Government Information Specialist - Washington, United States - Department Of Housing And Urban Development

Description

Summary

This position is located at Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.

This opportunity is also open to Status eligibles under announcement 24-HUD-1041. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

Duties

As a Government Information Specialist, you will:

• Serve as a Government Information Specialist and as such responds to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) requests received in Headquarters, as well as administering both Acts and HUD regulations to ensure Department-wide consistency of information disclosure, and confidentiality policies, practices, and procedures, including the production of procedural and training materials for these regulations and other FOIA/PA related matters.
• Provide guidance and advice on Federal FOIA and privacy policy and processes and develops and publishes strategies and directives providing guidelines and operating procedures to subordinate elements of all FOIA/PA issues.
• Serve as the subject matter expert contact point in the organization in responding to the public, the media, other agencies, and employees and officials of the Department who are seeking information about agency records, interpretation, policy, process and procedure, and/or technical assistance concerning access laws administered by HUD.
• Assist branch chief in the drafting of formal FOIA and Privacy rulemaking documents for publication in the Federal Register and codification in the Code of Federal Regulations.