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
Education/ Certification Mandatory:
Work Experience Mandatory
At least Three years of experience processing FOIA requests. This experience may be substituted with a law degree (i.e., Juris Doctor degree).
Minimum Qualification / Skills Required
- Must be a United States Citizen.
- Possess experience with working in a professional office setting.
- Possess experience working in a high-pressured work environment that requires meeting tight deadlines.
- Possess strong attention to detail, organization skills and ability to meet deadlines efficiently.
- Possess ability to multi-task and handle multiple projects.
- Possess ability to work with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.
- Be able to track workload of the supporting office, and submit weekly reports.
Roles And Responsibilities
- Serves as a subject matter expert in the areas of the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act (PA), performing all functions relating to reviewing and processing the responsive record, to include redacting all portions of record that cannot be released to the requestor, identifying the correct exemptions used, and identifying documents or other items in a file that require special processing.
- The FOIA Specialist must provide FOIA/PA review and process pending FOIA cases. Scans FOIA support documents related to cases assigned into the FOIA database.
- Prepare documentation for, and draft responses to, FOIA/PA requests, coordinating proposed disclosures of information for several entities within the agency.
- Process submitter notices associated with specific FOIA cases and provide initial analysis of submitter objections. Redact documents in accordance with agency/entity FOIA protocols which include annotating appropriate FOIA exemptions on records.
- Process draft responses to submitters of objections to release of information in records and generate draft response letters to requestors detailing the FOIA review and release determination.
- Maintain complete and detailed case notes on all assigned cases. Support agency litigation efforts, in coordination with the office of disclosure, by crafting Vaughn indices, declarations, affidavits, answers to complaints, and supplemental releases.
“Equal Opportunity Employer Veteran/Disabled”
