The FOIA blog

OGIS is Hiring

The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) which is the Office tasked with FOIA Ombudsman activities among other things is hiring.  They have two job positions open and they hire from both within and outside of the government.  The job postings can be found here and here.

NLRB Seeks FOIA Attorney

The National Labor Relations Board is seeking a GS-15 FOIA Attorney - more details can be found here.

 

FOIA Jobs

FCI Federal has a couple of FOIA jobs available -- one is at the NRC and the other is at the Department of the Treasury.  More information on these jobs can be found here.  

Legal Internship Available

National Security Counselors, a DC area public interest law firm, is accepting applications from JD and LLM students for a legal intern for the fall 2012 semester. For information about NSC, please visit http://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org.

The legal intern’s responsibilities and experience will include factual and legal research and writing for a variety of types of cases, summarizing documents obtained from the government for publication, developing and submitting grant applications, and other legal support work as necessary.

The position requires approximately 15-25 hours per week, but is mostly a telecommuting position on your own time; although, some in-person work time is required. The position is unpaid, but academic credit may be available depending on your school’s requirements.

More details about the internship, including requirements and application procedures, is available at http://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org/files/Internship.pdf (case sensitive).

Any questions should be directed to Kel McClanahan at [email protected].

FOIA Attorney Position

DMI is currently seeking to hire a FOIA Attorney to support a Cyber Security and Information Assurance program for a Federal Government customer on a long-term contract in the DC metro area.  You can find out more on the DMI website.

If you end up getting the job, feel free to let them know that you heard about it on the FOIA blog! 

OPM Releases Draft on FOIA Job Classification

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has released its draft "flysheet" for the Public Information Management Series, 0306.  This is the draft of the position classification for those employees who primarily work on FOIA matters.  Comments are due by October 31, 2011.

FOIA Legal Internship Available

National Security Counselors, a DC area public interest law firm, is accepting applications from JD and LLM students for a legal intern for the fall 2011 semester. For information about NSC, please visit http://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org/.

The legal intern’s responsibilities and experience will include factual and legal research and writing for a variety of types of cases, summarizing documents obtained from the government for publication, developing and submitting grant applications, and other legal support work as necessary.

The position requires approximately 15-25 hours per week, but is mostly a telecommuting position on your own time; although, some in-person work time is required. The position is unpaid, but academic credit may be available depending on your school’s requirements.

More details about the internship, including requirements and application procedures, is available at http://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org/files/Internship.pdf (case sensitive).

Any questions should be directed to Kel McClanahan at [email protected].

 

Interior Department Seeking FOIA Officer

The Interior Department is seeking a FOIA Officer -- the deadline for applying is July 26, 2011.  More information can be found here.

Short Term FOIA Position Available

There is a very short term FOIA position available for later this year.  The details are:

Target Systems looking to hire an entry level person with FOIA familiarity/experience for a short period of time to support a government client. The length of employment will be from November 1 through December 31, 2011. Send resume to [email protected].

Target Systems is a Small, Woman Veteran Owned business headquartered in Mechanicsburg, PA. Their primary clients are mostly Navy agencies in Mechanicsburg, Washington, DC and Norfolk. Their FOIA customer is in Washington, DC. If you wish to learn more about Target Systems, visit their website at www.target-sys.com.

FOIA Attorney Position Available

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is seeking an attorney to manage its FOIA Program.  Further details can be found here.  The deadline for applying is July 1, 2011.