Jan Lane, Chief, Office of Security and Integrity
Jan Lane began serving as Chief, Office of Security and Integrity, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, on March 12, 2007. In this role, she also serves as the USCIS Chief Security Officer. OSI was created in March 2007 to enhance existing functions that focus on management integrity, individual integrity, and securing USCIS employees and facilities. OSI operates USCIS’ Command Center and is responsible for measures designed to safeguard USCIS information, personnel, equipment, facilities, and assets. OSI also conducts background investigations and suitability screenings, grants security clearances for USCIS employees and contractors, and investigates allegations of employee misconduct related to waste, corruption, fraud, or mismanagement. Further, OSI’s internal and external review functions proactively promote self-inspections and program compliance and provide audit liaison support to all USCIS programs, including those conducted by the Government Accountability Office and DHS’ Office of the Inspector General, to help ensure the integrity and effectiveness of USCIS programs.
Previously, Ms. Lane served as the Director of the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Pollution Funds Center, located in Arlington, Virginia, beginning in September 2000. The Funds Center is responsible for administering all aspects of the liability and compensation provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 including the management of the $2.7 billion Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. The Funds Center provides money for pollution response and damage compensation and also certifies the financial responsibility of vessels operating in U.S. waters. Before her appointment to the Director position, Ms. Lane served as NPFC’s Deputy Director, where she was responsible for overseeing all aspects of managing the Funds Center, including strategic planning, policy coordination and outreach, information technology, human resources, and financial management.
Prior to this assignment, Ms. Lane was Director of the Program Development Division, in the Office of Emergency Planning and Operations, at the U.S. Department of Energy. In this role, she had responsibility for the development of DOE contingency plans in response to all types of energy emergencies, resulting from natural disasters, radiological emergencies, and other major oil disruptions. She represented DOE in a number of high-level fora including the National Response Team, the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research, and the Department of the Interior’s Outer Continental Shelf Policy Committee and Interagency Advisory Group. Additionally, she served as a senior advisor to DOE on the Department of Transportation’s Working Group on Commercial Maritime Policy, the General Assembly of the International Maritime Organization, and DOE bilateral energy consultations with Indonesia and Australia. Her federal career includes several other leadership roles at the Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Ms. Lane is a graduate of Virginia Tech, where she received B.S. degrees in Finance and Management, and is a graduate of the George Washington University, where she received a Masters in Business Administration.
