Fact Sheets Collection
Short documents with information about a particular issue or topic.
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Richmond Counter-UAS Testbed Fact Sheet
To establish organizational processes and identify which C-UAS systems DHS components should purchase, DHS has established multiple testbeds that represent a wide range of operational environments. Richmond, Virginia, was chosen as a testbed due to its dense urban terrain and environment, which can present technological challenges to C-UAS systems. Additionally, existing state and city programs, such as Virginia’s Department of Aviation’s (DOAV’s) work in drone traffic management, make Richmond an ideal DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) testbed location.
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Project Responder 6 Fact Sheet
This study identified six distinct factors that may have an impact on responders’ operating environment: human behavior, technology advancement, environment, infrastructure, COVID-19, and protest/civil unrest.
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Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience Research (CISRR) Fact Sheet
Critical Infrastructure (CI) consists of the physical and cyber systems and assets that are so vital to the United States that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on our physical or economic security or public health or safety. The nation's CI provides the essential services that underpin American society.
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Tip Sheet: When to Contact a USCIS Lockbox
The CIS Ombudsman has worked with USCIS on the following tip sheet on when and how to contact a USCIS Lockbox.
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FY22 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Notice of Funding Opportunity and Fact Sheets
The TVTP Grant Program seeks to support the development of local prevention programs and online prevention capabilities. The objectives of the TVTP Grant Program align with the objectives of developing local prevention frameworks.
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Wide-Area Background Radiation Survey Technical Guidance for Response
S&T’s NUSTL, in conjunction with DOE National Nuclear Security Administration and several DOE national laboratories, is developing a set of processes and procedures that will make it easier to plan and perform wide-area background radiation surveys.
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Radiological Data Quality Assessment Toolkit
To help assure data quality in the aftermath of a radiological or nuclear incident, S&T’s NUSTL in conjunction with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is developing a set of manuals, quick reference guides, spreadsheets, checklists, and other tools and technical guidance.
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Biometric Technology Rally: Adapting to COVID-19 Fact Sheet
The Biometric and Identity Technology Center (BI-TC) serves as a resource for subject matter expertise in the science, methods, tools, and technologies used to recognize individuals and protect sensitive personal information.
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Next Generation Identity: Mobile Driver’s License Fact Sheet
Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) is an early front-runner, consisting of standardized technologies and processes that enable a digital-identity ecosystem that replicates and potentially improves upon physical identity credentials.
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Privacy Technology Demonstration Fact Sheet
Video technologies can enhance public safety and security, however there are legitimate concerns that these surveillance capabilities could be misused to recognize and track individuals.