FOIA Analyst Job at Wits Solutions Inc in Washington

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.

Job Description:

Experience required:

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's Degree
• Expertise in computer software applications including Microsoft Word, Windows, Excel, PowerPoint, and FOIA Xpress
• Experience and capacity to operate Federal web based systems
• Knowledge of, and experience with, the FOIA Exemptions and processes.

Responsibilities:

• FOIA Request Processing and Consultation
• Process responsive records using electronic tools.
• Understand how to use the electronic tools, including marking and applying redactions.
• Understand how to identify material for protection under the FOIA's exemptions and can easily contact supervisors with questions.
• Segregate non-exempt information for release.
• Clearly mark redactions on partial releases with the applicable exemptions on the document in accordance with the Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy's Guidance
• Assessment of Requests
• Records responsive to FOIA requests are typically complex and contain sensitive information, and the contractor will handle sensitive information accordingly.
• Completion of FOIA Requests
• Shall ensure that the final response adheres to the established guidelines of the FOIA process. The guidelines consist of the FOIA, the FRMA, and implementing
• Departmental regulations and issuances; and organizational and Departmental policy statements that consist of complicated information management statutes that permits an individual to gain access to records and its implementing Departmental regulation; organizational and Departmental policy statements that are general in nature and of limited use in specific projects and situations.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• The Mid-Level Analyst will assist in processing all incoming FOIA requests and ensure that all requests comply with the statutory provisions of the FOIA.
• The Mid-Level analyst will also: Assist in identification of possible exempt items for further review.
• Assist in entering request data in tracking system
• Prepare draft acknowledgement letters
• Redact records determined to be responsive to requests
• Respond to simple requests
• Contact personnel for responsive records in addition to the work knowledge base of the Junior-Level Analyst.