Government Information Specialist

Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. GS-12: Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service that provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience coordinating official requests for information regarding litigation resulting from legal or regulatory obligations. Experience drafting, reviewing, and editing litigation reports. Experience conducting studies and surveys of business processes, presenting findings, and providing technical analysis and advising for correcting deficiencies in Freedom of Information (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) processing. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-12 position.
These positions are in the Programs and Policies Division, Litigation and Appeals Branch in the Office of Information Programs and Services, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Global Information Services, Bureau of Administration, in the U.S. Department of State. The incumbent is responsible for carrying out duties and responsibilities associate with acting on requests for Department of State records that are either the subject of litigation or administrative appeal of denial of information.