FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OFFICER AND SENIOR AGENCY OFFICIAL FOR CLASSIFICATION (W/ATTACHMENTS)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001345007
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2008
• Case Number: F-2006-00664
• Publication Date: January 12, 2006

 ~rrc:~~-ss~FrEOf APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE: 12-Sep-2008 (b)(2) (b)(3) (b)(5) (b)(6) UNCLASSIFIED//A/O 12   anuary 2006 MEMORANDUM FOR:        Director,  Central Intelligence Agency Deputy Director,  Central Intelligence Agency Executive Director Director for Support Senior Deputy General Counsel FROM:                  Adolfo Tarasiuk,  Jr. Chief Information Officer SUBJECT:               (U//AO)   Designation of Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer and Senior Agency Official for Classification 1.   (U//)   Action Requested:   That you designate me as the Chief Freedom of Information Act  (FOIA)  Officer for the Central Intelligence Agency  (CIA), in accordance with section 2(a)  of Executive Order 13392;  and that you designate Edmund Cohen,  Chief of Information Management Services    (IMS),  as the CIA's Senior Agency Official for Classification,     in accordance with section 5.4(d) of Executive Order 12958. 2. (U//>~;T~)   Background and Discussion:   On 14 December 2005,  President Bush issued Executive Order 13392,  "Improving Agency Disclosure of Information," to strengthen agency compliance with the FOIA.        Section 2(a)     of the Executive Order requires the head of each agency to designate      a  ~_  inr effir;al  (at the Assistant Secretary or-equivalent level)  as the Chief FOIA Officer for that agency by 14 January 2006 and to promptly notify the Director of the Office of Management and Budget  (OMB) and the Attorney General of the designation.   Among other things,  the Chief FOIA Officer will have "agency-wide responsibility for efficient and appropriate compliance with the FOIA."   As Chief  Information Officer (CIO),  I have the appropriate seniority,  and Information Management Services,  which oversees.the Agency's information review UNCLASSIFIED//A;40 UNCLASSIFIED//A/O Subject :  (U//,tTfJO)       Designation of Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer and Senior Agency Official for classification and release programs,  is organizationally within Information Services Center which I head. 4.   (U//    O)   Recommendation:   That you designate the CIO as the Chief FOIA Officer for the CIA  (Attachments A)  and sign the notification letters to the Director. of OMB and the Attorney General  (Attachment B).   Also, that you designate the'Chief,  IMS as the CIA's Senior Agency Official for Classification (Attachment C).   Agency regulations will be updated to reflect these designations, and to implement Executive Order 13392 generally. Attachments: A.,  Designate C/FOIA Officer B.   Letters to OMB and Attorney General C.   Designate C/IMS as CIA's Senior Agency Official for Classification UNCLASSIFIED//ATJO UNCLASSIFIED//A/0 Subject:      (U// I)       Designation of Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer and Senior Agency Official for Classification Ditector for Support Deputy Director,  Central Intelligence Agency Date Date ,7      d Date Central Intelligence Agency                                    Date UNCLASSIFIED// UNCLASSIFIED / /AGO UNCLASSIFIED//A/C) A UNCLASSIFIED//A DESIGNATION OF CHIEF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OFFICER FOR THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY In accordance with section 2(a)  of Executive order 13392,     dated 14 December 2005, I hereby designate Adolfo Tarasiuk, Jr., who serves as the Chief Information Officer and the head of the Information Services Center within the Directorate of Support,  as the Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer for the Central Intelligence Agency. Director'/ Central Intelligence Agency Date UNCLASSIFIED/ /AO Central Intelligence Agency 2 February 2006 The Honorable Joshua Bolten Director, Office of Management and Budget 725  17th Street,  NW Washington, DC     20503 Dear Director Bolten: In accordance with section 2(a)  of Executive Order 13392, dated 14 December 2005,  I have designated Adolfo Tarasiuk,  Jr., who serves as the Chief Information officer and the head of the Agency's Information Services Center, as the Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer for the Central Intelligence Agency. Should you have any questions regarding. this correspondence, please contact Edmund Cohen,  Chief of Information Management Services,  at Central intelligence Agency 2 February 2006 The Honorable Alberto Gonzales Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington,  DC  20530 Dear Attorney General Gonzales: In accordance with section 2(a)  of Executive Order 13392, dated 14 December 2005,  I have designated Adolfo Tarasiuk,  Jr., who serves as the Chief Information Officer and the head of the Agency's Information Services Center,  as the Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer for the Central Intelligence Agency. Should you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please contact Edmund Cohen,//'Chief Information Management Services,  at P4 t r J.  Goss Director,     Ce          ral Intelligence Agency C UNCLASSIFIED//AIAO UNCLASSIFIED//A/0