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Internal Directives Strategy and Doctrinal Products Collection

Selected internal directives, strategic planning and budget documents, and similar documents.

  • Department of Homeland Security Counternarcotics Doctrine

    Department of Homeland Security Counternarcotics Doctrine

  • DHS Adoption of Environmental Impact Statements for St. Elizabeths Campus

    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), DHS has adopted two Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) prepared by the General Services Administration (GSA)  for activities at the St. Elizabeth’s campus.  Dr. Teresa R. Pohlman, Executive Director of Sustainability and Environmental Programs, approved the adoption of the EISs on March 30, 2016.  The complete EISs are available on the project website.

  • DHS Anti-Harassment Policy

    Harassment is prohibited at DHS, and the Department is committed to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment.  Harassment includes any unwelcome conduct on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability (including an individual’s need for workplace reasonable accommodations), protected genetic information, marital status, parental status, political affiliation, or prior protected Equal Employment Opportunity activity, which interferes with an individual’s work performance or creates an intimidating, offensive, or hostile environment.

  • DHS Biosafety Directive

    This Directive and the accompanying Instruction establish the authorities,responsibilities, requirements, and procedures for Biosafety in all activities conducted or sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (OHS). This Directive adopts the principles of the current edition of the U.S. Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories and its recommendations for standards, practices, equipment, and facilities for biological laboratory activities, as well as the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules (NIH Guidelines) and other related guidance listed in Part Ill.

  • DHS Interim Management Directive 3090: Equal Employment Opportunity and Sexual Harassment

    DHS Interim Management Directive 3090: Equal Employment Opportunity and Sexual Harassment

  • DHS IT Policy Archive

    Download the DHS IT Policy Archive file: ZIPIndividual Files

  • DHS IT Policy Archive - All Files

    Provides the overall policy and structure for acquisition management within DHS, and establishes the Department's Acquisition Lifecycle Framework (ALF), Acquisition Review Process (ARP), and Acquisition Review Board (ARB).

  • DHS Management Directive 3100.1: Human Relations

    DHS Management Directive 3100.1: Human Relations

  • DHS Plan to Develop a Tribal Consultation and Coordination Policy Implementing Executive Order 13175

    DHS Plan to Develop a Tribal Consultation and Coordination Policy Implementing Executive Order 13175

  • DHS Policy Regarding the Use of Cell-Site Simulator Technology

    Cell-site simulators are invaluable law enforcement tools that locate or identify mobile devices during active criminal investigations. They allow law enforcement to locate both subjects of an investigation and their victims. This policy is being issued in light of the Department of Justice's recent legal analysis of the use of the valuable cell-site simulator technology.