Summary This position is located in Office of General Counsel (OGC), Program Support Branch (PSB), Legal Research Center (LRC) The supervisor is Allison Robinson This position is Bargaining Unit with the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208 This position IS NOT subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position IS NOT subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements Responsibilities The successful candidate will perform the full range of duties: The Legal Administrative Specialist (LAS) in the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), is primarily responsible for maintaining a wide-ranging legislative information service, compiling and maintaining legislative histories, and professional cataloging and classification of the law library collection and reference systems. The LAS is also responsible for the administration, maintenance, and development of OGC’s SharePoint sites; information collection and organization; and workflow processing, efficiency, and effectiveness. The LAS coordinates the training and use of interrelated filing systems designed to maximize information retrieval. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship Required This is a Drug Testing position. Must be able to meet/maintain security & suitability requirements. You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. Qualifications In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the basic education OR specialized experience requirements (or a qualifying combination thereof) as described below. GG-0901-7, Basic Qualification Requirements: Education: 1 full year of graduate level education OR successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in any field leading to a bachelor\'s degree with Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A.). Graduate education field of study must be related to this position and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A.) is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership. Class standing Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses. Grade-point average (G.P.A.) Applicants must have a grade-point average of: 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (\"B\" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (\"B+\" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum. Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies . Membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision. OR; Specialized Experience: one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GG/GS-5) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized Experience demonstrates the ability to develop and maintain complex interrelated filing systems. Ability to use technology to create office workflow efficiencies and organization of materials from multiple sources. Knowledge of information practices (including storage, maintenance, and retrieval) and workflow processing procedures. GG-0901-9, Basic Qualification Requirements: Education: master\'s or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. Graduate education field of study must be related to this position and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR; Specialized Experience: one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GG/GS-7) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience at this level is defined as specific experience that demonstrates understanding of or ability to track and monitor progress on activities and projects. Understanding of legislative and/or congressional activities related to the NRC’s policies, programs, and initiatives. Experience using technology (Microsoft Suite) to create office workflow efficiencies and organization of complex materials from multiple sources. Demonstrated knowledge of information collection practices (including storage, maintenance, and retrieval) and workflow processing procedures. If you are qualifying based on education, you MUST include a copy of your college and/or university transcripts with your application. Education must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of credibility of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. If you have multiple degrees (e.g., BS, MS, PhD) please submit transcripts for each degree. If you are qualifying based on Superior Academic Achievement, ensure the transcripts provided include the required information such as GPA. A description of how you possess the specialized experience should be addressed in your resume, the vacancy questions, and may also be addressed in the additional space provided for your supplemental response. Education There are no positive minimum educational requirements for this position. Additional Information The duty location of this position is Rockville, MD. In general, employees are expected to be in the office at a minimum of 4 days per pay period. Telework schedules, including full-time telework, are approved, on a case-by-case basis. If selected, telework will be determined in accordance with Agency policy and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if applicable. Based on the staffing needs of the agency/area of consideration, additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement. False statements or responses on your resume or questionnaire can jeopardize your employment opportunity and subject you to disciplinary action, including removal from Federal service. The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Individuals with disabilities may contact the Selective Placement Coordinator for assistance with the application or hiring process via Disability.Resource@nrc.gov. Deaf applicants may contact the Disability Program Manager by calling the NRC videophone at 240-428-3217.
Summary This position is located in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, (OCIO), Data, Information Management, and Enterprise Governance (DIME), FOIA, Library, and Information Collections Branch (FLICB). The supervisor is Stephanie Blaney. This position is Non-Bargaining Unit. This position IS/NOT subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position IS not subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements. Responsibilities The successful candidate will perform the full range of Government Information Specialist (FOIA). As a Government Information Specialist, you will serve as a member of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) team. You will provide advice and assistance to all offices regarding Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA)activities, including conducting training sessions, interpreting requests, coordinating responses, reviewing documents for exempt information, arranging for extensions, resolving related problems and assuring responses are timely and accurate. You will counsel FOIA coordinators in NRC regarding meeting deadlines for receipt of documents, scoping requests and volume of documents involved in order to resolve problems and to expedite processing requests; review responses and documents supplied by staff offices. You will develop recommendations or solutions on legal and policy matters pertaining to the FOIA and Privacy Act and research pertinent law and related information and develop drafts of regulations procedures, manuals, and other guidance necessary to effectively implement the FOIA. You will examine records relating to NRC mission, which can include enforcement actions and NRC investigations to verify that identities of confidential sources, and privacy interests of other individuals meet legal criteria for exempting information from disclosure and are supported by agency policy. Other duties include: Provide guidance to the public on the process of requesting documents under FOIA Coordinate staff reports on fee estimates and prepare notices to requesters on estimated fees Stay abreast of FOIA developments and apply knowledge gained to make recommendations to the FOIA team. Consult with NRC licensees and other agencies. Review received requests and determine if information has been publicly released. Determine possible agency Offices for provision of responsive materials and assign fee estimates and searches / reviews to those Offices. Compile responsive records from various Offices and redact content, as necessary, eliminate duplicate information, obtain consent to fees or advance payment from requesters and enter response in FOIAonline, prior to sending response to requester. Maintain FOIA statistics, provide training sessions to FOIA coordinators and agency staff, as needed. Implement changes to agency regulations and guidance as required, by Executive Orders and amendments to FOIA. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship Required This is a Drug Testing position. Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires. You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. Qualifications In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: 1. Knowledge of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Attorney General reports and interpretations, appropriate case law, and pertinent Executive Orders, regulations, policies, and procedures governing the protection of sensitive information. 2. Demonstrated ability to identify issues and problems, determine relative priorities, develop definitive alternatives, and to focus quickly on possible solutions for FOIA Officer or management action. 3. Skill in communicating information, ideas, and advice in a clear, concise, and a logical manner, both orally and in writing, within both internal and external organizations. 4. Demonstrated ability or potential in working with electronic FOIA case management software programs (i.e., FOIAXpress); preventing, reducing, or eliminating FOIA case backlogs; planning, tracking, and prioritizing a variety of programmatic and administrative activities involving competing priorities and statutory deadlines. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: Experience in researching, analyzing, and evaluating data for response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests; assembling and reviewing proposed FOIA release packages and applying appropriate FOIA exemptions. Experience in reviewing and analyzing appeals from denials of access to records requested under FOIA and recommending final agency decision on release / non-release of records. Experience in interpreting and applying statutory requirements rules, regulations, public laws, and guidelines governing the FOIA and Privacy Act programs. Education No Education Requirements. Additional Information The duty location of this position is Rockville, MD. In general, employees are expected to be in the office at a minimum of 4 days per pay period. Telework schedules, including full-time telework, are approved, on a case-by-case basis. If selected, telework will be determined in accordance with Agency policy and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if applicable.
