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Fee Waiver or Claims Membership in a Preferential Fee Category (MuckRock)
Fee Waiver or Claims Membership in a Preferential Fee Category (MuckRock)
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HSAC, FBAC Report June 2014
Homeland Security Advisory Committee, Faith-based Security and Communications Advisory Subcommittee (FBAC) Report June 2014
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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).
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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.
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2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR)
The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) recognizes the responsibility the Department shares with hundreds of thousands of people across the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, the private sector and other nongovernmental organizations, and provides a path forward for engaging in public-private partnerships.
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Building Communities of Trust (BCOT) Initiative
The Building Communities of Trust (BCOT) initiative focuses on developing trust among law enforcement, fusion centers, and the communities they serve to address the challenges of crime and terrorism prevention.
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Performance Measures Definitions Guide (PMDG)
The Performance Measures Definitions Guide (PMDG) is the product of a collaborative effort led by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) State and Local Program Office (SLPO) in cooperation with federal, state, and local fusion center stakeholders.
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DHS-FEMA-PIA – 037 National Responder Support Camp (NRSC)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) established the National Responder Support Camp (RSC) initiative to support FEMA’s mission to improve its ability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards. RSCs are contractor-built and operated structures that are assembled (as requested) during emergencies and disasters to provide shelter, food, and other basic needs to emergency response personnel. FEMA published this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for the initiative because FEMA collects Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from the emergency response personnel to provide secured access to the RSC.
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2010 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR)
The Department of Homeland Security delivered the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) Report to Congress on February 1, 2010. The QHSR outlines the strategic framework to guide the activities of participants in homeland security toward a common end.
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Open Government Plan Publications
The current version (Version 4.0) of the Open Government Plan, along with previous iterations of the plan.