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LEAD GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SPECIALIST

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency · Department of Defense

Government Information Specialist

Salary
$110,047–$143,062/year
Grade
13
Work location
Telework eligible · Boyers, Pennsylvania
Schedule
Full-time
Posted
Oct 6, 2026
Apply by
Oct 19, 2026
Category
Government Information Specialist

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Summary

The incumbent will serve as a Team Leader within the Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Freedom of Information (PCLF) directorate. As a Lead Government Information Specialist, the incumbent serves all components of DCSA as well as its customer agencies, with a special emphasis on Personnel/Industrial Vetting and/or related information systems. The incumbent will be primarily responsible for privacy compliance (retention, assessments, and disclosures) of DCSA records. Visit www.dcsa.mil to learn more.

Duties

As a LEAD GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SPECIALIST you will be responsible for the following duties: Reviewing Privacy Impact Assessments, Privacy Risk Analyses, Privacy Act Statements for information collections, and required documentation for publications in the Federal Register. Reviewing, drafting, and implementing policies related to FOIA and Privacy program operations, records management, system of records notices, and the protection of personally identifiable information (PII). Facilitating the casework and special project efforts of personnel within the branch and the direction of quality oversight and training of personnel. Compiling statistical data to ensure the quality control of various workloads to identify areas of strengths and potential weaknesses needing improvements.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents) and the responses you provide on the application questionnaire. EXCEPTED SERVICE PILOT REVIEW: Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. All applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for consideration. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Top ranked candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration. A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified'. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility and qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

About this listing

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has 17 open listings on the site: all telework eligible. This one is telework eligible, based in Boyers, Pennsylvania. See all Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency listings, or read what fully remote and telework eligible mean.

Advertised pay is $110,047 to $143,062 a year. That covers GS-13 on the General Schedule, where pay also depends on step and locality; how GS pay works.

This announcement is open for 13 days, from Oct 6, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. Among currently open Government Information Specialist postings, the typical advertised window is about 9 days.

Who can apply: current competitive-service federal employees, current excepted-service federal employees, National Guard and Reserve technicians and 1 other group. This announcement is not open to the general public. The announcement's "This job is open to" section has the exact eligibility rules.

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