Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Compliance Instruction 262-11-001

FOIA Reporting Requirements

Below, find the DHS Privacy Office FOIA Logs.

The Enforcement Integrated Database (EID) is a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared common database repository for several DHS law enforcement and homeland security applications. EID is owned and operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It captures and maintains information related to the investigation, arrest, booking, detention, and removal of persons encountered during immigration and criminal law enforcement investigations and operations conducted by ICE, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), components within DHS. DHS personnel access the data in EID using the ENFORCE suite of software applications, such as the ENFORCE Alien Removal Module (EARM). EARM supports ICE’s processing and removal of aliens from the United States. The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for EID was published in January 2010 and was last updated in January 2016.

The Canine Website System (CWS) is a web-based system administered by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program (NEDCTP) to coordinate operations. CWS is a privacy sensitive system because it collects personally identifiable information (PII) from program participants to facilitate training, foster communication, and to perform administrative functions. In accordance with the Section 208 of the E-Government Act of 2002, TSA is updating CWS’s Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) from January 2012 to reflect that it also collects PII from members of the public interested in adopting NEDCTP canines.

January 15, 2016. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has developed an E-Verify mobile application (“the App”) to support users who wish to access E-Verify using a mobile device. USCIS will initially perform usability testing for the App with users from a select group of enrolled employers.

View the organizational chart for the Office of the Chief Privacy Officer.

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) is leading DHS efforts and coordinating across the Federal Government testing and evaluating technologies used to detect, identify, and monitor small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) that may pose a potential threat to covered facilities and assets and other missions authorized to the Department by law. These protective technologies are referred to as Counter-UAS (C-UAS).

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will conduct a three-week long proof of concept at Los Angeles International Airport for automating the identity verification portion of the Travel Document Checker (TDC) process using facial recognition technology.

Below, find privacy documents for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).