FOIA Litigation Analyst

Overview

The FOIA Litigation Analyst will be responsible for tracking, implementing, and processing multiple Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act (FOIA/PA) requests that are the subject of litigation against the Department of State (DoS), or are under administrative appeal for denial of information.� The Litigation Analyst will coordinate with external government agencies to address issues of equity, ensure proper redaction of documents, and produce deliverable documents on six-week deadlines in compliance with court orders and DoS regulations.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee the processing and production of multiple FOIA/PA request cases that are the subject of litigation against DoS or under administrative appeal for denial of information.� The Litigation analyst will also be responsible for scheduling and tracking the status of these requests.


• Create and maintain official administrative records regarding DoS responses to litigated or appealed requests using FOIAXpress.


• Gather performance metrics, preliminary litigation reports, and recommendations to assist the Litigation and Appeals Office with case processing and joint status reports.


• Prepare and review legal documents under the supervision of a DoS attorney.


• Determine if the requests must be withheld under the exemptions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7(A, D, E) of the Freedom of Information Act


• Examine government records systems including eRecords and the Retired Records Inventory Management System (RIMS) using Boolean search strings to narrow the scope responsive documents.


• Compile, prepare, and format research data for use in litigation proceedings, litigation reports, draft search declarations, joint strategy reviews (JSRs), and Vaughn Indexes.