Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Safeguarding civil rights and civil liberties is elemental to all the work we do at DHS.
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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).
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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).
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Equal Employment Opportunity Reports
Equal Employment Opportunity Reports from the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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Message from CRCL Officer Megan Mack
Message from CRCL Officer Megan Mack on DHS Component Draft Language Access Plans
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CRCL Organizational Chart
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) organizational chart/structure and contact information for CRCL.
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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).
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Trusted Tester Fact Sheet and Training Information
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Accessible Systems & Technology (OAST) is committed to the development of the common testing approach for accessibility compliance and conformity, named Trusted Tester (TT). TT provides a code-inspection based test approach for determining software and web site conformance to the Section 508 standards.
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Translations: DHS Statement on Safety and Immigration Enforcement During Tropical Storm Henri
The following are translations of the DHS Statement on Safety and Immigration Enforcement During Tropical Storm Henri.
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Recommendations Memo Concerning Otero Processing Center
CRCL conducted a virtual onsite investigation into conditions of detention for ICE detainees at the Otero County Processing Center in Otero, New Mexico on November 30-December 3, 2020. CRCL’s review of the facility focused in large part on operations in the areas of medical care, mental health care, environmental health and safety, and conditions of confinement.
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Retention Memo to ICE Concerning Otay Mesa Detention Center
CRCL has received allegations that ICE violated the civil rights and civil liberties of detainees at the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) in San Diego County, California.