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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. sec. 552a, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to issue a new DHS system of records titled, DHS/ALL-046 Counterintelligence Program System of Records.

DHS developed the Counterintelligence (CI) Program to identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of Foreign Intelligence Entities (FIE). FIEs are known or suspected foreign state or non-state organizations or persons that conduct intelligence activities to acquire information about the United States, block or impair intelligence collection by the United States Government, influence United States policy, or disrupt systems and programs owned or operated by or within the United States, all of which may impact or influence DHS operations and missions. The term includes foreign intelligence and security services, international terrorists, transnational criminal organizations, and drug trafficking organizations conducting intelligence-related activities.

DHS is creating this new CI program system of records to account for the expansion of the Department’s CI program beyond the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to include Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Protective Service (FPS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Secret Service (USSS).

Some DHS counterintelligence records previously covered under the DHS/IA-001 Enterprise Records System (ERS) system of records notice (SORN) will now be part of the Department’s CI Program SORN. This notice does not rescind, revoke, or supersede the ERS SORN insofar as program offices in I&A will continue to maintain records separate from the CI program within that system of records.