The Transportation Security Administration is taking the next step forward in reorganizing its headquarters operations, and it’s creating a new chief of mission support position to lead the charge.

“I am pleased to announce we are ready to implement the next phase of the advancement of our enterprise: the creation of a chief of mission support (CMS),” TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger said in an Oct. 19 email to agency staff, which Federal News Radio obtained. “Just as the chief of operations allowed us to consolidate and intensify our operational focus, the CMS will strengthen the delivery of support services by unifying TSA’s approach to human resources, acquisition and procurement, training, logistics and other important mission support functions.”

Neffenger said the agency made the decision after it reviewed executive level management and acquisition practices, findings separate studies from the RAND Corporation and Defense Acquisition University /confirm/ied.

These changes will impact several areas within the agency, particularly the TSA acquisition space.

TSA will separate existing acquisition programs from its procurement function, Neffenger said. Each function will have its own specific office. TSA will also streamline the acquisition programs it distributes across the agency into one office.

The chief of operations will now oversee the requirements and capabilities analysis function, Neffenger added.

The reorganization also officially puts the TSA chief risk officer in charge of enterprise risk and performance management.

“These efforts are critically important to ensure we always deliver the resources you need to do your job,” Neffenger wrote. “I am confident these organizational changes will allow us to provide more efficient support to our frontline workforce.”

This person will be a part of TSA’s executive team and will serve out of the Office of the Administrator.