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Department of Homeland Security Facts for March 1, 2003

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
February 28, 2003

On March 1, the Department of Homeland Security assumes operational control of

nearly 180,000 employees from incoming agencies and offices. In addition, a series of
Presidential Directives and Memoranda of Understanding transfer specific authorities
and responsibilities to the Department of Homeland Security.

Presidential Directive

The President has issued a Homeland Security Presidential Directive that provides the
Secretary of Homeland Security with the responsibility to manage major domestic
incidents by establishing a single, comprehensive national incident management system.
Components of the Directive include:

The Secretary of Homeland Security is responsible for coordinating federal operations

to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from all domestic incidents when any of
the following conditions apply: (1) the initial lead federal department or agency has
requested assistance; (2) the resources of state and local authorities are overwhelmed
and assistance has been requested by the state and local authorities; (3) more than one
federal agency has become substantially involved in responding to the incident; or (4) he
has been directed to assume responsibility for the domestic incident by the President.

All federal departments and agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary of Homeland
Security in the Secretary's domestic incident management role and shall participate in
and use domestic incident reporting systems and protocols established by the Secretary
of Homeland Security.

The Secretary of Homeland Security will provide assistance to state and local
governments to develop all-hazards plans and capabilities, including those of greatest
importance to the security of the United States homeland, such as the prevention of
terrorist attacks and preparedness for the potential use of weapons of mass destruction,
and ensure that state, local, and federal plans are compatible.

The Attorney General has the lead responsibility for criminal investigations and
intelligence operations concerning terrorist attacks and shall also work to ensure that
members of the law enforcement community will work with the Secretary of Homeland
Security as the official responsible for domestic incident management, to detect,
prevent, preempt, and disrupt terrorist attacks against the United States.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2004
President Resigns
Karmazin Says Move Sparked
By Tension With CEO Redstone
By CHRISTOPHER STERN
Washington Post Staff Writer
Viacom Inc. President Mel Karmazin unexpect-
edly resigned yesterday, saying he could no longer
tolerate the tension between himself and Sumner
M. Redstone, the media conglomerate's chief exec-
utive and controlling shareholder.
Karmazin's resignation brings an end to a rocky
four-year relationship that began when Viacom
merged with CBS in 2000. Once viewed as the 81-
year-old Redstone's heir apparent, Karmazin
stepped down one year after
Mel Kamtazh, left, signing a three-year contract
was seen as the that analysts believed was a
successor for chief signal that the two execu-
executive Sumner tives had put their well-
M. Redstone, known differences to rest
bottonif when he "If there needs to be a rea-
joined Viacom after son, it is that I thought, may-
its 2000 merger be naively, that this issue of
with CBS. Mel-Sumner would go away.
Clearly the issue is not going
away," Karmazin said in a telephone interview yes-
terday. He said there was no single incident or point
of disagreement that prompted his departure.
In contrast, Redstone said yesterday that reports
of troubles between the two executives were over-
blown and that Karmazin was stepping down be-
cause of frustration over the company's falling share
price. "My relationship with Mel has never been as
high as it is right now. He just felt he was better off
going another way," Redstone said in a conference
call with reporters.
In the past year, Viacom's share price has fallen
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Database on
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Set for Huge
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Reston Firm's Contract
Worth Up to $10 Billion
By ANITHA REDDY and SARA HEHAUIANI
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Washington Post Staff Writer
lie Department of Homeland Security yes-
terday awarded a contract worth up to $10 bil-
lion to Accenture LLPto oversee and expand a
massive U.S. program to track millions of for-
eign visitors as they cross American borders.
Hie project, called U.S. Visit, collects and
stores information about foreigners entering
and exiting the country on visas through air-
ports and seaports. The data, including digital
photographs and fingerprints, are stored in an
electronic database and shared among some*
government agencies to ensure that visitors
do not overstay their visas and to help au-
thorities capture suspected terrorists and
criminals.
The program debuted at U.S. airports and
seaports in January and has processed more
than 4.5 million people. Homeland Security of-
ficials said they have used U.S. Visit to deny
entry to suspected terrorists and to arrest
more than 500 wanted or suspected criminals.
Now the program will expand to track all
foreign visitors entering and exiting the coun-
try, including those who don't need visas and
those who arrive by land. \e DATABAS
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bers on May 19 that he planned to
resign. Furthermore, Karmazin
said it had become increasingly Ob-
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House panel votes to block Accenture's U.S. Visit pact Page 1 of 2

House panel votes to block Accenture's U.S. Visit pact

06/09/04
By Wilson P. Dizard III,
GCN Staff
The House Appropriations Committee voted today to prevent Accenture Ltd. from holding the systems integration
contract for the Homeland Security Department's multibillion-dollar virtual border system because it is based in
Bermuda and is a tax exile.
The panel cleared an amendment to the DHS' fiscal 2005 appropriations bill offered by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
that would bar companies that use loopholes to avoid paying federal taxes from holding homeland security contracts.
An Accenture spokesman denied that the company, based in Hamilton, Bermuda, is a tax exile and noted that many
steps remain before the provision becomes law.
The draft legislation must first be approved by the full House and Senate and receive presidential approval before it
becomes law. DeLauro's amendment reportedly passed on 35 to 16 vote.
The department stood by its decision. "Based on our review of the bid by DHS legal counsel, all bidders were U.S.
companies under law and therefore qualified to bid on the contract," said Kimberley Weissman, DHS spokeswoman.
DeLauro backed a similar amendment to the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
When DHS announced that it had awarded Accenture the contract for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator
System June 1, department officials rejected charges that Accenture is a tax exile.
Border and Transportation Directorate undersecretary Asa Hutchinson and U.S. Visit program manager Jim Williams
told reporters at a press conference that the Accenture unit that received the contract is based in the U.S. and pays U.S.
taxes.
Also on June 1, DeLauro issued a statement that she was "deeply disappointed that the Department of Homeland
Security has awarded $10 billion of the taxpayers money to a company that refuses to pay its own federal taxes.
Accenture, and other companies like it, have used loopholes in the tax system to shirk their duties to the United States,
by incorporating, on paper, in other countries like Bermuda."
Jim McAvoy, Accenture's corporate communications and issue management director, said, "It is early in the process
and we are going to continue to monitor it."
Accenture never has been a U.S. company, he said. Andersen Consulting was formed in 1989 as part of Andersen
Worldwide, a Swiss-based cooperative organization.
Arthur Andersen was the other part of the cooperative. In 2001, after an acrimonious fight, Andersen Consulting
organization finally severed its ties from Andersen Worldwide.
"Despite what some of our critics say, Accenture did not undertake a 'U.S. corporate inversion,'" McAvoy said.
"Accenture LLP is our U.S. entity and that is the organization that won the contract," he said.
"As a global company, we pay, and have always paid, our fair share of taxes in each of the countries in which we
generate income, including the United States. We pay U.S. taxes on income generated by our U.S. operations," he said.
"Preventing successful companies from bidding on government contracts just because they are not incorporated in the
U.S. rejects the free market principles of the federal procurement system," McAvoy said.
DHS officials have said that the U.S. Visit contract likely will not reach its $10 billion cap.
Accenture bested Computer Sciences Corp. of El Segundo, Calif., and Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, Md., in the
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 United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator (US-VISIT) Program

Goals

The goals of the US-VISIT program are to:

• Enhance national security;
• Facilitate legitimate travel and trade;
• Ensure the integrity of our immigration system; and
• Protect the privacy of those we encounter.

Why do we need an end vision?

