Publications Library

Terminating a FAC

Guidance on how to terminate a federal advisory committee is attached.

Operate a Meeting

Guidance on how to operate a meeting, as well as virtually, is attached. 

AEP Topic Team Overviews

Public-Private AEP Subcommittees conducted research and produced deliverables on topics related to homeland and national security.

Appendix A - Executive Orders

The Executive Orders (EO) in this section were released by President Biden in 2021.

EO 14035 states the President's mission to include more Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal workforce.

EO 14043 is the President's statement regarding Federal employee COVID-19 vaccination status and reporting. 

DFO Manual 2022

The Designated Federal Officer (DFO) Manual for 2022 is attached. The document consists of information that any DHS Federal Advisory Committee employee may find helpful. It may also inform the public or other Federal Advisory Committee employees about how the DHS Committee Management Office handles their committees.

DHS/USCIS/PIA 009 Central Index System

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) maintains the Central Index System (CIS). CIS is a repository of electronic data that contains an index of basic data elements related to an individual as he or she passes through the immigration process. CIS contains information on the status of applicants and petitioners seeking immigrant and non-immigrant benefits, including: lawful permanent residents, naturalized citizens, United States border crossers, aliens who illegally entered the United States, aliens who have been issued employment authorization documents, individuals who petitioned for benefits on behalf of family members, and other individuals subject to the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Recently USCIS migrated records from a legacy mainframe database to a cloud platform and renamed legacy CIS to CIS 2. CIS2 continues to look and function like the CIS mainframe application, with subtle formatting enhancements.

Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council (HQ)

The HSAPC will provide organizationally independent, strategic, timely, specific, and actionable recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on key issues across the homeland security enterprise as they relate to the intersection of education and academia and the DHS mission.

Innovation Resource Library

The Procurement Information Lab (PIL) is a DHS framework aimed at experimenting with innovative acquisition techniques across the DHS enterprise. 

Compendium of U.S.-Canada Emergency Management Assistance Mechanisms

The Compendium of U.S.-Canada Emergency Management Assistance Mechanisms summarizes national-level acts, agreements, frameworks, guidance, plans, and procedures for emergency response operations, communication and coordination, preparedness, and recovery.

S&T REDDI - Regional Explosives Detection Dog Initiative

The Regional Explosives Detection Dog Initiative (REDDI) is a series of regionally-based events for detection canine teams in the law enforcement community.