DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY TO OVERSEE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT EFFORT AT DHS

Washington, DC----In an effort to improve strategic and management performance across the Department of Homeland Security, Deputy Under Secretary for Management Chris Cummiskey has been named the DHS Performance Improvement Officer.

Working in tandem with the White House Office of Management and Budget, Cummiskey will lead an enterprise-wide team comprised of the twenty two department components in efforts to better define and measure key indicators of success for department functions ranging from cybersecurity to transportation safety.

CUMMISKEY APPPOINTED DHS DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY

Washington DC---Chris Cummiskey has been named Deputy Under Secretary for Management at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Cummiskey, who previously served as the department’s Chief of Staff for Management, oversees enterprise lines of business in the following areas: acquisition/procurement, finance/budget, technology/innovation, security, facilities and human capital.

In addition to these responsibilities, Cummiskey also serves as an advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security in a number of key areas including: veteran affairs, open government, sustainability, environment and the economy, the DHS St. Elizabeth’s Headquarters Consolidation Project and GAO relations.

Based on a newly signed Executive Order by President Barack Obama, Chris Cummiskey, Chief of Staff for Management at DHS, has been appointed by Secretary Napolitano to lead the department’s efforts on Federal sustainability.

The Executive Order calls on federal departments to develop plans to improve sustainability, while reducing practices that harm the environment.

Posted by Nancy Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality on The White House Web Site.

President Barack Obama participates in the CEQ Executive Order signing in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

This morning, I was proud to gather with a group of cabinet secretaries and other senior officials as President Obama signed a new Executive Order on Federal Sustainability. The Executive Order challenges agencies to lead by example in energy and environmental performance and gives them 90 days to set a 2020 greenhouse reduction goal. It also sets targets for efficient, sustainable buildings, petroleum use reduction in fleets, water efficiency, waste reduction, purchasing green technologies and product, and supporting sustainable communities.

By fulfilling this Executive Order, the Federal government will demonstrate that economic performance and a healthy environment go hand-in-hand. And by putting Federal purchasing power to work – more than $500 billion per year in goods and services – the government can build on the momentum of the Recovery Act to help turn good entrepreneurial ideas into great American enterprises that create jobs.

I’m sure I speak for everyone who’s been a part of this effort when I say that we’re ready to put these ideas into practice, starting today.