After working for the Social Security Administration and the New York City Department of Health, Allan began a full-time FOIA career in 2004 with the Department of Justice’s Office of Information and Privacy. In 2009, shortly after the financial crisis began, Allan became the principal legal counsel for the FOIA staff of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Financial Stability. In 2013, Allan left the government to join Cause of Action Institute, a public interest law firm. He currently serves as the Vice President of FOIA Operations at America Rising, a Republican research and communications firm in Arlington, Virginia.