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Committee on Cross-Agency Collaboration and Innovation (COCACI)

The content below is no longer being updated as of December 1, 2022. This page is now an archive of the Chief FOIA Officers Council’s meetings and public comments from the Council's 2016 founding through November 30, 2022. Current Chief FOIA Officers Council content, including public comments, can be found at: https://www.foia.gov/chief-foia-officers-council.

Co-Chairs: Michael Bell, U.S. Department of Transportation and Abioye Mosheim, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

In October 2020, the Chief FOIA Officers Council co-chairs established the Committee on Cross-Agency Collaboration and Innovation (COCACI) to research and propose cross-agency grant programs and funding sources, create federal career paths for FOIA professionals, and promote models to align agency resources with agency transparency. COCACI will focus on the following three topics areas:

virtual FOIA office administration;
the Government Information Specialist (GIS) job series; and
technology standardization.

Activities

Inaugural meeting March 9, 2021
Meet on monthly basis
Established three subcommittees

Subcommittees

Pandemic/Virtual FOIA Offices
Government Information Specialists Job Series
Standardizing Technology

Presentations

Chief FOIA Officers Council, Committee on Cross-Agency Collaboration and Innovation (COCACI) Update for the Chief FOIA Officers Council (Apr 29, 2021)