; (ii) to establish annual goals and progress metrics; and (iii) to prepare annual reports on results. (E) Ensuring and overseeing the development of tools and techniques for enhancing background investigations and adjudications. (F) Enabling discussion and consensus resolution of differences in processes, policies, and procedures among the members of the Council, and other agencies as appropriate. (G) Sharing best practices. (H) Advise the Suitability Executive Agent, the Credentialing Executive Agent, and the Security Executive Agent on policies affecting the alignment of investigations and adjudications. (I) Working with agencies to develop agency policies and procedures to enable sharing of vetting information consistent with the law and the protection of privacy and civil liberties and to the extent necessary for enterprise-wide efficiency, effectiveness, and security. (J) Monitoring performance to identify and drive enterprise-level process enhancements, and make recommendations for changes to executive branch-wide guidance and authorities to resolve overlaps or close policy gaps where they may exist. (K) Promoting data-driven, transparent, and expeditious policy-making processes. (L) Developing and continuously reevaluating and revising outcome-based metrics that measure the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the vetting enterprise. (4) Subordinate bodies The Chairperson may establish subordinate entities, mechanisms, and policies to support and assist the Council in carrying out the functions of the Council. (b) Suitability Executive Agent (1) In general The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall serve as the Suitability Executive Agent. (2) Duties The duties of the Suitability Executive Agent are as follows: (A) Pursuant to sections 1103 and 1104 of title 5, United States Code, and the Civil Service Rules, to be responsible for suitability and fitness by— (i) prescribing suitability standards and minimum standards of fitness for employment