Rafael Borras
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary for Management (since July 2009)
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Borras has spent much of his career in public service, honing his management skills at the local level before moving to the federal government. At the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), he would oversee a sprawling department that already has been reorganized once since its creation in 2003.
The 22 agencies that became DHS still lack standardized systems for basic functions like financial management. Borras' main job would be to continue streamlining the department's administration. The task of transforming DHS remains is on the Government Accountability Office's list of high-risk areas: in 2009, the GAO reported that the department had developed a framework for addressing shortcomings but had just begun to show progress in fixing them. Several senators have tried to elevate the undersecretary for management position to the level of deputy secretary in order to emphasize the importance of this challenge.
- Career History: URS Corporation, Vice President (2000-Present); General Services Administration, Regional Administrator for the Mid-Atlantic Region (1997-2000); Department of Commerce, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration (1996-1997), Associate Director of Minority Business Development Agency (1995-1996)
- Birthday: July 13, 1957
- Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.
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