D) a proven record in achieving positive
operational results;
(2) enter into an annual performance agreement with
the Secretary that shall set forth measurable
individual and organizational goals; and
(3) be subject to an annual performance evaluation
by the Secretary, who shall determine as part of each
such evaluation whether the Under Secretary for
Management has made satisfactory progress toward
achieving the goals set out in the performance
agreement required under paragraph (2).