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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.
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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.
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CISA FOIA Logs
CISA FOIA Logs
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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.
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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).
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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).
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Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) June 5, 2014 Meeting Minutes
Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) June 5, 2014 Meeting Minutes
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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.
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DHS July 2014 Retrospective Review Plan Report
DHS July 2014 Retrospective Review Plan Report
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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.