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PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

PERFORMANCE THROUGH PROGRESS

The following section demonstrates how the achievements of the Board relate to defined
goals and objectives of the agency.

STRATEGIC GOAL 1: ADVICE
Provide effective and timely advice regarding the protection of privacy and civil liberties
in the development and implementation of legislation, regulations, and policies related to
efforts to protect the nation against terrorism.

OBJECTIVE 1.1:

Continue to serve as a trusted source of advice to the President and executive branch
departments, agencies, and elements on how to ensure efforts to protect the nation
from terrorism appropriately protect privacy and civil liberties.

OBJECTIVE 1.2:

Ensure that Board advice is constructive, practicable, and timely.

OBJECTIVE 1.3:

Maintain and strengthen the Board’s collaboration with agency privacy and civil
liberties officers.

The Board continues to perform its advice function,
which entails providing advice to agencies involved
in efforts to protect the nation against terrorism.
The Board currently has one advice project. During
the past year, the Board also completed three
advice engagements that relate to revisions of
Attorney-General approved guidelines governing
the handling of U.S.-personal information collected
under Executive Order 12333. With the completion
of these engagements, the Board has provided
advice, or is currently providing advice, on every
significant revision or issuance by an IC element of
its Attorney-General approved guidelines since
2013.

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