Senior FOIA Analyst

Senior FOIA Analyst – Join our team supporting the legal mission of a large federal agency. This position allows candidates to demonstrate expertise in processing FOIA requests, creating FOIA correspondence, and communicating negotiations, among other relevant tasks.

CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting‑edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.

Base pay range: $84,177.60/yr – $/yr. (Actual pay will be based on skills and experience – talk with your recruiter.)

• Receive, review, and analyze new and backlogged 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
• Communicate and initiate negotiations with requesters, FOIA staff, sponsors (or regulated industry representatives), and contractors concerning records requested and information to be released
• Serve as a liaison with requesters and, on rare occasions, other agencies and appellants regarding records that may involve more than one 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 applicable exemptions

• Three (3) years of experience processing FOIA requests
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of FOIA rules and regulations; specifically applying exemptions b(4), b(5), and b(6)
• Experience redacting records with trade secrets and confidential commercial information
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to obtain a government security clearance

• Prior federal government experience
• Experience with FOIA tools such as FOIA EXPRESS
• Experience using Secure Release
• Active security clearance (preferred)

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

We care about our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package.

We may use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans. For more information, contact