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Encrpyted

Automated process of scrambling data to make it unreadable for unauthorized users. Users require a decryption key/password to access encrypted data.

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Environmentally Preferable Product

Products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. The product or service comparison may consider raw material acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, reuse, operation maintenance, or disposal. EPA: EO 13101, Section 201

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Equality

The state of being equal; providing every person the same resources.

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Equality vs. Equity

Although both promote fairness, equality achieves this through treating everyone the same regardless of need, while equity achieves this through treating people differently based on need.

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Equity

Developing policies and procedures that distribute and prioritize resources to those who have been historically and currently marginalized, including tribes. It requires eliminating barriers and systems of inequality so every person has full access to the opportunities, power, and resources they need to achieve their full potential.

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Escape History

Escapes are defined as any escape from custody such as willful failure to return to a Reentry Center, escape from a minimum security facility, escape from a walled security facility perimeter, escape from a county jail, juvenile escapes adjudicated through a court, and adjudicated Community Custody Inmate (CCI) escapes. Attempted escape is considered the same as escape. The date of the escape/attempted escape will be used in determining the time period for scoring.

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Escorted Leave

A leave of absence from a correctional facility under the continuous supervision of an escort.

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Exhibit

Any document, transcript, written communication or other tangible item which is submitted to the court as evidence in conjunction with a legal pleading in a legal matter.

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Expectant Parent

A person who is pregnant, awaiting the birth of their child, or in the process of the final adoption of a minor child.

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Expenditure Monitoring

The periodic review of expenditures to ensure compliance with limitations imposed by law, allotments, and Department policy.

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