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Composite Analysis Group
Records related to contracts with Composite Analysis Group
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Resilience Action Partners
Records related to Resilience Action Partners
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S&T Shaken Fury 2019 Fact Sheet
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) 2018-2022 Strategic Plan and its vision of a prepared and resilient nation. This effort includes partnering with key stakeholders for FEMA’s Shaken Fury 2019 exercise, which simulates the response and recovery to a 7.7 magnitude earthquake scenario near Memphis, Tennessee.
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Developing a Discrimination Complaints Process
This document outlines the basic elements of a process for receiving and responding to complaints of discrimination from program beneficiaries (e.g., program participants, clients, customers, or consumers, etc.). This document can assist recipients in developing a complaint process for their own organization.
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DHS Information Technology Strategic Plan 2019-2023
The DHS Information Technology Strategic Plan 2019-2023 sets the Information Technology (IT) goals and strategies for fulfilling the mission of DHS. It focuses on rebuilding foundations and driving innovation. With a mind to the future, it has been developed to address both the current state and our technological ambitions.
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DPIAC Recommendations Report 2019 01
Report 2019-01 of the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee on Privacy Recommendations in Connection with the Use of Facial Recognition Technology.
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CBP Families and Children Care Panel Subcommittee Membership List
The CBP Families and Children Custody Panel is to provide findings and recommendations on the best practices from Federal, State, and local organizations regarding care for families and children in CBP custody. The Panel will be expected to: conduct visits to observe CBP operations and review non-privileged information to understand CBP’s operating environment, as well as the legal funding requirements that relate to individuals held in CBP custody, and all visits will be conducted in a way that protects the privacy of those in CBP custody and privileged information; study relevant aspects of short-term care, particularly for children, through interviews, research, and site visits; identify the best practices from Federal, State, and local law enforcement on short-term intake of families and children, and identify how these best practices are implemented; lastly, provide recommendations for any potential additions or changes to CBP policies, procedures, or training in relation to family and/or child custody, and include metrics as to how CBP would successfully implement said additions or changes.
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Countering Foreign Influence Subcommittee Membership List
The Countering Foreign Influence (CFI) Subcommittee will explore the evolving range of foreign influence threats against the United States and identify additional opportunities to counter them within DHS resources and authorities. They will do so through: identifying DHS entities at Headquarters and Component levels that possess the ability to counter these threats; providing recommendations to DHS on how to handle these situations, as well as how we could enhance preparedness within the nation for possible attacks; lastly, providing recommendations on how DHS should prepare itself to respond to future attacks, how DHS should engage with governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, and how to ensure DHS activities fit in with the wider scale of government architecture relating to countering foreign influence.
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Emerging Technologies Subcommittee Membership List
DHS and its partners have a responsibility to look to the future in order to foresee technological advancements that might result in new threats and vulnerabilities. The Department must also put in place the right programs, policies, and procedures to mitigate potential dangers. This subcommittee will do so by: providing an assessment of current state and perceived future advancements in emerging technologies that could pose a threat to the homeland security of the U.S.; analyzing and providing insight into the way such technologies could endanger the homeland, with a focus on those that have the highest likelihood of becoming a threat; lastly, they will provide recommendations that will best mitigate perceived impacts of a threat, and provide an assessment on the opportunities for DHS components to maximize the use of new technological advancements to defend against emerging threats.
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National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin - January 18, 2019 - Translations
On January 18, 2019, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen issued a National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin. The following are versions of the Bulletin translated into various languages.