Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)

DHS/ALL/PIA-009 Web Time & Attendance System

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHO) has procured a COTS application and customized it to meet DHS standard requirements. This system is designed to implement an enterprise system that can efficiently automate the timesheet collection process and provide robust reporting features and a labor distribution capability.

DHS/S&T/PIA-043 S&T Operations and Requirements Analysis Division

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS, or the Department) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Operations and Requirements Analysis Division (ORA) provides analytical expertise by conducting capabilities, requirements, operations, and alternatives analyses to maximize efficiency and effectiveness for the Homeland Security Enterprise. S&T ORA uses Systems of Systems Operational Analytics, hereinafter referred to as SoSOA, a virtual, web-based environment that meets DHS and Homeland Security Enterprise critical mission and operational needs, to help DHS improve its structured analytics, data integration, and data collaboration. S&T is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because ORA uses systems, such as SoSOA, containing personally identifiable information (PII) and privacy-sensitive information to perform analysis and to assess the privacy risks associated with the use, maintenance, dissemination, and disposal of privacy-sensitive data stored in systems or cloud environments and used to make operational decisions.

DHS/ALL/PIA-092 Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative (IMMVI)

On February 2, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14012, Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans. In support of Executive Order 14012, on July 2, 2021, the Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a new joint initiative, the Immigrant Military Members and Veterans Initiative (IMMVI). This initiative was formed to support the Nation’s noncitizen service members, and their immediate family members, and directed DHS and the VA to identify and prioritize the return of current and former U.S. military members, and their immediate family members, who were removed from the United States, to ensure they receive the benefits to which they may be entitled. 

DHS/USCIS/PIA-086 Employee Production Reporting Tools (EPRT)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uses multiple reporting tools, collectively referred to as Employee Production Reporting Tools (EPRT), to support the DHS workforce performance management program and promote a culture that values high quality performance. USCIS is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because Employee Production Reporting Tools collects, uses, and maintains the personally identifiable information (PII) of members of the public.

DHS/ICE/PIA-061 Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Surveillance Technologies

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), deploys surveillance technologies in furtherance of its criminal investigations and national security missions. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to document Homeland Security Investigations’ privacy protections when using the following surveillance technologies: a) body wire; b) location tracking technology; c) cell-site simulators; d) small unmanned aircraft systems; e) license plate readers and commercial license plate reader data services; and f) video surveillance technology.

DHS/TSA/PIA-051 Travel Document Checker Automation - Digital Identity Technology Pilots

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requires that aviation passengers verify their identity at TSA checkpoints. Typically, this is accomplished by the presentation of a physical identity document (ID) to the Travel Document Checker Officer. TSA is exploring the acceptance of digital IDs (a digital representation of a passenger’s physical ID on a digital device) to provide passengers with a secure, efficient, and touchless experience. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is conducted pursuant to Section 222 of the Homeland Security Act to address privacy risks in the use of digital IDs in the identity verification process at the checkpoint. January 2022

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DHS/TSA/PIA-050 Amtrak Rail Passenger Threat Assessment

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is responsible for security in all modes of transportation, including surface modes such as rail. Amtrak is a national passenger rail operator managing more than 300 trains a day to more than 500 destinations in the United States and Canada. For several months beginning at the end of 2021, from an operational risk perspective, TSA assessed historical passenger data for travel within the Northeast corridor to determine the extent to which known or suspected terrorists may have traveled on Amtrak trains to assess whether watchlist matching should be considered as a rail security enhancement. To conduct the assessment, Amtrak provided TSA with rail passenger personally identifiable information (PII) for TSA to match against the Terrorist Screening Center’s (TSC) Terrorist Screening Dataset (TSDS),  commonly known as the “watchlist.” TSA now intends to assess passenger travel data on additional Amtrak rail routes and is updating this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to include Appendix A, which reflects all approved Amtrak rail routes for assessment. TSA is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment update pursuant to the E-Government Act of 2002 because this assessment entails collection of personally identifiable information on members of the public for watchlist matching.

DHS/ICE/PIA-060 ICE Pilot on Use of Body Worn Cameras

ICE is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to evaluate the privacy risks associated with the potential use of Body Worn Camera technology on a wider scale and to address any issues related to the product selection, collection, retention, and storage of the information collected from Body Worn Camera usage.

DHS/S&T/PIA-042 DHS Federally Funded Research and Development Centers

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sponsors federally funded research and development centers (FFRDC). The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) FFRDC Program Management Office (PMO) oversees and manages access to these specialized services in systems engineering, integration, studies, and analysis. The FFRDC services can be accessed by DHS components; external federal, state, and local government; non-governmental organizations and institutions; universities and affiliated research centers; and other public sector and private sector groups, through the PMO. S&T conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to address the Department’s FFRDC program as well as two specific FFRDCs (i.e., Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center [HSOAC] and Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute [HSSEDI]) and the privacy risks associated with the collection, use, maintenance, and dissemination of personally identifiable information (PII), privacy sensitive projects and activities, and use of DHS-accredited information systems.

DHS/ALL/PIA-091 Family Reunification Task Force (FRTF)

On February 2, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 1401 and ordered the formation of the President’s Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department) is the Chair and is joined by the Department of State (DoS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Justice (DOJ) (collectively known as the Task Force). The Executive Order instructs the Task Force to identify and implement comprehensive strategies that will bring families back together, ensuring that the children and parents who were intentionally separated from each other at the United States/Mexico border are provided support. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is being conducted to analyze the privacy risks associated with the personally identifiable information (PII) collected as part of this effort and document the mitigation strategies implemented to ensure adequate protection of those individuals’ privacy.