; (B) manage the employment verification system pursuant to 404(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1324a note), or successor provision; (C) manage the automated system known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or successor system, to assist Federal, State, and local benefit issuing agencies to determine the immigration status of benefit applicants; (D) provide appropriate information, including immigration status and employment authorization information, to relevant customers and stakeholders; and (E) carry out other duties and powers prescribed by the Director. (l) Service Center Operations Directorate (1) In general There is established in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services a Service Center Operations Directorate. (2) Associate Director There shall be at the head of the Service Center Operations Directorate an Associate Director, who shall report to the Director. (3) Duties The Associate Director of the Service Center Operations Directorate shall— (A) oversee the adjudication of employment-based applications and petitions at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services service centers; (B) conduct security and background investigations of applicants for immigration benefits and develop systems and techniques for identifying immigration benefit fraud; (C) manage the employment creation visa program under section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5) )