Welcome to
The Defense Privacy Office
Home Page
Mission and Functions
The Defense Privacy Office is responsible for
implementation of the Department of Defense (DoD) Privacy Program.
The Program is based on the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), as implemented
by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (OMB Circular A-130) and DoD regulatory authority (DoD
Directive 5400.11 and DoD 5400.11-R), and is intended to provide
a comprehensive framework regulating how and when the Department
collects, maintains, uses, or disseminates personal information
on individuals. The purpose of the Program is to balance the
information requirements and needs of the Department against the
privacy interests and concerns of the individual.
In discharging this assigned responsibility, the
Defense Privacy Office performs multiple functions, to include:
- Developing policy, providing program oversight,
and serving as the DoD focal point for Defense Privacy matters,
- Providing day-to-day policy guidance and assistance
to the DoD Components in their implementation and execution of
their Privacy Programs,
- Reviewing new and existing DoD policies which
impact on the personal privacy of the individual,
- Reviewing, coordinating, and submitting for
publication in the Federal Register Privacy Act systems
of records and Privacy Act rulemaking by the DoD Components,
- Developing and coordinating Privacy Act computer
matching programs between the DoD Components and between the DoD
Components and other Federal and State agencies,
- Providing administrative and operational support
to the Defense Privacy Board, the Defense Data Integrity Board,
and the Defense Privacy Board Legal Committee.
This page was last modified on:
August 21, 2003