Dr. Moya Maria Hill

As a Acting Director I temporarily assumes the full responsibilities of a Director, providing strategic leadership, overseeing daily operations, and ensuring continuity across programs and initiatives. I managed staff, allocate resources, and uphold compliance with laws and policies, while representing the organization in internal and external engagements. Though my authority may be limited in certain long-term decisions, I am accountable for maintaining performance, transparency, and readiness during the transition period.

• Company Overview: This is a federal job
• In my current role, I serve as a Government Information Specialist, where I hold the responsibility of being the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Acquisition Logistics and Construction's principal technical expert, analyst, policy developer, functional expert, and advisor on all matters relating to the management and oversight of the FOIA (Title 5 U.S.C. Section 552) and the Privacy Act (Title 5 U.S.C. Section 552a) programs, and as the policy proponent and program administrator for all Personally Identifiable Information (PII) incident reporting and notification.
• I am responsible for providing expert advice, assistance, policy guidance and staff advisory services to the OALC front office on component office activities regarding FOIA, PA and PII incident reporting and notification.
• I serve as the organization's expert for all FOIA/PA items.
• In my current position, I exercise delegated Initial Denial Authority and Access and Amendment Refusal Authority from Principal Executive Director (PED), OALC, to grant official requests to obtain information from, to gain access to, OALC cases and records.
• I review requests for cases and records and determines if a discretionary release is appropriate in accordance with existing regulations and laws.
• I currently serve as the access and refusal point of contact on behalf of the PED, OALC, determining whether to amend the record or to deny amendment.
• I work closely with the Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Office of General Counsel, and other relevant offices to resolve conflicts and differences of opinion on the release of information.
• I am responsible for the management and the dissemination of advice on day-to-day processing of FOIA/PA requests to ensure timely and accurate responses.
• I arrange and conduct training, as necessary, for OALC staff on policy, procedures, and processing issues.
• I maintain accurate, up-to-date automated database of all FOIA/PA requests to ensure timelines are met and the status of each request can be determined.
• I conduct reviews and analyses of workload to identify problems and possible management efficiencies.
• I task out requests to component offices when necessary and tracks to ensure timely responses.
• I currently prepare required reports, briefings, slides, and other information to meet statutory and regulatory requirements and to keep OALC leadership fully apprised of FOIA/PA activities.
• I make inter- and intra-agency contacts with members of Congressional staffs, Department of Justice, and representatives of the media.
• I currently possess the authority to make independent judgments concerning discretionary releases of information on a case-by-case basis.
• Also, as a Privacy Officer for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction (OALC), I exercise risk management by reviewing and signing off on all Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) and Privacy Threshold Analyst (PTA), to ensure that all new information systems that contain personally identifiable information are properly identified.
• I regularly develop and participate in privacy awareness activities to ensure that staff are aware of data security, cyber security threats, privacy breaches, protecting and safeguarding Protected Health Information (PHI) and other forms of privacy violations.
• I also ensure that staff is aware of how and where to report any suspected or confirmed privacy incidents/complaints.
• My position also includes working with the Information System Owner (ISO) and the Information System Security Owner (ISSO) to ensure that privacy language is included in all VA contracts that contain Sensitive Personal Information (SPI and that all PTAs and PIAs are properly and correctly drafted.
• As a Records Officer I was responsible for overseeing the creation, maintenance, classification, and disposition of the Office's records in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• I ensured records are properly indexed and tagged with metadata.
• I applied approved retention schedules, and coordinate secure disposal or archival transfer.
• My role includes supporting audits, training staff on records policies, and collaborating with privacy, FOIA, and IT teams to safeguard sensitive information and maintain compliance.
• In my daily duties, I exercise my expertise at oral and written communication in order to effectively communicate with senior leadership, as well as members of the organization.
• I always include strategic planning when making decisions for the organization in relation to the development of the FOIA and Privacy Act programs, as well as decisions that involve the overall success of the organization as it relates to the VA Cybersecurity Program.
• For instance, when advising senior leadership on developing a program, I ensure that I plan and evaluate how to manage all of the potential risks that might be in involved, so that different mechanisms can be developed to mitigate them.
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• Supervisor: Glenda Powell (202-603-4390)
• Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

