Well, as the head of the ATIP unit in the department, she is responsible for the oversight of the 17 or so analysts. She has management responsibilities to ensure that the ATIP requests are processed in a prompt manner according to the law, that they are handled appropriately in terms of being distributed to the offices of principal interest, and to maintain a system of follow-up and so forth so that these requests are dealt with in accordance with the act. In addition, she does have the delegated authority to make final approvals with respect to redactions that are recommended by those in the office of principal interest.
On June 19th, 2007. See this statement in context.