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DHS/USSS/PIA-025 United States Secret Service Special Operations Division Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems in support of United Nations General Assembly

The United States Secret Service’s (USSS or Secret Service) Special Operations Division (SOD) is conducting a pilot, in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and Science & Technology Directorate (S&T), to test and evaluate technologies used to detect, identify, and mitigate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that may pose a potential threat to “covered facilities” and assets at the September 2019 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). These protective technologies are referred to as Counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) discusses measures taken to mitigate privacy risks and the impact to protect personally identifiable information (PII) during the deployment of C-UAS technologies in an urban setting under operational circumstances.

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S&T ZADD Fact Sheet

ZADD develops innovative solutions and fosters collaborations to protect the Nation’s agriculture and public health sectors against high-consequence foreign animal, emerging, and zoonotic disease threats.

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S&T ALERT Fact Sheet

ALERT conducts transformational research, technology, and educational development to characterize, detect, mitigate, and respond to explosives-related threats facing the country and the world.

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S&T CINA Fact Sheet

CINA develops strategies and solutions to enhance criminal network analysis, forensics, and investigative processes for on-the-ground use by agents and officers to counteract transnational crime.

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DHS/USSS/PIA-024 Facial Recognition Pilot

U.S. Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) will operate a Facial Recognition Pilot (FRP) at the White House Complex in order to biometrically confirm the identity of volunteer USSS employees in public spaces around the complex. The FRP will seek to test USSS’s ability to verify the identities of a test population of volunteer USSS employees. Ultimately, the goal of the FRP is to identify if facial recognition technologies can be of assistance to the USSS in identifying known subjects of interest prior to initial contact with law enforcement at the White House Complex. The collection of volunteer subject data will assist USSS in testing the ability of facial recognition technology to identify known individuals and to determine if biometric technology can be incorporated into the continuously evolving security plan at the White House Complex.

 

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DHS/USSS/PIA-023 Applicant Lifecycle Information System (ALIS)

The United States Secret Service (USSS) Office of Human Resources (HUM) uses the Applicant Lifecycle Information System (ALIS) to support the hiring process for USSS Special Agents (SA), Uniform Division (UD) Officers, and Administrative, Professional, Technical (APT) personnel. ALIS is a new system that will replace the Clearances, Logistics, Employees, Applicants, and Recruitment (CLEAR) application component of the USSS Human Capital Management System (HCMS).

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DHS/USSS/PIA-022 Radio Over IP (RoIP)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Secret Service (USSS) Radio over IP (RoIP) system is a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system, or a secure wireless radio communications system, deployed to provide voice and voice management needs for protective and investigative personnel. USSS RoIP is used by USSS protective details to ensure the security of protectees and protected locations through encrypted communications to and from USSS headquarters. Additionally, USSS uses RoIP for communication during criminal investigations in furtherance of USSS’s investigative mission.

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DHS/USSS/PIA-021 Comprehensive Incident Database on Targeted Violence (CID-TV)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Secret Service (Secret Service or USSS) has created the Comprehensive Incident Database on Targeted Violence (CID-TV). CID-TV is an on-going research project that analyzes past incidents of targeted violence directed toward public officials, public figures, and prominent facilities, structures, or events in support of the mission of the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information (SII).

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United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel

December 15, 2014. Executive Summary to [the] Report from the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security, p. 7.

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DHS/USSS/PIA 018 Laboratory Evidence and Information Management System

The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) has a Laboratory Evidence and Information Management System (LEIMS) that is used to support agency forensic and laboratory personnel. The LEIMS generates and manages a variety of operational and sample processing data, while meeting stringent requirements for traceability, chain of custody, evidence handling, and compliance with legal and regulatory statutes. The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) update is being conducted to document that LEIMS no longer supports the USSS Forensic Services Division (FSD). Only the USSS Special Services Division (SSD) remains supported by LEIMS.