Records and Information Manager

US Government Accountability Office (GAO) - Washington, DC 20548

Salary Range: $1.00 - $2.00 Salary/year

Position Type: Full Time

Job Shift: Day

Education Level: Masters Degree

Travel Percentage: None

Category: Other

NOTE: ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED!

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), headed by the Comptroller General of the United States, was created by the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. GAO is a legislative agency, independent of the executive departments. GAO assists the Congress in its oversight of executive branch departments and agencies by providing audits, evaluations, and investigations of federal programs and activities.

Records and Privacy (R&P) is responsible for agency records and information management services. R&P preserves organizational knowledge and mitigates risk and exposure to GAO by following best practices and developing processes, procedures, and enabling technologies that adhere to good recordkeeping guidance and standards.

R&P staff create, implement, manage, and enforce the policies and procedures concerning the creation, organization, maintenance, use, storage, retrieval, and disposition of the GAO's records (regardless of record media and formats), and administer the oversight program for federal agency requests for records disposition under Title 8 of the United States Code. R&P answers information requests and performs research on all GAO collections after custody of the records is transferred to R&P from the originating GAO offices.

The records collections within GAO are comprised of administrative, engagement, legal, and policy documents. R&P manages records of historical significance, such as the Legislative Histories and GAO’s publications. GAO records have varying degrees of sensitivity and classification, including, but not limited to classified National Security Information at all levels, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and business sensitive. Few of GAO’s holdings have permanent retention, but several collections must be maintained for decades.

GAO has over ten million documents in its document and records management system and approximately 16,000 cubic feet of analog records in storage at the Federal Records Centers.

Provide services as a Records and Information Manager in support of the overall functions of The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Records and Privacy Department (R&P). This position is a full-time position expected to work 40 hours per week in support of the contract. The Records and Information Manager shall be onsite at the GAO headquarters in Washington, DC to oversee Contractor support personnel and monitor all Records and Information Management project work.

The Records and Information Manager will primarily work onsite but is eligible for occasional ad-hoc telework to be approved on a case-by-case basis by the COR. The Records and Information Manager shall set a work schedule and daily tour of duty that includes the established GAO core hours and not before or after the GAO approved work times of 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

• Provide oversight and technical accuracy for the Records and Information Management components of the contract work, specifically offering leadership and direction for Contractor staff members on the enterprise-wide inventory and file plan project.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge of professional best practices in the field of Records and Information Management to include: managing large collections of both analog and electronic records throughout their lifecycle; maintaining proper controls for records storage and access; applying records schedules to the appraisal and classification of records; identifying records, non-records, and personal papers; organizing and describing information collections using appropriate metadata;
  
  protecting classified and sensitive information and systems from unauthorized access; providing training and developmental resources to users on Records Management topics; and ensuring that all recordkeeping practices comply with applicable laws, regulations, and standards.