Accident Incident Enforcement (AIE)

Under the authority of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. § 552a), an individual United States citizen or legal permanent resident may request access to records that are retrieved by their name or other identifier. The Freedom of Information Act gives individuals the right access to information unless that information is protected from public disclosure. The Federal Aviation Administration Accident Incident Enforcement (AIE) system is a major application that includes an External Privacy Act (PA) and Freedom of Information (FOIA) web tools that are used to fulfill PA and FOIA requests for information about airmen. AIE automatically processes requests for and release of limited information about airmen that are received from airmen seeking their own or other airmen records; air carriers or air operators; third-party representatives (e.g., law firms); and members of the public. Specifically, the system locates and retrieves information from several other FAA data systems and provides only releasable information to the requester. 

The FAA is publishing this Privacy Impact Assessment for AIE in accordance with Section 208 of the E-Government Act of 2002 because AIE collects and maintains information about airman, air carriers or air operators, third-party representative or members of the public to process PA or FOIA request for information about airman.