Job Title: Senior Freedom of Information Act Analyst

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Freedom of Information Act Analyst to join our team at Novel Applications of Vital Information. As a Senior FOIA Analyst, you will be responsible for responding to public and official requests for review and release of classified and/or sensitive customer information under the FOIA, PA, or E.O Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR).

Key Responsibilities:

• FOIA/PA/MDR Compliance: Ensure compliance with all aspects of FOIA and PA, including determining if a request is a new case, assessing what is needed, coordinating with appropriate organizations for subject matter expert (SME) review, analyzing the adequacy of the responses, and consulting with other IC elements for equity reviews.
• Litigation Support: Assist lawyers in litigation support for significant, complex cases, including maintaining case databases, organizing data, and retrieving documents from databases for trial presentations.
• Research and Support: Perform general research and support activities to assist attorneys, including drafting or reviewing documents for technical correction and edits in the development of Congressional testimony, budget presentations, issue papers, and talking points related to FOIA/PA/MDR/NARA.
• Collaboration and Relationship Building: Drive collaboration and relationship building through the IC counterpart engagement process by enabling the IC engagement plan.
• Customer and IC Engagement: Engage with customer and IC Working groups, such as the IMC and Difficult Issues Forum, as directed by the Government.
• Case Tracking and Updates: Track and update the status of cases in a timely and accurate manner using customer tools as identified by the Government.
• Compliance and Enforcement: Assist the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), the Office of the Inspector General of the IC (ICIG), the customer Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA), the Office of Strategic Communications (StratComm), the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), customer Office of Security (OS), customer CLPT Office, Mission Integration (MI), Policy; Capabilities (PC), Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (OEEO), and other relevant organizations, to ensure customer compliance with all aspects of FOIA/PA/MDR.
• Capability Needs Assessment: Assist Government Leads in assessing capability needs, opportunities, and gaps to help link resources to strategy. Deliverables may include formal recommendations researched by the Contractor staff and shall be presented to the Government as a peer-reviewed memo or other formal document.
• Public Access and Release: In accordance with applicable law and at Government direction, ensure that the agency information which has been cleared for public release is available for public inspection and/or copying/downloading.
• Individual Rights and Access: In accordance with applicable law and at Government direction, enable the enforcement of the right of any person to access records, subject to statutory exemptions, for any public or private purpose.
• Record Amendments: In accordance with applicable law and at Government direction, ensure individuals can amend records of personal identifiable information about themselves.
• Information Protection: In accordance with applicable law and at Government direction, prohibit access to information about an individual without that individual's knowledge and consent.
• Support to IC Elements: In support of another IC element, responded to public and official requests for review and release of classified and/or sensitive information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy (PA), and/or Mandatory Declassification.

Requirements:

• Education and Experience: BA with 9 years of experience in FOIA, NARA/PA/MDR within the Intelligence Community (IC).
• Clearance: Requires a TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance.
• Experience: Requires experience responding to public and official requests for review and release of classified and/or sensitive information under the FOIA, PA, or Mandatory Declassification Review; experience ensuring information cleared for appropriate release is available for public inspection and/or copying/downloading; enables the enforcement of the right of any person to access records, subject to statutory exemptions, for any public or private purpose.
• Education and Experience (Alternative): BS/BA+ 18 years of experience required a MS/MA+ 10 years of experience or no degree and 24 years of experience.