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  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.
  
  DO NOT APPLY THROUGH USAJOBS. APPLY AT www.cbo.gov/careers 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:

• The analyst's work will focus on the Food and Drug Administration, policies affecting competition in pharmaceutical markets, and prescription drug payment issues. The following are among the analyst's wide-ranging responsibilities:
  -Prepare multiyear spending projections for federal health programs;
  -Prepare cost estimates for legislation involving, for example, changes to patents and the exclusive rights of manufacturers to market particular drugs;
  -Work closely with Congressional staff as they develop federal health care policy, providing nonpartisan technical assistance; and
  -Analyze the Administration's budget proposals.
  
  CBO's health analysts are significantly involved in budget and legislative processes. They work closely with key Congressional staff members as the Congress prepares its annual budget plans, considers the President's budget proposals, and evaluates the budgetary effects of legislation.
  The analyst's work will focus on the Food and Drug Administration, policies affecting competition in pharmaceutical markets, and prescription drug payment issues. The following are among the analyst's wide-ranging responsibilities: -Prepare multiyear spending projections for federal health programs; -Prepare cost estimates for legislation involving, for example, changes to patents and the exclusive rights of manufacturers to market particular drugs; -Work closely with Congressional staff as they develop federal health care policy, providing nonpartisan technical assistance; and -Analyze the Administration's budget proposals. CBO's health analysts are significantly involved in budget and legislative processes. They work closely with key Congressional staff members as the Congress prepares its annual budget plans, considers the President's budget proposals, and evaluates the budgetary effects of legislation.
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