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The Publication Library contains guidance and policy papers, reports, strategies, program regulations, guidelines, brochures and more.

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  • DHS-USSS-PIA-001 - Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI)

    The US Secret Service (USSS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) co-sponsor and manage the Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) reporting website, which is a tool for telecommunications carriers to report a breach of its customer proprietary network information to law enforcement. The USSS and the FBI conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because the CPNI reporting website contains personally identifiable information (PII).

  • FONSI - Influx of UAC and Family Units Across the SW Border

    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. The PEA resulted in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

  • Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) June 5, 2014 Meeting Minutes

    Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) June 5, 2014 Meeting Minutes

  • DHS-TSA-PIA-045 Security Threat Assessment for Conditional Access to Sensitive Security Information

    The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) occasionally discloses Sensitive Security Information (SSI) to individuals so that they can assist with the design, implementation, or review of TSA security programs, techniques, or technology, or when needed to understand TSA functions. TSA may conclude that the individuals must undergo a security threat assessment (STA) as a condition of being granted access to the SSI. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) was conducted because TSA will collect, maintain, and disseminate information in identifiable form on members of the public in order to conduct the STA.

  • DHS July 2014 Retrospective Review Plan Report

    DHS July 2014 Retrospective Review Plan Report

  • DHS-TSA-PIA-026 Alien Flight Student Program

    The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) conducts Security Threat Assessments (STA) on individuals who are not U.S. citizens or nationals and other individuals designated by TSA seeking flight instruction or recurrent training from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-certified flight training providers. TSA previously conducted a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) and PIA Updates for the Alien Flight Student Program (AFSP). TSA conducted this PIA because several updates to AFSP have been made, including: 1) TSA performs recurrent vetting of covered individuals; 2) The Defense Attaché collects biographic information and creates a record in AFSP about foreign military pilots endorsed by the Department of Defense (DoD) for flight training in the United States; and 3) TSA has submitted an updated National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) schedule to change records retention to 80 years in order to permit TSA to comply with a requirement that it re-use fingerprints for recurrent flight training during the life of the covered individual.  This PIA should be read as a stand-alone document.  Upon publication of this PIA, the previous PIA and PIA Updates for AFSP will be retired.

  • Fee Waiver or Claims Membership in a Preferential Fee Category (MuckRock)

    Fee Waiver or Claims Membership in a Preferential Fee Category (MuckRock)

  • HSAC, FBAC Report June 2014

    Homeland Security Advisory Committee, Faith-based Security and Communications Advisory Subcommittee (FBAC) Report June 2014

  • National Customer Service Center

    USCIS operates the National Customer Service Center (NCSC) to provide nationwide telephonic assistance to customers calling with immigration service and benefit inquiries.  The NCSC uses a wide variety of systems, applications, and tools as part of its call center infrastructure to ensure calls are queued and processed as quickly as possible.  This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) discusses the USCIS systems used to operate NCSC, and evaluates the privacy risks and mitigation associated with the collection, use, and maintenance of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

  • DHS/S&T/PIA–027 S&T Test Data

    An integral part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)’s mission is to conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) on technologies or topics related to improving homeland security and combating terrorism. Some S&T RDT&E activities receive datasets from other DHS Components or partner agencies to test, evaluate, and provide feedback on certain research topics, technologies, equipment, and capabilities related to S&T’s mission. S&T published this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to establish baseline protections for test data provided by other DHS Components, other government agencies, or other data sharing partners. RDT&E test data that are covered by the PIA are listed in the appendix. The appendix will be updated as new projects, programs, systems, or other types of information collection are identified.

Last Updated: 01/28/2022