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DHS/FEMA/PIA-052 Grants Management Modernization (GMM)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grant Management Modernization (GMM) program owns and operates the GMM Streamlined Platform for Agile Release and Transformation Acceleration (SPARTA) system. Through the development and deployment of the GMM SPARTA system, GMM seeks to streamline grants management across the Agency’s 40-plus grant programs through a user-centered, business-driven approach. The GMM SPARTA system will consolidate the functionalities of FEMA’s ten legacy IT systems (listed in Appendix C) into a single grants management IT platform.

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Snapshot: S&T Supports FEMA's Recovery Plan in Puerto Rico

The impact from hurricanes Irma and María in 2017 overwhelmed Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, damaging or destroying power, water, health, communications and transportation systems.

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S&T FRG Kentucky Dam Safety Project – Reducing Unknown Risks in Critical Infrastructure Fact Sheet

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), along with FEMA and the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is partnering with the Kentucky Division of Water and private consulting partner Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. to investigate new and emerging technologies in dam-related flood monitoring and warning to help protect lives and the nation’s critical infrastructure, while reducing the cost of such a disaster if it were to occur.

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DHS/FEMA/PIA-050 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) PIVOT System

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) owns and operates the NFIP PIVOT (not an acronym; formerly called Phoenix) system. The NFIP PIVOT system is a web-based system designed to help facilitate and consolidate in one system the NFIP’s core business processes including, but not limited to: validation of insurance policies, claims, and data; complex modeling; website hosting (including www.floodsmart.gov); claims administration; policy management; claims review; approvals; and status inquiries. FEMA is conducting this new Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) because NFIP PIVOT collects, uses, maintains, retrieves, and disseminates personally identifiable information (PII) about individuals who purchase flood insurance policies from NFIP, those who process insurance policies, and individuals requesting access to the system.

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Written testimony of FEMA U.S. Fire Administration for a House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology hearing titled “U.S. Fire Administration and Fire Grant Programs Reauthorization: Examining Effectiveness & Priorities”

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) U.S. Fire Administration Acting U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Denis Onieal addresses the functions of the U.S. Fire Administration.

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S&T Flood Apex Program Fact Sheet

S&T created the Flood Apex Program at the request of the FEMA administrator.

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DHS/FEMA/PIA-018 FEMA Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), manages a process for Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR). This process, assigned to FEMA’s Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO), is designed to collect, investigate, analyze, and report suspicious activities to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), Federal Protective Service (FPS), and/or other federal, state, or local law enforcement authorities required to investigate and respond to terrorist threats or hazards to homeland security. FEMA is conducting this privacy impact assessment (PIA) because this SAR process collects, maintains, and uses personally identifiable information (PII)

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DHS/FEMA/PIA-016 Application and Registration Records for Training and Exercise Programs (ARRTEP)

FEMA sponsors, hosts and conducts numerous training and exercise programs in support of its mission. These programs collect personally identifiable information (PII) to register individuals for the respective training and exercise programs and to coordinate field exercises and provide training to FEMA employees, contractors, and members of the first responder and emergency management communities.

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DHS/FEMA/PIA-009 Document Management and Records Tracking System (DMARTS)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mission Support Bureau (MSB), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) uses the Document Management and Records Tracking System (DMARTS) to store and retrieve documents for several FEMA program areas.

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National Preparedness Goal

The National Preparedness Goal defines what it means for the whole community to be prepared for all types of disasters and emergencies.