Location: Washington, D.C.
Employment Type: Full Time
Department: Information Technology
CGS is seeking an experienced individual to join our team as a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Analyst. You will be responsible for receiving, reviewing, and analyzing new and backlogged FOIA requests for a large federal agency.
CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve government’s most dynamic problems with cutting edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates that 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.
Skills and attributes for success

• Receive, review, and analyze new and backlogged Freedom of Information Act (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
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of FOIA rules and regulations; specifically applying exemptions b(4), b(5), and b(6)
• Experience redacting records with trade secret and confidential commercial information
• Communicate and initiate negotiations with requesters, FOIA staff, sponsors (or regulated industry representative), and contractors pertaining to records requested and associated information to be released
• Serve as a liaison with requesters, and on rare occasion, other agencies and appellants, regarding records that may involve more than one (1) 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 the applicable exemptions
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English
• Ability to work independently

Qualifications

• Regulatory agency experience preferred
• Experience with FOIA tools like FOIA EXPRESS,,
• Experience performing document review in Relativity/edisco preferred
• Legal research and legal writing skills

Ideally, you will also have

• Min: Associate Degree
• Preferred: BA/BS

Our commitment:
Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our clients’ specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.
For the past seven years we’ve been growing our government-contracting portfolio, and along the way we’ve created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.
Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come.
We care about our employees. Therefore, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• 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 their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Join our team and become part of meaningful government innovation!
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https://cgsfederal.com/join-our-team/
For more information about CGS please visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com or contact:
Email: info@cgsfederal.com