Agency Marketing Statement:

• The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. If you're looking for a job where you can analyze budgetary and economic effects of public policies, provide nonpartisan, objective analysis, support the Congress, and work with some of the brightest minds in policy analysis, CBO just might be the right place for you.
  The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. If you're looking for a job where you can analyze budgetary and economic effects of public policies, provide nonpartisan, objective analysis, support the Congress, and work with some of the brightest minds in policy analysis, CBO just might be the right place for you.
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Duties:

• CBO's Budget Analysis Division seeks an analyst for its Public and Private Mandates Unit to help CBO carry out its responsibilities under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. The analysts primary duties include the following:
  
  
  Write clear and concise estimates of the impact of federal legislation on the budgets of state, local, and tribal governments and on private-sector entities, including businesses and individuals;
  Respond to inquiries from the Congress;
  Support the production of CBO's cost estimates and publications in other areas, as needed; and
  Track the production of cost estimates and mandate statements.
  
  
  CBO's estimates of the costs of federal mandates provide the Congress with important information as it considers proposed legislation. The Public and Private Mandates Unit works closely with Congressional staff; industry and business groups; and representatives of state, local, and tribal governments. The analysts portfolio will be determined at the time of hiring and could encompass a variety of program areas, such as income security and labor, justice, homeland security, general government and administration, and veterans benefits.
  CBO's Budget Analysis Division seeks an analyst for its Public and Private Mandates Unit to help CBO carry out its responsibilities under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. The analysts primary duties include the following: Write clear and concise estimates of the impact of federal legislation on the budgets of state, local, and tribal governments and on private-sector entities, including businesses and individuals; Respond to inquiries from the Congress; Support the production of CBO's cost estimates and publications in other areas, as needed; and Track the production of cost estimates and mandate statements. CBO's estimates of the costs of federal mandates provide the Congress with important information as it considers proposed legislation. The Public and Private Mandates Unit works closely with Congressional staff; industry and business groups; and representatives of state, local, and tribal governments. The analysts portfolio will be determined at the time of hiring and could encompass a variety of program areas, such as income security and labor, justice, homeland security, general government and administration, and veterans benefits.
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