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DHS/USCIS/PIA-013 Fraud Detection and National Security Data System (FDNS-DS)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) created the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate (FDNS) to strengthen the integrity of the nation’s immigration system, and to ensure that immigration benefits are not granted to individuals that may pose a threat to national security and/or public safety. In addition, FDNS is responsible for detecting, deterring, and combating immigration benefit fraud.  USCIS is updating and reissuing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), originally published on July 30, 2012 as DHS/USCIS/PIA-013(a), to include FDNS’s sharing with law enforcement agencies, and include the DHS/USCIS/ICE/CBP-001-Alien File, Index and National File Tracking System of Records, published November 21, 3013 at 78 FR 69864 as coverage for initiatives under this PIA.

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Instagram Privacy Policy and Notice

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or Department) will use this Instagram page for external relations (communications/outreach/public dialogue), to make photos and images widely available to the general public, and promote transparency and accountability. DHS Office of Public Affairs (OPA) serves as the executive agent for the DHS Instagram page and controls who at the Department has access to make changes to the page.

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DHS-ALL-PIA-048 Foreign Access Management System

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Under Secretary for Management (USM), Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO), Center for International Safety and Security (CISS) manages the Foreign Access Management (FAM) program that vets foreign nationals,foreign entities, and certain United States Persons (USPER) that seek access to DHS personnel, information, facilities, programs, or systems. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) update reflects the end of the Foreign Access Management Enterprise (FAME) Pilot program and the end of the agreement between OCSO/CISS and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC). 

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DHS-ICE-PIA-040 FALCON-Roadrunner

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has deployed a new information system called FALCON-Roadrunner, which is a module of the larger HSI FALCON environment.  This system generates investigative leads and conducts trend analysis to identify illicit procurement networks, terrorist groups, and hostile nations attempting to illegally obtain U.S. military products; sensitive dual-use technology; weapons of mass destruction (WMD); or chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials. FALCON-Roadrunner gives HSI investigators and analysts the ability to perform research, and generate leads for investigations of export violations within the jurisdiction of HSI.  FALCON-Roadrunner analyzes trade, law enforcement, financial, and screening data across large, disparate datasets to identify statistically anomalous trade transactions that may warrant investigation of export violations. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) was necessary because FALCON-Roadrunner accesses and stores Personally Identifiable Information (PII) retrieved from data systems owned by DHS and other government agencies, as well as commercially and publicly available data. 

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GitHub Privacy Policy and Notice

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS or Department) GitHub privacy policy, notice, and additional information.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-007 Electronic System for Travel Authorization

The Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) is an application and screening system used to determine whether citizens and nationals from countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) are eligible to travel to the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) update for ESTA to provide notice and assess the privacy risks associated with recent enhancements to ESTA, including (1) sharing national identifier numbers received from ESTA applicants with the country that issued the identification numbers, to obtain information about the ESTA applicant as part of the International Biometric Information Sharing (IBIS) Program; and (2) updates to the ESTA mobile application. Recent enhancements to ESTA also include the expanded collection of an applicant’s photograph. July 2024

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SAS Predictive Modeling Environment (SAS PME)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) implemented SAS Predictive Modeling Environment (SAS PME) to provide USCIS offices with a means to conduct data management, pattern and trend analysis, and statistical and historical reporting. USCIS conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to document, analyze, and assess the current practices with respect to the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) used for analysis in SAS PME.

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DHS-ALL-PIA-047 Workers Compensation Program

DHS-ALL-PIA-047 Workers Compensation Program

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DHS-ALL-PIA-045 Loaned Executive Program

DHS’s Private Sector Office (PSO) manages the Department-wide Loaned Executive Program (LEP).  The LEP is a special unpaid opportunity for executive-level private sector, academia, and cyber security experts to share their expertise with DHS. Through the LEP, DHS seeks innovative solutions to its homeland security challenges. DHS conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment because the LEP collects Personally Identifiable Information from members of the public.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-006 Automated Targeting System

CBP operates the Automated Targeting System (ATS).  ATS is a decision support tool that compares traveler, cargo, and conveyance information against law enforcement, intelligence, and other enforcement data using risk-based scenarios and assessments