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Federal Campus Safety Resources

The federal government maintains a broad range of campus safety resources that you can draw on based on your needs. This fact sheet provides additional information on these resources and includes email addresses to request any services or information you might require.

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First Amendment Activity at Academic Institutions

To ensure peaceful protests and safe conduct on educational campuses during First Amendment-protected activities, DHS recommends institution leadership take proactive steps to prepare the campus ecosystem, communicate policies and procedures, and respond by taking both a whole-of-community, human centric approach and enforcing campus policies, as necessary.

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Back2School Content

#Back2School with Know2Protect — a national effort to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) — has you covered with valuable internet safety resources that can help you protect the kids in your care.

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CWMD Provides CBRN Detection and Monitoring Support to the Indy 500

Assistant Secretary Mary Ellen Callahan, DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD), visited Indianapolis Motor Speedway to learn about the safety and security measures in preparation for the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500.

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Personal Safety Telework Remote Work Alternate Work Site Flyer

This flyer provides safety best practices that Federal Government employees are encouraged to follow while on telework, remote work or working from an alternate work site as well as how to report crimes against federal employees.

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S&T Awards Funds for Safety Monitoring Technology

DHS S&T announced a Phase 1 Other Transaction award to Sentinel Occupational Safety (Sentinel), to develop safety monitoring technology for DHS personnel.

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Who We Are

The ​​​​Federal Protective Service (FPS) ensures safe and secure working environments for federal workers and visitors in approximately 9,500 federal facilities nationwide.

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Digital Ecosystems for Student Security, Safety, and Well-Being

Co-hosted with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) School Safety Task Force and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET), the goal of this Digital Forum was to engage with the education sector, school safety stakeholders, civil society, and technology companies to amplify programs and platforms that help reduce risk factors to the radicalization to violence, ensure broad awareness of the threat of targeted violence and terrorism, and share innovative solutions for prevention.

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Feature Article: NYC Subway Sensors Could Warn Early for Chem/Bio Threats

S&T's is working on cost-effective technologies to detect chemical and biological threats inside a subway environment.

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Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer

The Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) is responsible for the Department’s human capital program.