Privacy and Civil Liberties Impact Assessments (PCLIA)

Privacy and Civil Liberties Impact Assessment (PCLIA).  An analysis of how information is handled: to ensure handling conforms to applicable legal, regulatory, and policy requirements regarding privacy, to determine the risks and effects of creating, collecting, using, processing, storing, maintaining, disseminating, disclosing, and disposing of PII maintained in an electronic information system, and to examine and evaluate privacy controls for an information system and alternative processes for handling PII to mitigate potential privacy concerns.  The E-Government Act of 2002 requires that agencies conduct PCLIA for systems that process personal identifiable information.  More on guidance and procedures for conducting a PCLIA can be found at the Office of Budget and Management website at this link: Memoranda | OMB | The White House

TTB has conducted a PCLIA for each of the following systems: