The Department of Homeland Security better be ready for its close-up, because new secretary Janet Napolitano is looking to shine some light on everything from the handling of Hurricane Katrina recovery to future National Planning Scenarios—and calling for action to boot.

In testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security Wednesday, Napolitano laid out more than a dozen “action directives” she’s issued since taking her post in January. The directives call for reassessing current practices to increase communication and transparency, save money, and eliminate duplicated efforts.

“We have to dedicate ourselves to doing what works, and frequently reassess the department to make sure that we are responding to threats as best as possible and making the kind of progress that Americans expect and deserve,” Napolitano told the committee. “To me, the process of producing results begins with a prompt assessment of the state of DHS’s programs.”

Those assessments include a far-reaching efficiency review of the entire agency, a close look at increasing agency coordination—particularly FEMA—with state and local agencies, and an evaluation of the DHS role in building healthcare surge capacity. Transportation, cybersecurity, and immigration enforcement will also share the stage.

Napolitano—who saved Arizona more than $1 billion with a similar scheme—hopes to use the bevy of reviews to identify priorities to move the agency forward. She already has a few bullet points on her list, including expanding the use of science and technology and building a better rapport with emergency leaders.

“Already in my time as Secretary, I have traveled to four different states and met with state, local and community leaders in each of them about how DHS will continue to work with them,” Napolitano testified. “The range of topics we met about—disaster response, community assistance, the development of new technological capabilities for DHS, and preparedness—speaks to the extent to which DHS must partner with state and local governments to work effectively on any front.”

Apart from saying that DHS must “build a ‘one-DHS’ culture among the different components of the Department, Napolitano’s testimony gave no clue as to what might happen in the mystery of FEMA’s future in the department. Although a recent report by the DHS Office of the Inspector General advises leaving the emergency agency where it is—at least for now—Napolitano isn’t going to debut her thoughts on the matter anytime soon, according to a DHS spokesperson quoted in the Washington Times.

“She has been asked this before, and her answer has been that she has an opinion but she will share her opinion with the president before discussing it publicly,” according to the article.

She might get a chance to speak up on the matter sooner than expected—a bill to free FEMA from the department was introduced today, according to a press release from the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The Committee’s Chairman, Rep. James Oberstar, is a co-sponsor of the bill. Similar legislation has been introduced in the Senate, as well.