cluding recruiting and hiring component FOIA offi-
cers, budget formulation, and organizational place-
ment within each such component; 
‘‘(14) issuing guidance to relevant Department 
component offices to ensure compliance with unified 
disclosure, processing, and training policies in ac-
cordance with section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code; 
‘‘(15) identifying and eliminating unnecessary 
and duplicative actions taken by the Department in 
the course of processing requests for information 
under section 552 of title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(16) preparing an annual report to Congress 
that includes— 
‘‘(A) a description of the activities of the 
Department that affect privacy during the fiscal 
year covered by each such report, including 
complaints of privacy violations, implementation 
of section 552a of title 5, United States Code 
(popularly known as the ‘Privacy Act of 1974’), 
internal controls, and other matters; and 
‘‘(B) the number of new technology pro-
grams implemented in the Department during 
the fiscal year covered by each such report, the 
number of such programs that the Chief Pri-
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vacy Officer has evaluated to ensure that pri-
vacy protections are considered and imple-
mented, the number of such programs that ef-
fectively implemented privacy protections into 
new technology programs, and an explanation 
of why any new programs did not effectively im-
plement privacy protections; 
‘‘(17) coordinate with the Under Secretary for 
Intelligence and Analysis to— 
‘‘(A) ensure that any intelligence informa-
tion under this Act is, to the extent practicable, 
shared, retained, and disseminated in a manner 
consistent with the protection of the privacy 
rights; and 
‘‘(B) provide training to intelligence per-
sonnel on privacy rights, regulations, and infor-
mation practices as specified in section 552a of 
title 5, United States Code (commonly referred 
to as the ‘Privacy Act of 1974’) and other rel-
evant laws, with a focus on personnel who have 
authority to disseminate information analyzed 
by the Department pursuant to paragraph (6) 
of section 201(d) or the responsibility to review 
information to be disseminated pursuant to 
paragraph (6) of 201(d); and 
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‘‘(18) carrying out such other responsibilities as 
the Secretary determines are appropriate, consistent 
with this section.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) REASSIGNMENT
OF
FUNCTIONS.—Notwith-
standing subsection (a)(10), the Secretary may reassign 
the functions related to managing and processing requests 
for information under section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code, to another official within the Department, con-
sistent with requirements of such section. 
‘‘(g) PRIVACY WORKING GROUP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Privacy Officer, 
or, if the Secretary determines appropriate, whoever 
is designated by the Secretary as the Chief FOIA 
Officer, shall establish and serve as the Chair of a 
working group comprised of personnel from across 
the Department who are involved in executing disclo-
sure policies and processes involved in administra-
tion of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the ‘Freedom of Informa-
tion Act’) in furtherance of improving the Depart-
ment’s timely compliance with such section 552. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The working group established 
in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be a forum— 
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‘‘(A) for the sharing of information and 
best practices; and 
‘‘(B) to develop solutions to challenges re-
lating to disclosure policies and processes, re-
ferred to in such paragraph, encountered within 
Department component offices. 
‘‘(3) 
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Members 
of 
the 
working group shall meet not less than once every 
quarter to advise the Chair on matters concerning 
disclosure policies and processes involved in the ad-
ministration of section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code, including on the following matters: 
‘‘(A) The development of guidance for uni-
form disclosure policies and processes, in ac-
cordance with paragraph (14) of subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) 
Ways 
to 
reduce 
unnecessary 
redundancies that may undermine the respon-
sive and efficient processing of requests for in-
formation under such section 552.’’. 
SEC. 110. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 702 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 342) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out the re-
sponsibilities, authorities, and functions specified in sec-
tion 902 of title 31, United States Code, the Chief Finan-
cial Officer shall— 
‘‘(1) oversee Department budget formulation 
and execution; 
‘‘(2) lead and provide guidance on performance- 
based budgeting practices for the Department to en-
sure that the Department and its components are 
meeting missions and goals; 
‘‘(3) lead cost-estimating practices for the De-
partment, including the development of policies on 
cost estimating and approval of life cycle cost esti-
mates; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with the Office of Strategy, 
Policy, and Plans to ensure that the development of 
the budget for the Department is compatible with 
the long-term strategic plans, priorities, and policies 
of the Secretary; 
‘‘(5) develop financial management policy for 
the Department and oversee the implementation of 
such policy, including the establishment of effective 
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