The Publication Library contains guidance and policy papers, reports, strategies, program regulations, guidelines, brochures and more.
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Fleet Program Reports
The Department of Homeland Security is working to reduce petroleum consumption through improvements in fleet fuel efficiency and the use of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) and alternative fuels as required by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct) and Executive Order 13149 “Greening the Government through Federal Fleet and Transportation Efficiency.”
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Integrated Task Force
To implement Executive Order 13636 on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (EO) and Presidential Policy Directive-21 on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (PPD-21), the Department established an Integrated Task Force (ITF) to lead DHS implementation and coordinate interagency, public sector, and private sector efforts.
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DHS Sequestration Letters to Governors
Select from the files below to view DHS Sequestration Letters to Governors.
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DHS Tribal Consultation Policy
This Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tribal Consultation Policy outlines the guiding principles under which DHS is to engage with governments of Indian Tribes. The DHS Tribal Consultation Policy is intended to be continually updated and refined to reflect our ongoing engagement and collaboration with Tribal partners.
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HSAR Provision and Clause Matrix
The HSAR Provision & Clause Matrix includes all provisions and clauses currently part of the Homeland Security Acquisition Regulations (HSAR).
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DHS Campus Resilience Pilot Program
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), and Office of Academic Engagement (OAE) are developing a web-enabled Campus Resilience (CR) system which will provide practical and immediately useable processes and tools to a wide array of campus communities. The CR system will be developed through targeted community engagement with six selected university and college campuses via the Campus Resilience Pilot Program (CR Pilot). With a final goal of making America’s campuses more resilient, the CR Pilot must include these elements: (1) promote FEMA’s Whole Community philosophy, (2) draw upon existing DHS resources and also those originating from the Department of Education (ED) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), and (3) assist American schools to proactively assess and plan for major man-made or natural incidents.
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Digital Governance Milestone 8.2
The Digital Government Strategy sets forth a number of requirements on website performance measurement and requires reporting a plan of action by January 22, 2013 in order to satisfy Digital Governance Milestone 8.2. The DHS Office of Public Affairs proposes the following plan to achieve these requirements.
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PACTS Ordering Guide
The Program Management, Administrative, Clerical and Technical Services (PACTS) program is a suite of multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicles. The PACTS Ordering Guide contains information required to use the contract vehicles to obtain program management, administrative, clerical and technical services throughout DHS. It provides the procedures for ordering services under PACTS, and defines the roles and responsibilities of the major parties involved in the ordering process. The contracts are available to DHS Headquarters and its Components, and orders may be placed directly by DHS-warranted Contracting Officers. Components that use other federal agency resources to provide contracting services may delegate procurement authority to allow the use of the PACTS contracts on the Component’s behalf.
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S&T HSSTAC Meeting Minutes
S&T HSSTAC Meeting Minutes
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Recommendations Memo Concerning Otero County Processing Center
CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for ICE detainees at the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico. Between March 2011 and November 2011, CRCL received several complaints relating to a wide range of issues in regard to conditions of detention at the facility. In response to these complaints, CRCL conducted a site review at the facility from March 13-15, 2012. As part of the review, CRCL used four independent subject-matter experts: a medical consultant, a mental health consultant, an environmental health and safety consultant, and a penologist.