Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

DHS/ALL/PIA-011 State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative

Pursuant to Section 511 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (the “9/11 Commission Act” or “the Act”), Public Law No. 110-53, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Privacy Office is conducting a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) on the Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative (the Initiative). Under the Initiative, DHS will facilitate appropriate, bi-directional information sharing between the Department and State, Local, and Regional Fusion Centers. In addition, the Department will assign trained intelligence analysts to fusion centers, provided those centers meet a number of criteria set forth in the text. The Act requires the Department to complete a concept of operations (CONOPS) for the Initiative, including a PIA. The CONOPS also includes a Civil Liberties Impact Assessment, conducted by the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

DHS/ALL/PIA 025 Accessibility Compliance Management System (ACMS)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Accessible Systems & Technology (OAST) operates the web-based Accessibility Compliance Management System (ACMS). ACMS is used to bring together a DHS-wide single point of entry and reporting system to track all related activities under Sections 501, 503, 504, and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, to support DHS employees and members of the public with disabilities. ACMS allows all DHS components to document and report compliance and accessibility activities and to consistently track status and progress towards meeting the Section 508 compliance requirements and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) program requirements. ACMS collects, uses, maintains, and disseminates sensitive personally identifiable information (SPII) of individuals seeking reasonable accommodations. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Update is being conducted to describe and assess OAST’s intent to upload medical documentation that substantiates an individual’s request for accommodations.

DHS/ALL/PIA-026 iComplaints Complaint Enterprise System

The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) Program operates the iComplaints Complaint Enterprise System. iComplaints is an electronic records system used to track complaints and supporting documentation relating to individual and class complaints of employment discrimination and retaliation prohibited by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) civil rights statutes. iComplaints will replace EEO Eagle as EEO Eagle is being decommissioned. CRCL EEO has conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because iComplaints collects and stores personally identifiable information (PII).

DHS/ALL/PIA-029 Entellitrak

The Offices for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have established a new database called Entellitrak which is an enterprise tracking system that has been configured to track, search, and report on complaints data. It is a database developed to respond to allegations of abuses of civil rights, civil liberties, and religious, racial, and ethnic profiling by department employees and officials. Entellitrak will replace the legacy system CRCL Matters with all CRCL Matters data migrating onto Entellitrak in the transition. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is being conducted because Entellitrak collects and stores personally identifiable information (PII).

DHS/ALL/PIA-030 Eversity

The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program operates the Eversity Enterprise System. Eversity is an electronic records system used in workforce analysis,1 tracking, management, and reporting required under Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Management Directive (MD) 715. CRCL EEO has conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because Eversity collects and stores personally identifiable information (PII).

Equal Employment Opportunity Reports

Equal Employment Opportunity Reports from the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

ITTP Resources

The mission* of the Interagency Trusted Tester Program is to promote a unified, consistent, sharable, and repeatable test and evaluation approach for Section 508 standards conformance that federal agencies can implement throughout their information technology lifecycle to reduce redundant testing and improve cost savings.  This effort supports an overall vision* of improving IT accessibility across government through unified requirements, reviews [test and evaluation], reporting, remediation, and reuse.

* Denotes proposed statements that will be finalized once ITTP Steering Committee is formalized.

Message from CRCL Officer Megan Mack

Message from CRCL Officer Megan Mack on DHS Component Draft Language Access Plans

CRCL Organizational Chart

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) organizational chart/structure and contact information for CRCL.

Posters on Common Muslim American Head Coverings

These training posters provide guidance to Department personnel on ways in which to screen, if needed, Muslim or Sikh individuals wearing various types of religious head coverings and Sikh individuals carrying a Kirpan (ceremonial religious dagger).