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Capability Maturity Model Fact Sheet

The Capability Maturity Model (CM2) establishes a maturity framework and assessment method and tool, allowing organizations to implement recommended practices in a systematic manner, allowing organizations to assess their individual maturity, identify gaps, and develop action plans and roadmaps to improve their overall resilience.

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S&T Awards Contracts to Four Startups to Develop Privacy-Enhancing Synthetic Data Generation Capabilities

DHS S&T announced four contract awards to Betterdata, DataCebo, MOSTLY AI, and Rockfish Data to develop synthetic data capabilities that model and replicate the shape and patterns of real data, while safeguarding privacy and mitigating security harms. 

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Sending our Support after Hurricane Helene

The Science and Technology Directorate’s Search and Rescue Common Operating Platform is providing emergency managers in the region critical data that is informing response and relief efforts in real time. 

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Mobile Driver’s License Federal Emergency Management Agency Journey Map

This document highlights the FEMA registration process as a use case that can potentially benefit from mobile driver’s licenses.

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Mobile Driver’s License Federal Personal Identity Verification Issuance Journey Map - General

This document highlights the federal Personal Identity Verification issuance process as a use case that can potentially benefit from mobile driver’s licenses. This is a high-level, conceptual depiction of the federal Homeland Security Presidential directive (HSPD) -12 issuance processes generally, abstracted from the HSPD-12 issuance processes of multiple federal agencies, and meant to broadly outline the situation for any federal agency.

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L3Harris Subscriber STR

P25 CAP is a voluntary program that allows P25 equipment suppliers to formally demonstrate their products’ compliance with P25 standards by submitting Supplier’s Declaration of Compliance (SDOC) and Summary Test Report (STR) documents that reflect the product testing. This L3Harris STR General Information document provides information that applies to all L3Harris subscribers. If you require a 508 accessible version of the STR, please contact us at P25CAP@hq.dhs.gov.

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Mobile Driver’s License Credential Service Providers Journey Map

This document outlines how third-party credential service providers (CSP), an important service required for large government systems and programs, conduct identity proofing using driver’s licenses as a piece of evidence of identity. The analysis focuses on opportunities for federal agencies and CSP to work together to realize benefits from the adoption of mobile driver’s licenses in identity proofing.

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Mobile Driver’s License Federal Personal Identity Verification Issuance Journey Map – HHS NIH

This document highlights the Department of Health and Human Services Personal Identity Verification issuance process as a use case that can potentially benefit from mobile driver’s licenses.

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Mobile Driver’s License Federal Personal Identity Verification Issuance Journey Map - DHS

This document highlights the Department of Homeland Security Personal Identity Verification issuance process as a use case that can potentially benefit from mobile driver’s licenses.

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Mobile Driver’s License Misuse Journey Map

This document gives investigators a foundational understanding of digital evidence that may be collected for a crime where someone leveraged a mobile driver’s license to fraudulently open a financial account in person.