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FAA Blackboard System (Blackboard)

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Privacy - FAA - Blackboard - PIA - 2026.pdf

Blackboard is a web-based learning management system that delivers online courses through the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Office of Human Resource Management (AHR).  Blackboard is authorized under the Government Employee Training Act (GETA), as codified in 5 U.S.C. §§ 4101-4118, the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act, Title VI, Public Law 115-254, 49 U.S.C. § 44702, Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, Public Law 94-353; Section, National and Community Service Act of 1990, 49 U.S.C. § 12501. The FAA developed this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002 (E-Government Act), Pub. L. 107-347 (Dec. 17, 2002) because Blackboard collects and maintains Personally Identifiable Information (PII) (contact and course completion information or course, event, or contest registration information) from members of the public including Designees. This is an update to the PIA published on February 21, 2023. The Science Technology Engineering and Math-Aviation and Space Education (STEM-AVSED) Airport Design Challenge (ADC) functionality was removed from the Blackboard security assessment and authorization boundary, and a data exchange with the Designee Management System (DMS), replaced the previous data exchange with the Designee Registration System (DRS). 
 

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Last updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2026