What are the responsibilities and job description for the FOIA Analyst position at Wits Solutions Inc.?
Education Requirements:-
- High School Diploma
- Experience/familiarity with following FOIA tools: Adobe Pro, FIPS, FIRST, FOIAXpress, FOIA online, Relativity.
- Wits Solutions Inc. (WITS) is a SBA certified 8(a) company with headquarters in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. WITS has been providing best-in-class solutions in professional IT and administrative consulting to various Federal, State, Local and commercial customers.
- At WITS, we believe in working not for our clients but with them. This is why right from the beginning our analysts and solution-builders work closely with our clients to ensure that the project outcomes continue to deliver value long into the future.
- Wits Solutions is looking for a FOIA Analyst to join our team supporting our DHS Customer on FOIA support requirements.
- Receive, review, and analyze new FOIA requests and determine if they are sufficient to process based on the FOIA and/or PA.
- Conduct record searches and apply lawful exemptions and redactions.
- Release responsive records to requesters within prescribed timeframes.
- Provide information on FOIA, and Client FOIA procedures and processes to employees and FOIA requesters.
- Assist FOIA specialists in implementing privacy policies and procedures.
- Process records in response to litigation requests, with the same deliverables as non-litigation requests.
- Receive new FOIA requests and triage them (reviewing and assigning) to ensure they are sufficient.
- Process complex FOIA requests by conducting record searches, reviewing, organizing, and analyzing search results, applying for lawful exemptions, and redacting responsive records in compliance with FOIA policy and established program procedures and practices; and
- Release redacted responsive records to the requester, researching and analyzing sensitive classified and controversial data to make pertinent FOIA determinations, and evaluating various correspondence and reports to determine FOIA applicability and associated policies.
- Experience/familiarity with following FOIA tools: Adobe Pro, FIPS, FIRST, FOIAXpress, FOIA online, Relativity.
- High school diploma required, but (4) year college degree preferred
- Experience using the following Microsoft Office Suite applications: Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Word.
- Must be able to sit at computer for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to lift at least twenty pounds.