Government Information Specialist-Privacy/FOIA Officer

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has adopted the VHA Freedom of Information Act Program for the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and establishes policy to comply with FOIA. The Facility Privacy/FOIA Officer has oversight for the data governance program and initiatives in the VHA Medical Center or Healthcare System and its supporting catchment area. Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/24/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: researching, analyzing, and evaluating data for response to information requests; assembling and reviewing proposed FOIA release packages, reviewing and analyzing appeals from denials of access to records requested under FOIA and recommending final agency decision on release/non-release of records; developing, implementing, and maintaining privacy policies and procedures; evaluating the impact of the Privacy Act and regulations on the organization's activities. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at