September 16, 2020
Assistant Secretary Spivey to Chairman Thompson, 16 SEPT 2020
"The Department’s reasonable offer could fully satisfy the Committee’s legitimate information needs. However, the Committee rejected the Department’s offer and issued a subpoena seeking to compel the Acting Secretary’s appearance. That action is inconsistent with the Committee’s constitutional obligation to work in good faith to meet the Department’s legitimate interests."
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September 16, 2020
Assistant Secretary Spivey to Chairman Thompson
The Department’s reasonable offer could fully satisfy the Committee’s legitimate information needs. However, the Committee rejected the Department’s offer and issued a subpoena seeking to compel the Acting Secretary’s appearance. That action is inconsistent with the Committee’s constitutional obligation to work in good faith to meet the Department’s legitimate interests.
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September 16, 2020
Sheriff David Clarke's Possible Appointment as an Assistant Secretary to DHS
Correspondence regarding the possible appointment of Sheriff David Clarke as an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
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September 15, 2020
Low-Cost Flood Sensors: Performance Analysis
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services (CMSWS) authored this report under a partnership with DHS S&T. This report details the installation and operation of 93 “beta” prototype low-cost flood sensors (LCS) in Mecklenburg County during the second year of the partnership.
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September 15, 2020
Low Cost Flood Sensors: Urban Installation Guidebook
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services (CMSWS) authored this guidebook under a partnership with DHS S&T. The guidebook details the CMSWS experience deploying and testing the “alpha” prototypes of the low-cost flood sensors (LCS) at locations in Mecklenburg County.
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September 15, 2020
IG Cuffari Letter to Chairs Maloney and Thompson, 14 Sept 2020
"Dear Chairman Thompson and Chairwoman Maloney: This responds to your letter of August 27, 2020, in which you ask that I review the matters referred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the August 14, 2020 decision issued by the GAO General Counsel."
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September 14, 2020
DHS/USSS/PIA-030 Comprehensive Financial Investigative System
The United States Secret Service (USSS) Investigative Support Division (ISD) uses the Comprehensive Financial Investigative System (CFIS) in support of data capture to maintain records for financial investigations from case initiation to completion. USSS is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because CFIS collects and maintains personally identifiable information (PII) regarding subjects of criminal financial investigations.
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September 11, 2020
Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence
The United States faces increasingly complex threats from terrorism and targeted violence. Both continue to pose a grave threat in ways that have evolved dramatically in the nearly two decades since the 9/11 attacks. Although foreign terrorist organizations remain intent on striking our Homeland, we also face a growing threat from domestic actors. Our enemies seek to spur violence in our communities and divide our society. Combating terrorism and targeted violence requires the combined efforts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS or Department), our Federal and state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) government partners and civil society.
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September 10, 2020
Enhanced Rescue Hoist Glove Operational Field Assessment Report
Rescue hoist gloves protect emergency responders’ hands during specialized helicopter hoist rescue operations. Read the results of two prototype fingerless glove designs, developed by DHS S&T, and tested by the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory.
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September 4, 2020
DHS/ALL/PIA-079 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration-Related Information Sharing with U.S. Census Bureau
Pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13880 Collecting Information About Citizenship Status in Connection with the Decennial Census , issued July 11, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is providing the Department of Commerce (DOC), U.S. Census Bureau (Census or Census Bureau) with administrative records to assist in determining the number of citizens, lawfully present non-citizens, and unauthorized immigrants in the United States during the decennial census (2020 Census). DHS will share various data elements that the Census Bureau has articulated a need to know for the purpose of executing the E.O., including personally identifiable information (PII), with Census to (1) update 2020 Census person files, (2) produce Citizen Voting Age Population Statistics, and (3) conduct testing of citizenship models. DHS is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to describe the establishment of a formal Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DHS and the Census Bureau and to analyze the collection, use, and dissemination of DHS information by Census.
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