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Archived issues of the CRCL monthly newsletter.

Close Memo for Onsite Investigation at Stewart Detention Center, Lumpkin, Georgia

CRCL received a report written by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia regarding immigration detention conditions at Georgia facilities, including Stewart Detention Center. The report raised concerns about conditions of detention at Stewart related to correctional operations, medical care, and mental health care. CRCL opened complaints based on the information in the report, and also based upon separate complaints received raising similar concerns.

DHS-ALL-PIA-045 Loaned Executive Program

DHS’s Private Sector Office (PSO) manages the Department-wide Loaned Executive Program (LEP).  The LEP is a special unpaid opportunity for executive-level private sector, academia, and cyber security experts to share their expertise with DHS. Through the LEP, DHS seeks innovative solutions to its homeland security challenges. DHS conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment because the LEP collects Personally Identifiable Information from members of the public.

Border Surveillance Systems (BSS)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deploys Border Surveillance Systems (BSS) to provide comprehensive situational awareness along the United States border for border security and national security purposes, and to assist in detecting, identifying, apprehending, and removing individuals illegally entering the United States at and between ports of entry or otherwise violating U.S. law. BSS includes commercially available technologies such as fixed and mobile video surveillance systems, range finders, thermal imaging devices, radar, ground sensors, and radio frequency sensors.

DHS-FEMA-PIA – 039 Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration Risk Insurance Division Underwriting and Claims Operation Review Tool

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) Risk Insurance Division (RID) owns and operates the Underwriting and Claims Operation Review Tool (“U-CORT” or “Tool”).  U-CORT is a modernization of previously manual oversight mechanisms to improve the management of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) underwriting and claim loss adjustment process. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) documents how U-CORT collects, uses, disseminates, and maintains Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of NFIP policy holders associated with underwriting and claim operation reviews.

CRCL Language Access Documents

Environmental Assessment for South Texas Family Residential Center

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the DHS procedures for implementing NEPA (DHS Directive 023-01, Environmental Planning Program), and the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, DHS prepared a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to evaluate the potential impacts to the human environment resulting from increased Departmental activities necessary to process, detain, and transport unaccompanied alien children and family units who have crossed the southwest border of the United States. DHS and its Component, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prepared a supplemental Environmental Assessment to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the proposed construction and operation of the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas to house family units that have crossed the border.

DHS/ALL/PIA-014 Personal Identity Verification/Identity Management System (PIV/IDMS)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is updating the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Update, issued on June 18, 2009, to reflect changes in Departmental requirements and enhanced interoperability with US-VISIT Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), DHS Component Physical Access Control Systems (PACS), DHS Component Active Directories, as well as issuance of PIV compatible credentials to visitors to DHS.

CISA FOIA Logs

CISA FOIA Logs

DHS-FEMA-PIA-015 Quality Assurance Recording System (QARS)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Office of Response and Recovery (ORR), Recovery Directorate, National Processing Service Center (NPSC) Division operates the Quality Assurance Recording System (QARS). QARS captures telephone and computer screen recordings for the purpose of evaluating employee and contractor performance. These evaluations are designed to improve customer service to disaster assistance applicants requesting assistance under the Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. FEMA conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because QARS captures Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about Individual Assistance and Public Assistance applicants, as well as FEMA employees and contractors.