Government Information Specialist

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards.

This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Occupational-Series Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. This position is being filled under the Department Of Commerce Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). Under CAPS, positions are classified by career path and pay band. The ZA-4 is equivalent to the GS-13/14 grade levels.

To qualify at the ZA-4 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as experience: Applying Privacy Act, FISMA, E-Government Act, and applicable OMB/NIST guidance to evaluate privacy requirements and support compliance reviews of programs and information systems involving PII; Identify and assess privacy risks in programs and information systems by analyzing PII lifecycle activities, documenting findings, and recommending risk mitigation measures; Research federal privacy requirements and identify compliance gaps in existing policies, procedures, and controls to support the development and improvement of privacy policies and guidance; and Conduct privacy impact and risk assessments during information system development and modernization, analyze findings, and provide recommendations to inform management decisions.

As a Government Information Specialist, you will: Study proposed legislation and regulations to determine program impact; evaluate the impact of the Privacy Act and regulations on organizational activities; Revise existing policies and procedures to ensure effective program implementation Assess privacy risks associated with programs, operations, and technology; Manage privacy risks associated with an agency activities that involve the creation, collection, use, processing, storage, maintenance, dissemination, disclosure, and disposal of PII; Review privacy risks at the earliest planning and development stages throughout the program or information system lifecycle; Establish short- and long-range goals & objectives; track progress & accomplishments; outline program plans to meet strategic milestones; develops budget & manpower requirements; Conduct studies on operating programs to identify procedural problems; use quantitative or qualitative methods to analyze information; Analyze findings and make recommendations in reports; research management practices for application to program and operations Conduct studies and revise policies and procedures to improve program execution. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Government Information Specialist ZA-0306-4, FPL: 4 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location or local commuting area with the same qualifications and specialized experience.