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Final Environmental Assessment for the Proposed 2017 Rowley Training Center Master Plan Update

Final Environmental Assessment for the Proposed 2017 Rowley Training Center Master Plan Update

S&T Social Media Business Case Guide Fact Sheet

To support agencies that are looking to launch and maximize the benefits of a social media program into their communications, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) developed a Social Media Business Case (Guide). The Guide provides step-by-step guidance on developing a social media program to comprehensively plan for and integrate social media emergency management (SMEM) operations.

After completing the Guide, agencies will have social media processes and plans they can immediately implement to improve operations. Best practices from emergency officials and SMEM subject matter experts (SMEs) captured during development are included throughout the Guide.

DHS/USSS/PIA-024 Facial Recognition Pilot

U.S. Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) will operate a Facial Recognition Pilot (FRP) at the White House Complex in order to biometrically confirm the identity of volunteer USSS employees in public spaces around the complex. The FRP will seek to test USSS’s ability to verify the identities of a test population of volunteer USSS employees. Ultimately, the goal of the FRP is to identify if facial recognition technologies can be of assistance to the USSS in identifying known subjects of interest prior to initial contact with law enforcement at the White House Complex. The collection of volunteer subject data will assist USSS in testing the ability of facial recognition technology to identify known individuals and to determine if biometric technology can be incorporated into the continuously evolving security plan at the White House Complex.

Executive Orders 13636 and 13691 Privacy and Civil Liberties Assessment Reports

Executive Orders 13636 and 13691 Privacy and Civil Liberties Assessment Reports.

DHS Fiscal Year 2018 Performance & Accountability Reports

DHS Fiscal Year 2018 Performance & Accountability Reports

DHS/CBP/PIA-056 Traveler Verification Service

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is congressionally mandated to deploy a biometric entry/exit system to record arrivals and departures to and from the United States. Following several years of testing and pilots, CBP has successfully operationalized and deployed facial recognition technology, now known as the Traveler Verification Service (TVS), to support comprehensive biometric entry and exit procedures in the air, land, and sea environments. CBP has issued Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) documenting each new phase of TVS testing and deployment. CBP is now issuing this comprehensive PIA to a) consolidate all previously issued PIAs and b) provide notice to the public about how TVS collects and uses personally identifiable information (PII).

DPIAC Meeting December 10, 2018

The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on Monday, December 10, 2018. 

FOIA Compliance Instruction 262-11-002: FOIA Reporting Requirements

This Instruction implements the Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department) Directive 262-11, “Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Compliance," concerning reporting on the FOIA.

FOIA Council Charter

Charter for the DHS FOIA Council.

DHS Statement Regarding Safety and Enforcement During the California Wildfires

DHS Statement Regarding Safety and Enforcement During the California Wildfires