FOIA Analyst

Role Title: FOIA Analyst

Location: 100% Remote

Public Trust Clearance Eligible

Number of positions: 8

Required Skills:

• Receive, review, and analyze new and backlogged Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Intake incoming requests and prepare FOIA request folders.
• Enter request data in the FOIA tracking database. Draft response letters and other FOIA correspondence.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of FOIA rules and regulations; specifically applying exemptions b(4), b(5), and b(6).
• Experience redacting records with trade secret and confidential commercial information.
• Communicate and initiate negotiations with requesters, FOIA staff, sponsors (or regulated industry representative), and contractors pertaining to records requested and associated information to be released.
• Serve as a liaison with requesters, and on rare occasion, other agencies and appellants, regarding records that may involve more than one (1) agency component/office.
• Coordinate searches for responsive documents and identify duplicate records.
• Review program records for responsiveness and offer release determinations.
• Ensure released materials do not contain information exempted under the applicable exemptions.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English. Ability to work independently.

Preferred Skills: Regulatory agency experience preferred, experience using SecureRelease

Day-to-day Responsibilities: FOIA Review

Expected Deliverables: Weekly Metrics Report

Education: Min: Associates Degree ; prefered: BA/BS