Lead FOIA Analyst

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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 Mandatory

• Bachelor's Degree

• Secret

• National Guard or experience providing relevant services for the Army

• Over 3-5 years of experience with FOIA and Privacy Act (PA) requests and protecting personallly identifiable information (PII);
  Program/Contract Management Experience; leadership of a FOIA/PA Team; processing, tracking, redacting, and releasing requests; checking emailboxes for incoming requests; answering phone calls related to FOIA/PA; processing Privacy Act/PII breaches (all PWS tasks are included below)

• The contactor shall designate a CM who shall ensure performance under this contract.
• The name of this person, and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the CM is absent, shall be designated in writing to the KO.
• The CM and alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract.
• The CM shall work through the COR, to resolve issues, receive technical instructions, and ensure adequate performance of services.
• The CM shall ensure that contractor employees do not perform any services outside the scope of the contract without an official modification issued by the KO. The CM shall ensure contractor employees understand that services performed outside the scope of the contract are performed wholly at the expense of the contractor.
• The Contractor shall create a Monthly Progress Report (MPR). The Contractor shall submit the sample report to the COR for review and approval at the Post-Award meeting. The Contractor shall submit the MPR to the COR via email by the fifth (5th) calendar day of each month. Contractor shall submit a Year-End Roll-up Report of submitted data/information to the COR via email within five (5) calendar days prior to the end of period of performance of each contract period.
• FOIA and Privacy Act Request Processing Services:
  The NGB processes approximately 500 - 800 FOIA Requests and Privacy Act (PA) Requests each year.
• This range includes the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.
• The Contractor shall follow the process for executing FOIA and Privacy Act requests and are similar to the below described tasks.
• All FOIA/PA requests will follow a basic process: (1) Logging all requests; (2) creation of an electronic and hard copy file; (3) tasking each request; (4) tracking the status of each request; (5) obtain relevant documentation; (6) process received documentation; (7) provide completed packet to Government for review and approval; and (8) send out and closeout each request.
• The Government will provide all templates used under this section at the Post-Award Meeting.
• The NGB processes over 200 Privacy Breaches each year. Depending on the type of privacy breach requested, the Contractor shall either process according to the policy memorandum with Government approval or forward a request to the Government's System Manager for processing.
• The Contractor shall check the Government's "FOIA/PA Inbox" in Microsoft Outlook, Government fax machine, and Government processed mail on a daily basis.
• The Contractor shall log all new FOIA/PA requests (approximately 500-800 per year) into one of the following: (1) FOIAXpress; (2) Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts Case Tracking System (FACTS); (3) Freedom of Information Reporting System (FOIRS).
• The Contractor shall also log requests into the Open Cases Log (OCL) and Fiscal Year Log Excel Spreadsheets within one Business Day.
• The Government will provide access to these databases after confirmation of a CAC.
• The Contractor shall create an electronic FOIA/PA Case File Folder in the Government share drive and also duplicate the file in electronically using FOIA case tracking system, within one (1) Business Day.
• The FOIA/PA Case File template will be provided by the Government at the Post-Award Meeting. After creation of the FOIA/PA Case File, the Contractor shall update the case file upon completion of each document for tracking purposes.
• After requests are logged, the Contractor shall analyze each request for compliance with the aforementioned laws, regulations and policy and draft an Acknowledgement Letter.
• The Contractor shall submit the draft…