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• As a FOIA and Privacy Analyst, performing at a GS-11 grade level, I analyze and process Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) requests.
• While working my daily work duties, I pay attention to detail by ensuring that each request properly goes to the correct requester.
• I also ensure that any documents or memorandums that are attached to the request, are correctly reviewed, assessed, and examined.
• I participate in both written and oral communication with the requesters, to ensure that they have received their requests in the most timely and effective manner.
• My daily duties also include protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) while processing simple and complex cases FOIA and Privacy Act cases.
• Simple cases include EARM cases, USCIS referrals, and complex cases of law sensitive and confidential nature.
• I demonstrate great planning and evaluating skills, as well as self-management skills by constantly exceeding the number of cases that I am required to process.
• I provide excellent customer service when responding to requesters.
• This includes responding to and communicating with requesters, when and if they have a concern about their requests.
• I also demonstrate technical competence by responding to requesters in the form of a letter.
• In that letter, I explain what exemptions were being withheld, and why they were withheld.
• I constantly communicate with supervisors and managers about FOIA requests and recommend policy revisions and changes, when needed.
• I am not only proficient in the computer software FOIAXpress, Secure Release and FIRST, but I would also consider myself an expert as well.
• In my daily duties, I research, analyze, and prepare documentation for any and all legal issues that may arise while processing FOIA requests.
• I also negotiate and confer with managers and supervisors daily on FOIA legal matters.
• I examine cases that are prepared by other paralegal specialists, to determine accuracy and sufficiency of the FOIA exemptions.
• On a daily basis, I give advice to my teammates on FOIA related subjects, based on the knowledge that I acquire from my experience working on FOIA requests.
• I not only serve as a guide to my teammates, but I also assist in training my teammates on FOIA related matters.
• I assist in decision making, in regard to the impact that a particular suggestion might have on the FOIA team.
• I also prepare all necessary correspondence, memorandums, notices, and any other documentation necessary to include in the respondence to the requestor.
• While working as a paralegal specialist, I have demonstrated excellent teamwork skills by coordinating with my teammates, in relation to working on our intake duties.
• I have assisted my supervisor on several duties to ensure that our office maximizes every effort to succeed.
• Some of these assignments include communicating by writing to different program offices and ensuring that they have provided the FOIA office with the correct responses.
• I worked directly with the Deputy FOIA Officer on a Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY) and assisted her with responding to litigation requests.
• While working with the Deputy FOIA Officer, I analyzed and processed appeals.
• I also worked with attorneys and litigation processors to lower their case load.
• I was given the opportunity to manage several duties in our FOIA office, and I exceeded them all.
• I am currently training my teammates on how to submit cases for clearances, and how to process high profile cases.
• While doing so, I have mastered how to prepare training materials.
• During my time as a paralegal specialist, I have perfected the skills of organizing, multitasking, critical thinking, analytical writing, documenting, planning and teamwork.
• This is a federal job
• Supervisor: Angela Flores (240-707-4463)
• Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

• Company Overview: This is a federal job
• As a Transportation Security Officer, I performed key duties such as maintaining and operating security equipment, including x-ray machines and metal detectors.
• I checked passengers’ IDs and tickets.
• I ensured that passengers provided a valid form of identification such as a driver’s license, passport, permanent resident card or another acceptable document before entering into a secured area.
• I screened passengers and their luggage.
• I ensured that passengers do not enter unauthorized areas, nor bring unauthorized and dangerous items with them on the airplane.
• I demonstrated situational awareness by remaining vigilant and focus while surrounded by noise and distractions.
• If and when there were security breaches, I reported that security violation to my supervisor, so that the appropriate measures can be taken.
• I also exemplified customer service by answering passengers’ questions or concerns about the security process.
• As a Transportation Security Officer, I was responsible for knowing and enforcing security regulations, as well as responding to any potential security threats.
• This includes, monitoring the behavior of passengers and looking for signs of suspicious activity or prohibited items.
• My skills include interpersonal skills, reasoning, decision making, customer service and oral communication.
• While working as a Transposition Security Officer, I also applied for and receive the position of Coordination Center Officer (CCO).
• As a CCO, I was able to support security operations like Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR), Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT), and Travel Document Check (TDC).
• I was also responsible for responding to security breaches and emergencies, as well as securing unauthorized weapons and hazardous materials.
• I also reviewed emergency call information and incident reports.
• I was responsible for communicating orally and in writing with senior TSA leadership and other stakeholders to keep them informed of situations that may impact the airport.
• I also send situational awareness summaries of the incidents.
• I ensured that incident reports were accurate and complete, and that information was delivered to the appropriate recipient.
• I inputted incident report data into various systems.
• Lastly, I frequently made suggestions to improve security screening processes and procedures.
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• Company Overview: This is a federal job
• As a unit supply specialist, I worked on behalf of the commander to receive, inspect and store supplies and equipment.
• I was responsible for safely securing and controlling weapons and ammunitions in security areas.
• I regularly performed maintenance by scheduling and performing preventive and organizational maintenance on weapons.
• I also operated unit-level computers, maintained automated supply systems for the accounting of supplies and equipment, and prepared supply documents for the unit.
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