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The Publication Library contains guidance and policy papers, reports, strategies, program regulations, guidelines, brochures and more.

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  • Summary of CRCL Recommendation Memo and ICE's Response: Use of Facial Recognition Databases

    In February 2020, CRCL opened a complaint based on a Washington Post article that reported that ICE had conducted facial-recognition searches on millions of driver’s license photos in a Maryland database without receiving approval from either the state or a court.

  • ATD Subcommittee

    The HSAC Alternatives to Detention (ATD) Subcommittee tasking may be found in the signed Secretary taskings memo attached.

  • DHS AI - Mission Focused Subcommittee

    The HSAC DHS Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Mission Focused Subcommittee tasking may be found in the signed Secretary taskings memo attached.

  • DHS AI - Threats & Defense Subcommittee

    The HSAC DHS Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Threats & Defense Subcommittee tasking may be found in the signed Secretary taskings memo attached. 

  • HSAC Grant Program Review Subcommittee

    The HSAC Homeland Security Grant Program Review Subcommittee tasking may be found in the signed Secretary taskings memo attached.

  • Memo on 90-day People's Republic of China Threats Sprint

    Official memo from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, directing a 90-day PRC Threats Sprint across the Department.

  • Memo on the Establishment of a DHS Artificial Intelligence Task Force

    DHS must address the many ways in which artificial intelligence (AI), including revolutionary advances in generative AI, will drastically alter the threat landscape and augment the arsenal of tools we possess to succeed in the face of threats.

  • Visualizing a Nuclear Detonation and Response Fact Sheet

    It is critical to provide first responders with tools, knowledge, and training to understand the effects of a nuclear detonation and the response strategies that will allow them to save lives, stabilize infrastructure, minimize exposure to radiation, and provide for basic human needs. DHS S&T(NUSTL, in partnership with DOE LLNL, is developing science-based visualizations that will depict nuclear detonation effects in a computer-generated but realistic city to help first responders understand the size, scale, and expected impacts of a nuclear explosion.

  • HSAC Workforce Subcommittee

    The HSAC Workforce Subcommittee tasking may be found in the signed Secretary taskings memo attached.

  • 2023 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR)

    Released in 2023, the Third Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) assesses the threats and challenges the Department faces today and into the future and lays out the approaches DHS and the homeland security enterprise are adopting to carry out its missions.

Last Updated: 01/28/2022