DHS-OPS-PIA-004 Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative

The Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS), National Operations Center (NOC) leads the Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative (Initiative). The Initiative assists the Department of Homeland Security and its Components fulfill their statutory responsibility under Section 515 of the Homeland Security Act  to provide situational awareness and establish a common operating picture for the Federal Government, and for those state, local, and tribal governments, as appropriate. OPS is updating this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to address the privacy impact of using geospatial information offered by mobile media to enhance situational awareness.

May 13, 2015

Associated SORN(s):

• DHS/OPS-004 Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative System of Records
  • Related Privacy Compliance Reviews