Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Analyst

Education:

2 years of college or equivalent post H.S. Education

Experience:

3 years of Declassification, Privacy Act or FOIA related experience (less experience will be considered)

Security Clearance:

required Secret to TS/SCI clearance.

Roles And Responsibilities:

• Maintain case files as required for FOIA, Privacy Act, and Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) Programs.
• Use and report all issues with Appligent, Redax, Adobe Acrobat Professional, a tasker tracking and records management tools.
• Be familiar with government records management, drafting Declarations (Affidavits) or case summaries to prepare Affidavits, Vaughn Indices, and preparing Litigations and Consultations to Litigations Responses.
• Have a familiarity of Joint Command or Combatant Command environment.
• Manage and process assignments for public release.
• Use electronic tracking systems (e.g., Task Management Tool, FOIA database, etc.).
• Annotate/Maintain information within FOIA database and case files accurately.
• Validate proper classification and ensure records are properly marked before processing.
• Analyze, research, process, review, coordinate, validate exemptions, prepare all assigned requests, e.g., initials, appeals, consultations, referrals, litigations.
• Quality check/reviews all products before submitting to government for legal review and signature.
• Provide customer service within USCENTCOM and outside agencies to meet contract deliverables.
• Coordinate with other DoD organizations or Federal agencies prior to referring records or obtaining consultations.
• Comply with USCENTCOM's FOIA processes and utilize the available tools.
• Process initial FOIA requests to include, database input, interim letter preparation and dissemination, initial tasker building, and submission for government approval within three business days.
• Perform searches to collect, preserve, and analyze records that are responsive to Litigations and FOIA/PA/MDR requests.
• All reviews will be in accordance with the USCENTCOM FOIA Guide, and applying Executive Order (EO) 13526, Classified National Security Information, as required.