The Publication Library contains guidance and policy papers, reports, strategies, program regulations, guidelines, brochures and more.
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HSAR Provision and Clause Matrix
The HSAR Provision & Clause Matrix includes all provisions and clauses currently part of the Homeland Security Acquisition Regulations (HSAR).
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DHS Campus Resilience Pilot Program
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), and Office of Academic Engagement (OAE) are developing a web-enabled Campus Resilience (CR) system which will provide practical and immediately useable processes and tools to a wide array of campus communities. The CR system will be developed through targeted community engagement with six selected university and college campuses via the Campus Resilience Pilot Program (CR Pilot). With a final goal of making America’s campuses more resilient, the CR Pilot must include these elements: (1) promote FEMA’s Whole Community philosophy, (2) draw upon existing DHS resources and also those originating from the Department of Education (ED) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), and (3) assist American schools to proactively assess and plan for major man-made or natural incidents.
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Digital Governance Milestone 8.2
The Digital Government Strategy sets forth a number of requirements on website performance measurement and requires reporting a plan of action by January 22, 2013 in order to satisfy Digital Governance Milestone 8.2. The DHS Office of Public Affairs proposes the following plan to achieve these requirements.
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PACTS Ordering Guide
The Program Management, Administrative, Clerical and Technical Services (PACTS) program is a suite of multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicles. The PACTS Ordering Guide contains information required to use the contract vehicles to obtain program management, administrative, clerical and technical services throughout DHS. It provides the procedures for ordering services under PACTS, and defines the roles and responsibilities of the major parties involved in the ordering process. The contracts are available to DHS Headquarters and its Components, and orders may be placed directly by DHS-warranted Contracting Officers. Components that use other federal agency resources to provide contracting services may delegate procurement authority to allow the use of the PACTS contracts on the Component’s behalf.
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S&T HSSTAC Meeting Minutes
S&T HSSTAC Meeting Minutes
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Recommendations Memo Concerning Otero County Processing Center
CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for ICE detainees at the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico. Between March 2011 and November 2011, CRCL received several complaints relating to a wide range of issues in regard to conditions of detention at the facility. In response to these complaints, CRCL conducted a site review at the facility from March 13-15, 2012. As part of the review, CRCL used four independent subject-matter experts: a medical consultant, a mental health consultant, an environmental health and safety consultant, and a penologist.
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FirstSource II POC Info and E-mail List
The document below provides points of contact and email addresses for FirstSource II—IT Commodities and Value-Added Reseller Services.
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Final PEA for Low Energy X-Ray Inspection Systems at CBP Operational Areas
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection prepared this Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment to address the potential effects of establishing Low Energy X-Ray Inspection Systems at various U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operational areas throughout the United States. The purpose of the Proposed Action is to non-intrusively inspect vehicles at CBP operational areas for the presence of contraband, including weapons of mass destruction, explosives, and illicit drugs.
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DHS Workforce Mailer- Cybersecurity
DHS Workforce Mailer-Cybersecurity
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Tips for Effectively Communicating with the Whole Community in Disasters
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners remain in close coordination with state, local, and tribal governments to coordinate and provide resources as needed in connection with preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation associated with Hurricane Harvey impacting Texas and Louisiana.