The Publication Library contains guidance and policy papers, reports, strategies, program regulations, guidelines, brochures and more.
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Travel & Lodging
The Travel category includes products or services to assist DHS with personnel travel. Current DHS-wide Travel contract vehicles offer DHS customers access to travel agent and miscellaneous services, passenger Travel.
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S&T Impact: Disaster Resilience
S&T helps improve community resilience to natural disasters through technology and tools that support planning, decision making and mitigation efforts.
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TSA Information Assurance Handbook
This handbook implements the policies and requirements of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Management Directive (MD) 1400.3, Information Technology Security by establishing guidance applicable to the use, development, and maintenance of TSA Information Technology (IT) assets, networks, and systems.
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Facilities & Construction
The Facilities and Construction category includes products and services to maintain or improve DHS’s infrastructure. Current DHS-wide Facilities and Construction contract vehicles offer DHS customers access to architectural, engineering, construction, and facilities related equipment and systems.
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S&T Terrorism Prevention Literature Dashboard BIB File
DHS S&T developed a comprehensive and publicly available literature review and ontology dashboard to organize TVTP literature. This new capability streamlines the ability for end users and practitioners to access peer-reviewed and methodologically sound research products to develop an evidence base in the field of terrorism prevention for what works, what doesn't, and why.
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Recommendations Memo Concerning Etowah County Jail
CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for ICE detainees at the Etowah County Jail in Gadsden, Alabama. CRCL's onsite investigation occurred April 9-11, 2018, and was in response to allegations received alleging civil rights and civil liberties violations of detainees at the facility in the following areas: general conditions of detention, environmental health and safety, and inadequate medical and mental health care.
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S&T Behavior Detection Visual Search Task Analysis Project Visual Search Battery Report
Approximately 1.2 million people fly within the United States every day. To keep these passengers safe, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employs a multilayer security system to ensure that the traveling public and the nation’s transportation systems are protected. The Behavior Detection (BD) program serves an essential function in this multilayered security approach. Unique from other security capabilities within the TSA security system, the BD program, which was previously reserved for Behavior Detection Officers (BDOs) but is now comprised of Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) as well, trains officers to identify anomalous behaviors by observing passengers and comparing what they see to an established behavioral baseline. The goal of the program is to identify high-risk travelers and subject them to additional screening. This report describes the results of an empirical study that addressed these research goals and furthered DHS S&T’s understanding of the visual search process required for successful BD performance.
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DHS/USSS/PIA-023 Applicant Lifecycle Information System (ALIS)
The United States Secret Service (USSS) Office of Human Resources (HUM) uses the Applicant Lifecycle Information System (ALIS) to support the hiring process for USSS Special Agents (SA), Uniform Division (UD) Officers, and Administrative, Professional, Technical (APT) personnel. ALIS is a new system that will replace the Clearances, Logistics, Employees, Applicants, and Recruitment (CLEAR) application component of the USSS Human Capital Management System (HCMS).
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-054 RadResponder Network
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Office (CBRN), supports the RadResponder program. RadResponder is a free web-based platform that standardizes how all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial disaster response organizations collect, store, use, and manage radiological data following a disaster or manmade event. RadResponder collects data at radiological sites for the purpose of analyzing the dangers of the site and to help emergency personnel determine how to mitigate the disaster’s impact and save lives. FEMA has conducted this privacy impact assessment (PIA) to cover how RadResponder collects, stores, uses, and protects users’ personally identifiable information (PII).
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DHS/ALL/PIA-067 Continuous Evaluation (CE) Travel Record Data Service (TRDS)
The Travel Record Data Service (TRDS) is a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) project, whereby U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) travel records are shared with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) Continuous Evaluation System (CES). NCSC will provide authorized Executive Branch agencies with TRDS information, via the CES, to continuously evaluate the suitability of “covered individuals.” NCSC will then share relevant CBP travel information with the covered individual’s home agency or authorized Investigative Service Provider to allow that home agency to determine if a security-relevant issue exists.