Attorney-Adviser (General)

The Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties (OPCL) supports the duties and responsibilities of the Department's Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer (CPCLO), who is a member of the Office of the Deputy Attorney General and the principal advisor to the Attorney General, Department Leadership, and components on issues involving privacy and civil liberties policy and compliance.

About the Office The Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, United States Department of Justice, is responsible for ensuring the Department's compliance with privacy and civil liberties-related laws, policies, and technical requirements, and appropriately minimizing related risks. OPCL also plays a central policy-making role in the Department's development and evaluation of legislative, regulatory, and other policy proposals affecting privacy, both domestically and internationally. OPCL also develops and provides Departmental privacy training, oversees responses to data breaches, and ensures the Department has adequate procedures to receive, investigate, respond to, and redress complaints from individuals who allege violation of their privacy or civil liberties. Job Description As an Attorney-Advisor (General) GS-0905-14/15, your typical work assignments may include the following: - Provide legal advice and guidance to Department leadership and components on privacy and civil liberties matters; - Provide policy advice concerning proposed legislative, regulatory, or policy proposals that impact privacy and civil liberties; - Ensure the Department's compliance with privacy and civil liberties laws, regulations, and policies, and appropriately mitigate related risks; - Develop and implement training program policy and specific training sessions; - Oversee the Department's responses to data breaches; - Ensure the Department has adequate procedures to receive, investigate, respond to, and redress complaints from individuals who allege violation of their privacy or civil liberties; - Prepare privacy-related reporting to Congress and other oversight bodies; - Represent OPCL in Department-wide working groups, such as the Emerging Technology Board; - Assess and establish controls to minimize privacy-related risks in uses of artificial intelligence (AI); and - Review the information handling practices of the Department to ensure that such practices are consistent with the protection of privacy and civil liberties, particularly in law enforcement and national security matters.