ADDITIONAL KSA INFORMATION:
Knowledge of the provisions and application of the FOIA/PA and national security provisions, as well as relevant case law.
I have knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, provisions and application of the FOIA/PA and national security provisions through successfully completing USPS OIG annual mandatory trainings such as "Sexual Harassment and Prevention for Federal Employees" and "The No FEAR Act". Also, I have researched information found on USDA OIG, USDA, and Department of Justice websites for FOIA information.
I am aware that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was enacted in 1966, and is found in Title 5 of the United States Code, section 552. It provides that any person has the right to request access to
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When, in the course of responding to an FOIA request, an agency cannot readily determine whether the information obtained from a person is privileged or confidential business information, the policy of USDA is to obtain and consider the views of the submitter of the information and to provide the submitter an opportunity to object to any decision to disclose the information."
With respect to WPE, I recently participated in workplace environment (WPE) assessment interviews of USPS employees and managers, and WPE assessment team meetings. During the WPE team meetings I expressed to the team, team lead, and WPE ASAC, the facts I gleamed from the multiple interviews conducted and provided feedback. I identified/defined the problems or issues at hand. I expressed this does not appear to be a harassment issue, instead, other matters may exist such as cultural differences (the facility management team were all of Indian decent) which may have lead to perceived gender discrimination towards females, as expressed in multiple interviews. Lastly, I encouraged the WPE ASAC to interview the USPS facility Post Master in order to view, analyze, and assess whether or not he showed signs of gender
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I provided an assessment , that the issue at hand appeared to be more of a cultural communication issue above anything else. I noted that the management team at this facility were males of Indian decent. Next, I citied customary tones, mannerisms, and drive commonly said to be used by, or associate with, some people of Indian decent may have been misinterpreted or misconstrued by some non-Indian decent employees at this facility, as racist or intimidating. Conversely, management may not have been aware of how their employees perceived or interpreted their communication style and
These Adjudicative Guidelines are used to evaluate each applicant’s eligibility for access to classified or sensitive information and for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and are also used to guide adjudicators in evaluating information gathered during an applicant’s background investigation
Another piece of legislation that can affect the management of confidential information is the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Anyone is allowed to request information that has been recorded by any public-sector organisation, for example:
§552; a federal law; which makes information held by a government agency available to the public. Therefore, if the claimant plans on pursuing the lawsuit in District Court, when they receive their Right to Sue Letter; they should immediately request a copy of the FOIA File. Importantly, the FOIA File has information from the plaintiff and the employer; which was used by the EEOC investigator used to make their final decision. Equally, it contains information that the employer submitted to EEOC; which can be very beneficial in the lawsuit. Likewise, the claimant can request the FOIA File directly, on the EEOC website. If if send request via email submit a copy of dated the Right to Sue Letter. However, the turnaround time for the FOIA File is 20 working or business days; after the representative has received the request. Equally, the FOIA must be requested within 90 days. Therefore , if the request is made via email' attached copy of the Letter of Determination in PDF is attached to the email for date verification and to resolve any statue of limitation issues. If the receive the information isn't returned in a timely manner; r continue to email weekly and request the file. Moreover, the FOIA File is NOT free. A letter from your local FOIA Requester Service Center will inform you where or who to contact to purchase the file. Contact the Requester Service Center for questions and
6. How does the Privacy Act differ from FOIA, and when would a taxpayer request information under the Privacy Act rather than under FOIA?
* Loss of Confidentiality – Impact of unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information (e.g., Privacy Act).
The Privacy Protection Act of 1980 protects journalists from being required to turn over to law enforcement any work product and documentary materials, including sources before it is disseminated to the public. Journalists who most need the protection of
9. These conditions preserve the confidentiality of the communication or data, and the legal protections regarding the use and disclosure of privileged information, and thus such communications and data are private and confidential. Further, the U.S. Government shall take all reasonable measures to protect the content of captured/seized privileged communications and data to ensure they are appropriately protected.
Any individual has the right to obtain information stored about them at any given time.
Since the 9/11 attacks, concerns about the fine line between safety and privacy have arisen. It all began after the Patriot Act was enacted by the government to protect the safety of our country. One of its most controversial sections is section 215 which allows access to records and other tangible items under FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act). Many Americans argue its right for the government to have access to certain personal information for the safety of the country. Others allege this goes against the fourth amendment of the constitution which states people are protected from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. However, it does not protect against all searches and seizures, but only those that are thought unreasonable under the law.
CompTel a small subgroup part of AT&T distributor and competitor, filed a FOIA request with the Federal Communications Commission in 2005, the notion was to find documents related to the federal communication commission question, which was querying whether AT&T had cheated CompTel, by having overpriced goods in their work on a technological education project. AT&T denied having being involved with such matter and the FCC is refusing to release the documents. Their reasoning is that the production of the documents violated Exemption 7c of the FOIA, a law passed by congress. The main law was to exempt the disclosure of records that would result into an invasion of “personal privacy” of the new document holders. The Federal communications commission rejected AT&T's argument that stated that they receive the documents. However, in September of the year
In addition, the freedom to information by government authorities must not exceedingly surpass the rights and privileges that citizens enjoy (Re and Richard, pg. 1887).
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides public access to information held by public authorities.
The purport of the USA FREEDOM Act is to stop some of the most egregious transgressions of the National Security Administration by limiting the ability of the federal government to gather massive amounts of metadata on citizens pre-emptively, without probable cause. Instead, the federal government must seek search warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, or FISC to access phone data. It also limits the ability of the federal government to do dragnet surveillance – in other words, to gather data on everyone in a certain city, state, or ZIP code. The Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts must submit an annual report that indicates the data collected through certain types of orders.
The summary of the recent changes to the Freedom of Information Regulations is below. The rule has been changed pretty significantly. Every section has been rewritten, even when the content stayed mostly the same. Per your request, I tried to keep it pretty brief and only include substantial changes. Please let me know if you need any additional information or details.
Because of this, the ICE agent is not obligated to disclose the records that I am asking for, with exception to the first page of any of the related police reports, which always remains public. In conclusion, the agency would win in this battle of disclosure because they would claim that my reporting would interfere with their pending case and could likely result in potentially prejudicial pretrial publicity if the case went to court. On the other hand, while the Federal Freedom of Information Act helps citizens access records, which includes paper, film, tape, or any electronic communications, this sentiment does not apply to a person’s thoughts, therefore the ICE agent has no obligation to answer my questions since her thoughts are not a tangible