Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Agency overview
Formed	2004
Jurisdiction	United States
Headquarters	Washington, DC
Agency executives	Sharon Bradford Franklin, Chair; Edward W. Felten, Board Member; Travis LeBlanc, Board Member; Beth Ann Williams, Board Member; Vacant, Board Member;
Key documents	Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act; Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007;
Website	https://www.pclob.gov/

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) is an independent agency within the executive branch of the United States government, established by Congress in 2004 to advise the President and other senior executive branch officials to ensure that concerns with respect to privacy and civil liberties in the United States are appropriately considered in the development and implementation of all laws, regulations, and executive branch policies related to terrorism.^[1]

^ George, Roger Z.; Robert D. Kline (2005). Intelligence and the National Security Strategist. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 572. ISBN 978-0-7425-4039-2.