Over the last number of years, the Congress has enacted a number of laws designed to combat a long
term issue - how to enhance national security, ensure integrity of the immigration system, while
facilitating legitimate travel, trade, and lawful immigration. These laws provide a rigid framework
with specific deadlines and tasks. Each law was focused and designed to achieve certain goals. They
do not, taken individually or in total, provide specific direction that will allow the United States to
implement a comprehensive strategy of controlling the borders or otherwise provide appropriate
security measures to protect the Homeland. In other words - although US-VISIT is responding to a
series of near term requirements set in statute - achievement of those mandates does not meet the
goals. This results in large gaps that we must strive to fill through a comprehensive end vision

Issues - Coverage
U.S. Border Crossings
Total 440 Million
After December 31, 2004, most individuals arriving
with nonimmigrant visas and those traveling under
the Visa Waiver Program will be processed through
US-VISIT. Although this is a large number of
crossings covered (26 million annually), this chart
demonstrates how many travelers will not be
covered.
U.S. Border Crossings
Total 277 Million Crossings (USCitizens excluded) US-VISIT intends to implement solutions to address
Visa Holders
5%
the BCC population, the immigrant visa holders, and
the legal permanent residents.

US-VISIT currently has limited statutory authority

to collect new data and complete checks on the
remaining identified groups - these groups represent
approximately 70% of the total crossings each year,
which translates to 215 million crossings not being
processed through US-VISIT.
Source: Performance Analysis System (FY 2002)
Note: Immigrant and Nonimmigrant visa holders are
grouped for the purposes of this chart.

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 Issues -Current systems environment

In the current environment, decision-makers must:

• Access multiple systems to obtain information on a
single person - relying on information provided by
the person to help define in which systems to search.
• Manually correlate and resolve inconsistent
information between systems. ICE CBP
• Build and maintain multiple interfaces between Decision Maker

systems to support individual process level data

needs.
• Utilize manual entry and extracts to get the needed
data into the systems used by the decision makers. DoS Criminal Terrorist Lookout
Inconsistent Access to Non-
• Make decision without being able to view data Integrated Data
relevant to the decision.

What does the End Vision provide?

In the future, US-VISIT will provide a mechanism to
Status Management
en provide relevant data about an individual - biographic,
Exit biometric, status, and events - to appropriate decision
makers at the federal, state, local, and international
levels in a timely manner so that they can make
Criminal
informed, effective immigration and border
USCIS
management decisions.
StateDepUi US-VISIT
State and
local
International US-VISIT will provide new abilities to analyze more
ICE
Terrorist accurate data at an aggregate level for management
and intelligence purposes.

Analysis US-VISIT will provide a harmonized set of integrated

systems, policies, processes, workforce, and
technologies.

This comprehensive system will enable the US Government to achieve the four goals of US-VISIT:
• Enhance national security: by ensuring decision makers have a comprehensive picture of an
individual, there will never be a situation where one part of the government let someone into the
country where another part knew the person should be kept out or detained.
• Facilitate travel and trade: US-VISIT will allow the government to align resources to threats and
implement 'trusted traveler' programs to expedite legitimate travelers, enhancing economic
prosperity and international relations.
• Ensuring inteRrity in the immigration system: integrating processes and data will result in
informed compliance - knowing the risks and penalties, the individual chooses to comply.
• Protecting privacy: by ensuring appropriate access to relevant data consistent with the purpose the
information was collected, US-VISIT will create an environment where privacy interests can
uniformly be protected and enforced.

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End Vision - How and Who of Data Access

Central to the successful implementation of US-VISIT is the creation of a robust enterprise-level

solution that supports real-time interoperability between systems and processes.

• Mechanics of Providing and Accessing Data: US-VISIT shall create an environment where
standard data elements and frequently requested data are stored and indexed, with links to full data
records stored in the individual provider's data system.

Data accessible through this process will include data held by DHS, DoS, as well others such as the
TSCandtheFBI/CJIS.

Users will access this US-VISIT environment either directly or through their organization specific
application. This will provide users an integrated picture of an individual without accessing each
system individually.

• Data Access Rules: US-VISIT will be established through agreed upon information access and
usage rules. These rules will ensure that users have access to data appropriate to the role and
security clearance they hold.

Users will be trained to ensure that they know when and how they are allowed to request data and
how that data may be used by those organizations.

