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|OrganizationName=Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
|OrganizationType=Independent Agencies
|Mission=The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) ensures that efforts by the executive branch to protect the nation from terrorism appropriately safeguard privacy and civil liberties. It reviews and analyzes actions to balance security needs with the protection of individual rights.
|CreationLegislation=Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, amended by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
|Employees=20
|Budget=$13M (FY 2023)
|OrganizationExecutive=Chairman
|Services=Oversight of counterterrorism programs; Policy advice; Public reporting; Privacy and civil liberties reviews
|HeadquartersLocation=38.90064, -77.00968
|HeadquartersAddress=800 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 565, Washington, DC 20002, USA
|Website=https://www.pclob.gov/
}}
{{Short description|U.S. government agency}}

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| chief1_name     = Sharon Bradford Franklin
| chief1_position = Chair
| chief2_name     = Edward W. Felten
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| chief3_name     = Travis LeBlanc
| chief3_position = Board Member
| chief4_name     = [[Beth Ann Williams]]
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| keydocument1    = [[Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act]]
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The '''Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board''' ('''PCLOB''') is an [[ Independent agency of the United States government|independent agency]] within the [[United States federal executive departments|executive branch of the United States government]], established by [[United States Congress|Congress]] in 2004 to advise the [[President of the United States|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.<ref>{{cite book|last=George|first=Roger Z.|author2=Robert D. Kline|title=Intelligence and the National Security Strategist|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2005|page=572|isbn=978-0-7425-4039-2}}</ref>