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Washington, DC, US

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Served as a technical expert providing privacy policy advice and guidance to Headquarters (HQ) and Component offices on COVID-19 activities to ensure compliance with the Department’s data privacy and disclosure.
• Coordinated with required stakeholders to make determinations on COVID-19 privacy policies, compliance, procedures, and guidance. Conducted comprehensive review and evaluations of ongoing COVID-19 guidance related to.
• Monitored and analyzed global COVID-19 developments and privacy trends affecting the disclosure of personally identifiable information while working in coordination with compliance requirements.
• Executed review and disclosure of DHS records in coordination with HQ offices and components on the response to information requests directed to the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of information Act (FOIA).

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Managed the office to include three analysts and a Deputy Chief of Staff as direct reports.
• Assisted the DHS privacy compliance/risk management programs and disclosure programs.
• Advised on policy development, planning, and implementation of all matters concerning global data privacy and DHS specific privacy issues related to regulations, law, litigation, policies, legislation, compliance.
• Reviewed all privacy documentation to ensure global compliance with existing laws, regulations, and executive orders.
• Assisted DHS components that sought to leverage biometrics technology by identifying potential privacy risks and mitigation in their privacy compliance documentation. The technology assessed included DNA testing.
• Worked on compliance documentation, including a System of Records Notice (SORN), related to DHS personnel and visitors during a pandemic, a privacy threshold assessment for a contactless inspection pilot program at.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Provided advice and counsel to DHS executive leadership expert advice and analysis on data protection issues and risk management issues.
• Led a multi-disciplinary team to determine requirement and acquire the first cloud-based eDiscovery software for the Department of Homeland Security and subordinate agencies.
• Engaged with Chief Information Officer, DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, and Office of General Counsel to create a social media application policy for end-to-end encryption for privacy and records retention.
• Worked with the DHS Privacy Incidents Team to review incidents and determine if they meet the DHS definition of a privacy incident.
• Shepherded privacy incidents throughout the lifecycle of an incident including drafting breach notification letters for DHS senior leadership, Office of Management and Budget, and Congress. This included working with.
• Led a DHS Privacy Office Initiative to consolidate DHS Privacy and Disclosure programs throughout headquarters and multiple subordinate agencies.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Provided advice and recommendations to leadership on information data protection and risk management, including issues pertaining to data breach remediation, draft DHS privacy policies, disclosure policies.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Advised the Department of Defense (DOD), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing Industrial Based Policy (MIBP) on the Defense Production Act.
• Led a MIBP initiative to ensure enactment of new Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Presidential Determinations for critical industrial base shortfalls. Drafted multiple Presidential determination and shepherded.
• Provided DPA policy advice and wrote DOD issuances for Manufacturing and Industrial Base policy relating to the DPA of 1950, the National Defense Authorization Act, Presidential Executive Orders and Presidential.
• Drafted proposed legislation on issues pertaining to the Defense Industrial Base.
• Counseled the National Security Committee, senior executive leadership, subject matter experts and other Executive agencies on DPA Title III projects.
• Provided guidance on information data protection in regards to FOIA and Privacy Act requests.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Led a team that provided information data protection in response to FOIA and Privacy Act requests, appeals and litigation throughout their entire lifecycle.
• Reviewed pre-written response letters to requesters and modified them accordingly when necessary.
• Drafted pre-written response letters to internal and external stakeholders.
• Provided secondary process review FOIA and Privacy intake team.
• Took part in a yearlong project management and leadership development program that allowed me to lead a team that helped save FEMA $5,000,000 over a 5-year period.
• Created a Privacy and Disclosure guidebook on processing FOIA and Privacy requests, appeals and litigation.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Supported the Office of Response and Recovery, Declarations Unit whose main function was to submit FEMA Disaster Declarations to the White House.
• Managed, coordinated, addressed, and responded to requests for information from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits related to.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Supported the United States Agency for International Development Privacy Office in processing FOIA and Privacy Act requests, appeals and litigation throughout their entire lifecycle.
• Lead a team that provided information data protection in response to FOIA and Privacy Act requests.
• Oversaw controversial, complex, and politically sensitive FOIA requests, including appeals and FOIA litigation.
• Provide timely and accurate responses to messages and phone calls from requesters and USAID employees.
• Reviewed legislative and judicial changes to FOIA and assess overall effectiveness of USAID’s of FOIA program.
• Commanded expertise on case law and legal requirements associated with FOIA exemptions, the Presidential Executive Memorandum on FOIA, and the Attorney General’s Memorandum on FOIA.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Filed FOIA requests, assisted with FOIA appeals, and protected proprietary company data from Federal Government disclosure through reverse FOIA litigation.
• Drafted and edited legal memoranda on procurement, suspension, debarments and termination for default and convenience matters.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Juris Doctor

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History