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DHS/CBP/PIA–024 Arrival and Departure Information System
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Arrival and Departure Information System (ADIS) consolidates data from a variety of systems to create a unique person-centric record with complete travel history. Originally, CBP created ADIS to identify individuals who had overstayed their class of admission (“visa overstays”); however, due to ADIS’s unique abilities to conduct biographic matching, data-tagging, and filtering, CBP is broadening its use of ADIS for all traveler encounters regardless of citizenship. CBP is republishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to provide notice, and assess the privacy risks, of expanding ADIS beyond its original visa overstay mission. As the primary CBP system used to determine person-centric travel history and immigration status, ADIS supports a variety of non-law enforcement use cases that often require U.S. citizen travel history. CBP is reissuing this PIA to document the expanded uses of ADIS and its maintenance of all CBP travel records, including those of U.S. citizens.
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DHS/OBIM/PIA-001 Automated Biometric Identification System
The Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) is the central DHS-wide system for storage and processing of biometric and associated biographic information for national security; law enforcement; immigration and border management; intelligence; background investigations for national security positions and certain positions of public trust; and associated testing, training, management reporting, planning and analysis, or other administrative uses. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) and the attached appendices provide transparency into how the system uses Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and details the system’s sharing partners and functions.
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Congressional Budget Justification FY 2015
Supporting information for the fiscal year 2015 budget request.
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FAR Class Deviation 14-02
FAR Class Deviation
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ICE Response to Task Force on Secure Communities
The Task Force on Secure Communities is a subcommittee of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee (HSAC) and was created in June 2011 at the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security. The HSAC, which is composed of leaders from state and local government, first responder agencies, the private sector, and academia, provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary on matters related to homeland security.
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DHS Data Mining Reports
The Data Mining Report is published annually pursuant to the Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007, which requires DHS to report to Congress on DHS activities that meet the Act’s definition of data mining. The report summarizes DHS programs that conduct pattern-based queries, searches, or analyses of one or more electronic databases to discover or locate a predictive pattern or anomaly indicative of terrorist or criminal activities.
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DHS/FEMA/PIA-035 Customer Satisfaction Analysis System (CSAS)
The FEMA Recovery Directorate, Customer Satisfaction Analysis (CSA) Section owns and administers the Customer Satisfaction Analysis System (CSAS). CSAS collects, stores, and reports on responses received through surveys, questionnaires, focus groups, and/or one-on-one interviews designed to assess customer satisfaction and improving FEMA services. FEMA conducted this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because CSAS stores Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from FEMA employees and members of the public in order to conduct CSA’s customer service satisfaction assessments.
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FY 2015 Budget-in-Brief
The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Budget Request for $38.2 billion for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reflects our continued commitment to the security of our homeland and the American public.
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July 2013 Retrospective Review Plan Report
Retrospective Review of Existing Regulations – Progress Report
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Deployed Intelligence Officers and Protective Security Advisors
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deploys Intelligence Officers and Protective Security Advisors to support state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners in advancing the homeland security mission. Intelligence officers are embedded in recognized state and major urban area fusion centers to advance the sharing of threat related information among federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners. Protective security advisors engage these partners as regional critical infrastructure security and resilience specialists, providing local perspective to—and supporting the development of—the national risk picture by identifying, assessing, monitoring, and minimizing risk to critical infrastructure at the regional, state, and local levels. Their distinct yet complementary roles enable intelligence officers and protective security advisors to jointly support DHS partners in ensuring the safety and security of our nation.