House Subcommittee on Management, Integration and Oversight

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House Committee on Homeland Security
House Subcommittee on Management, Integration and Oversight
Members, 109th Congress
Democrats:	Republicans:
Kendrick Meek (FL) Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (MA) Zoe Lofgren (CA) Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX) Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ) Bennie G. Thompson (MS) Ex Officio	Mike Rogers (AL) Chair John Linder (GA) Mark Souder (IN) Tom Davis (VA) Katherine Harris (FL) Dave Reichert (WA) Michael McCaul (TX) Peter King (NY) Ex Officio

The House Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight is one of six subcommittees of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Renamed at the start of the 110th Congress as House Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.

Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction of this subcommittee includes:

• the progress of the Department of Homeland Security in implementing the management and organizational directives of the Homeland Security Act and other homeland security-related mandates;

• Department of Homeland Security offices responsible for department-wide services, including: the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Information Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer;

• cross-directorate, Department-wide standardization and programmatic initiatives;

• investigations and reports by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security;

• standardization and security of Department of Homeland Security communications systems and information technology infrastructure;

• management of Department of Homeland Security budgeting, acquisition, procurement, personnel, and financial management systems;

• incentives and barriers to hiring that affect Department of Homeland Security components;

• Department of Homeland Security-initiated internal reorganizations;

• conducting relevant oversight;

• other matters reffered to the subcommittee by the Chair.

Hearings

November 15, 2006 The Secure Border Initiative: Ensuring Effective Implementation and Financial Accountability of SBInet

• Fourth in a series of hearings examining the Department of Homeland Security's illegal entry surveillance and detection systems installed along U.S. borders

• This hearing focuses on the (new) Secure Border Initiative (SBI) and criteria used to award SBInet contract to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems

• This hearing also examines objectives and goals of SBI, as well as specific technologies used.

• Witnesses (transcripts available here in Word or pdf format):

• The Honorable Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General,Department of Homeland Security

• Deborah J. Spero, Deputy Commisioner, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

• Gregory L. Giddens, Director, Secure Border Initiative Program, Department of Homeland Security

• Elaine Duke, Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland Security

• Jerry W. McElwee, Vice President SBInet, Boeing Advanced Systems

• Brian Seagraves, Vice President for Border Security, Unisys

• Tom Miller, General Counsel, L-3 Services Group

External Links

Department of Homeland Security

Office of Inspector General of the DHS

DHS Office of Grants and Training

House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittees:
Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity • Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response • Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment • Investigations • Management, Integration and Oversight • Prevention Of Nuclear and Biological Attack