EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT
INTRODUCTION TO THE PIA
Federal agencies are required by law to ensure the protection of the
personally identifiable information (PII) they collect, store, and transmit.
The Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) used the Department of Labor's
Privacy Impact Methodology to assess whether its systems contained PII and if
so, does it meet legal privacy requirements. This methodology documents that
proper protections of the information contained in OALJ's Information Systems
is maintained.
The OALJ system that is documented under this assessment is the LAN/WAN
which is the General Support System for the agency. All 180 employees within
OALJ utilized the LAN/WAN through their desktop computers in the National
Office and seven (7) District Offices throughout the country. In addition, the
LAN/WAN houses the intranet and Internet Web Sites.
Purpose
The LAN/WAN is the network backbone of the agency.
PIA APPROACH
The PIA was conducted by the OALJ network engineer along with the senior
staff attorney who developed the Privacy Act Notices that were re-published in
the Federal Register on April 8, 2002.
PIA RESULTS
The LAN/WAN does not contain PII except for the Internet Web Site which
collects names and e-mail addresses of persons interested in subscribing to
receive notices. These notices inform them that the web site posted new
information in a particular area of law such as Longshore and Harbor
Workers.
This PII has been published by OALJ as a system of records in the
Federal Register.
SUMMARY
The completed PIA Questionnaire did not find any vulnerabilities or
weaknesses with regard to the PII contained within the LAN/WAN system.
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