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
Roles & Responsibilities
- Provide trained and experienced Government Information Specialists (GIS) to thoroughly process FOIA/PA cases.
- Each GIS will be expected to either acknowledge 40 requests per week, process to closure 150 cases per year, process eDiscovery FOIA requests and complete litigation and special document production related activities and products by deadlines set by the FOIA Program Manager or Office Director.
- Ensure case files are organized in the standard format, and all electronic data is recorded, accurate, and up to date, to ensure compliance with the data integrity provisions of the Offices Standard Operating Procedures.
- Analyze individual FOIA/PA cases to determine the steps needed to process the cases.
- Perform all case management functions to include receipt, research and release functions needed to satisfy the requester’s inquiry and move the case to completion.
- Manage a substantial number of cases (i.e., track, process, document) effectively and efficiently to closure.
- Support special document production activities by assisting with the coordination of Departments responses to requests: collecting and organizing documents; drafting routine correspondence; providing oral and written status reports; updating the automated FOIA case tracking system and administrative record of the project; and other related case processing duties as assigned all by deadlines set by either the Program Manager or Office Director Review and prepare Privacy Act SORNs, complete narrative statements for OMB, and prepare Federal Register Notices (also called preambles) submitted with notices to the Federal Register FR IAW OMB A-108.
- Review and prepare PIAs ensuring compliance with section 208 (b) of the E-Government Act of 2002.
- Provide Annual Privacy Training Slide Decks or when new PA/PII requirements are mandated.
- Weekly deliverable updates on the SORN and PIA reviews and their progress.
- Weekly updates on RMF progress for HUD Systems. Weekly updates on HUD forms and directives that maintain PII. All deliverables shall be provided to the Chief Privacy Officer Assist HUD privacy team with the review of all HUD forms and directives ensuring that the information collections are consistent with the intended use of the information, and the need for new information is balanced against any privacy risks.
“Equal Opportunity Employer Veteran/Disabled”
