About the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

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Leadership

Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Daniel Sutherland

• Remarks by Daniel W. Sutherland at at American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s Silver Anniversary National Convention, May 28, 2005
• Remarks by Daniel W. Sutherland at the National Council on Disability’s press conference announcing their report “Saving Lives: Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning” April 15, 2005
• Remarks by Daniel W. Sutherland, at Heritage Foundation Lecture, "Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: A One-Year Review," July 1, 2004.

Department of Homeland Security Organizational Chart (PDF, 1 page - 159 KB) shows how the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties fits organizationally within the Department.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is to protect civil rights and civil liberties and to support homeland security by providing the Department with constructive advice on the full range of civil rights and civil liberties issues the Department will face, and by serving as an information and communication channel with the public regarding all aspects of these issues.

Training and Education intiatives support the Department's commitment to the protection of civil rights and civil liberties through the development of distributed learning training materials.

Authorities

• 6 U.S.C. 345 defines the roles and responsibilities of the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties within the Department of Homeland Security.  
• Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Privacy Statement. There are additional specific privacy policies regarding information for the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties web pages, in addition to the general privacy policy of the Department of Homeland Security Web site.

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