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DHS/NPPD/PIA-008 EINSTEIN 2

The original Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for EINSTEIN 1, dated September 2004, explained that EINSTEIN 1 analyzes network flow information from participating federal executive government agencies and provides a high-level perspective from which to observe potential malicious activity in computer network traffic of participating agencies' computer networks. The updated version, EINSTEIN 2, will incorporate network intrusion detection technology capable of alerting the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to the presence of malicious or potentially harmful computer network activity in federal executive agencies' network traffic. EINSTEIN 2 principally relies on commercially available intrusion detection capabilities to increase the situational awareness of the US-CERT.

NBAF Environmental Impact Statement Support Documents

The Environmental Impact Statement used excerpts and summaries from the following documents to support making a final site decision:

DHS/CBP/PIA-004 Beyond the Border Entry/Exit Program

DHS/CBP/PIA-004 Beyond the Border Entry/Exit Program

DHS/ICE/PIA-036 – OPLA Case Management System

DHS/ICE/Privacy Impact Assessmment-036 – OPLA Case Management System

DHS/USCIS/PIA-036(b) - Form I-9 “Employment Eligibility Verification” Update

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Verification Division manages the business process in support of the statutory requirement that employers maintain Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, which is completed by their new employees. This form serves to verify employment authorization for all new employees. The purpose of this update is to: (1) describe the collection of additional information in “Section I: Employee Information and Attestation” of Form I-9; and (2) describe the update to Form I-9 instructions.

Executive Summary of 2013 Annual Report to Congress

The Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman’s 2013 Annual Report contains:

• An overview of the Ombudsman’s mission and services;
• A review of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) programmatic and policy achievements during this reporting period; and
• A detailed discussion of pervasive and serious problems, recommendations, and best practices in the humanitarian, family, and employment areas, and in customer service and Transformation.

NBAF Draft Environmental Impact Statement

This is a draft of the Department of Homeland Security's environmental impact statement (EIS) The EIS was created to evaluate siting alternatives for the construction and operation of a proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Ombudsman Maria M. Odom's message for 2013 Annual Report

This Report describes the work of the Ombudsman, including the key issues and areas of study addressed over the year.

Beyond the Border Report: Facilitating the Conduct of Cross-Border Business

On June 26, 2013, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Canadian Public Safety Vic Toews, and Canada's Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney released a progress report entitled “Facilitating the Conduct of Cross-Border Business.” This report describes bilateral efforts to ensure business travelers benefit from more efficient and predictable border clearance processes.

DHS/ALL/PIA-044 DHS Single Point of Service Request for Information Management Tool

The Single Point of Service (SPS) refers to a joint effort between the Office of Operations Coordination (OPS), National Operations Center (NOC), and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) to provide a centralized DHS Headquarters location to receive, facilitate, process, and, in some circumstances, respond to operational or intelligence related “Requests for Information” (RFI) that originate from federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial entities. In order to perform this function, OPS and I&A employ the RFI Management Tool, which standardizes the process by which entities request operational or intelligence-related information. DHS is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because the RFI Management Tool collects, retains, and disseminates personally identifiable information (PII). DHS is updating and reissuing the SPS-RFI PIA, originally published in June 2013, in order to better identify the potential privacy risks and mitigations associated with the use of both an unclassified and an accredited classified instance of the application. The 2013 PIA only dealt with an unclassified instance of the application.