Timing of US-VISIT

US-VISIT will be completed over a number of years

• FY 2004: Deploying functionality - Test Exit alternatives $338 M

o US-VISIT will be expanded to include Visa Waiver Program Travelers.
o US-VISIT will be deployed to the 50 busiest land border POEs
o US-VISIT will test Exit alternatives for air/sea environments.
• FY 2005: Deploy functionality - Test High Usage Radio Frequency $340 M
o US-VISIT will be deployed to all remaining land border POEs.
o US-VISIT will deploy biometric Exit functionality for air/sea environment.
o US-VISIT will test RF solutions for entry and exit functionality at land borders.
o US-VISIT will be expanded to BCC and lawful permanent residents at air and sea.
• FY 2006-08: Deploy RF -Implement interoperable environment $2.05 B
o US-VISIT will deploy RF functionality for use in land environment (entry and exit),
o US-VISIT will be expanded to include BCC holders and lawful permanent residents at
land border.
o US-VISIT will begin implementing new interoperable environment (est. 40% complete)
• FY 2009-10: Complete interoperable environment $1.04 B
o US-VISIT will complete implementation of new environment.

Beyond FY 2010, continuing funding will be needed to maintain, operate, and refresh technology
capabilities to support this environment.

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 U.S. Customs Service

Linda R. Lewis
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA)
4301 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22203

Dear Ms. Lewis:

Since the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, the primary mission of
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), formerly known as the United
States Customs Service, is to secure our Nation's borders against
terrorism. In this effort, it is paramount to identify all potential terrorist
threats as quickly as possible. In the national effort to fight terrorism,
information sharing has become a fundamental objective put forward by
the President.

At our Nation's borders, hundreds of millions of passenger vehicles enter

the United States each year. CBP uses several methods to identify
potential threats associated with these vehicles and their passengers, but
unfortunately access to real time vehicle registration and operator license
records is not among them. The addition of this data would significantly
enhance the ability of CPB to further scrutinize each passenger vehicle
and person that enters the United States for any potential terrorist activity
or association.

In order for our border security efforts to be effective and efficient, CPB
inspectors would need to have instant access to state motor vehicle and
driver data. With the guidance of AAMVA, CBP seeks to acquire vehicle
and driver information, from all 51 jurisdictions to accomplish this goal.
Access to this information via AAMVAnet would give our inspectors the
ability to quickly determine the validity of the driver and/or vehicle
documents being presented, thus enhancing our terrorist screening
abilities. To that end, we kindly request AAMVA's assistance in acquiring
this information from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. With
T RADIT10N network connectivity to AAMVAnet, CBP would be able to integrate driver
and vehicle data into our Automated Targeting System (ATS).
CBP currently receives electronically transmitted passenger manifest data
S ERVICE in advance from air and sea commercial carriers. This manifest data is
HONOR
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scrutinized by CBP in systems like ATS for any threat or indication of terrorist related activity. ATS is one of the
counter-terrorism systems that CBP uses to assess the threat of cargo and persons entering and leaving the
U.S and is only accessible over a secure, unclassified data network, The security requirements for ATS were
derived primarily from the need to implement the provisions of 18 US Code 1905 The Trade Secrets Act and
other laws and directives that apply to U.S. Government computer systems including:

18 US Code 2701 (Unauthorized Access to Electronically Stored

Information)
18 US Code 1362 (Malicious Mischief to Government Property)
18 US Code 1001, 1030 (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act)
OMB Memorandum 99-05 (Privacy and Personal Information in
Federal Records)

Access to ATS requires a full background investigation and a security

clearance. ATS users are trained federal law enforcement officers and will
use this system solely for law enforcement related purposes. CBP is now
under the jurisdiCtir on of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and
CBP Inspectors will use ATS in a unified border security mission. The
cooperation of each jurisdiction is essential to the success of this single
mission of protecting our nation's borders.

Thank you for your support in the Customs and Border Protection mission to fight terrorism. We look forward to
working with you on this effort. If you have any questions, please have a member of your staff telephone Mr.
John Penswater at (202) 927-0988.

Sincerely,

Robert M. Jacksta
Executive Director
Border Security and Facilitation