What are the responsibilities and job description for the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Analyst position at Wits Solutions Inc.?
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.