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What information does CBO collect and store automatically?
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The Congressional Budget Office offers unrivaled opportunities for challenge and professional growth. 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,
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The Congressional Budget Office is regularly named one of the best places to work in the federal government, according to a survey conducted by the Partnership for Public Service. In 2008 and 2010, CBO was ranked third in the small agency category; in 2012, CBO was ranked second.
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There are no typical days at CBO. Some days analysts write quick-turnaround cost estimates for legislation that is headed to the floor for a vote. Other days bring opportunities to work in-depth on studies of budgetary and economic issues. Still other days might involve preparing testimony for Congressional committee hearings, hosting a foreign delegation here to learn about how CBO does its analysis, or participating in a conference or seminar.
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The agency’s extremely collegial environment fosters collaboration and teamwork. The flexibility of the office, the business casual dress code, and various agency policies aim to foster a healthy work–life balance.
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The best way to contact CBO depends on the nature of the inquiry.
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Budget and EconomyWhat is CBO’s estimate of the budget deficit for 2024?
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CBO takes a number of steps to ensure that all of its work is objective, impartial, and nonpartisan—the importance of which was emphasized by CBO’s founding director, Alice Rivlin, in a memo to CBO staff in 1976.
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CBO provides budgetary and economic information in a variety of ways and at various points in the legislative process.
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CBO is organized into the Office of the Director and eight divisions: the Budget Analysis Division; the Financial Analysis Division; the Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division; the Macroeconomic Analysis Division; the Management, Business, and Information Services Division; the Microeconomic Studies Division; the National Security Division; and the Tax Analysis Division.