Foia Analyst

Job Title: FOIA Analyst Job Location: Remote Duration: Contract Job Summary: 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 ; preferred: BA/BS