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Program Number: 78298<br>
Title:
Summer Internship
Program
<br><br>
Sponsor:
Congressional Budget Office/United States Congress<br><br>
SYNOPSIS: <br>
The summer internships provide excellent opportunities to<br>
experience and observe the budget process and policymaking at the<br>
federal level. The sponsor provides the Congress with the
objective,<br>
timely, and nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budgetary<br>
decisions. Interns contribute to the sponsor’s work in program areas<br>
such as budget and tax policy, health care, national defense, the<br>
environment, education, retirement and other income assistance,<br>
regulation, and public investment. In addition to learning on
the<br>
job, CBO interns participate in educational programming that
includes<br>
briefings specific to CBO’s role in the budget process. CBO interns<br>
may also participate in seminars offered by other Congressional<br>
support agencies and in the Congressional Summer Intern Lecture<br>
Series, which has featured speakers such as former Secretary of
State<br>
Colin Powell, journalist Cokie Roberts, former Speaker of the House<br>
Newt Gingrich, and Ralph Nader. <br><br>
Deadline(s): 03/01/2010 <br>
Established Date: 02/04/2004<br>
Follow-Up Date: 12/01/2010<br>
Review Date: 12/23/2009<br><br>
Contact:
<br><br>
Address: Ford House
Office Building, Room 410<br>
Second and D Streets, SW <br>
Washington, DC 20515 <br>
U.S.A.
<br>
E-mail:
jobs@cbo.gov<br>
<br>
Program URL:
<a href="http://www.cbo.gov/employment/intern.cfm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.cbo.gov/employment/intern.cfm</a><br>
Tel:
202-226-2628
<br>
Fax:
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Deadline Ind:
Receipt
<br>
Deadline Open: No<br>
*See Restrictions for further information. <br><br>
DEADLINE NOTE<br>
CBO is accepting applications for its Summer Internship Program only<br>
through the online application system from December 14, 2009 through<br>
March 1, 2010.<br><br>
Award Type(s): In-Residence<br>
Internships<br>
Summer<br><br>
<br>
Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: <br>
Any/No Restrictions<br>
U.S.A. Citizenship (including U.S. Territories)<br><br>
Locations Tenable: U.S.A. Institution (including U.S.
Territories)<br><br>
<br>
Appl Type(s): Graduate Student<br>
Undergraduate Student<br><br>
<br>
Target Group(s): NONE<br>
Funding Limit: $0 NOT PROV<br>
Duration: 10 WEEK(s)<br>
Indirect Costs: Unspecified<br>
Cost Sharing: No<br>
Sponsor Type: Federal<br><br>
<br>
Geo. Restricted: NO
RESTRICTIONS
<br><br>
CFDA#:
<br><br>
OBJECTIVES: <br>
The following is a general description of the responsibilities
and<br>
functions of the CBO divisions to which interns may be assigned:
<br><br>
--The Budget Analysis Division (BA) generates cost estimates
and<br>
spending projections for legislative proposals that affect all
program<br>
areas, including health, human resources, natural resources,
defense,<br>
and state/local governments. CBO’s largest division, BA fills most
of<br>
its full-time positions with newly minted M.P.P., M.P.A., and M.A.<br>
graduates. <br><br>
--Analyzing budgetary issues in the areas of income assistance
and<br>
Social Security, education, social services, and health is the<br>
function of the Health and Human Resources Division (HHRD). The<br>
division's studies examine the costs and other effects of current<br>
programs and legislative proposals in those areas. The Long-Term<br>
Modeling Group in HHR develops actuarial and microsimulation models<br>
for studying long-range policy issues such as Social Security and<br>
Medicare. The models are used by the Congress to project budgetary<br>
costs and distributional implications of baseline and alternative<br>
policies. <br><br>
--The Macroeconomic Analysis Division (MA) analyzes the U.S.<br>
economy, prepares projections of economic conditions, and studies
how<br>
the future could be affected by different economic developments or<br>
policies. The division's analyses focus on issues such as inflation,<br>
employment, production, international economic affairs, and credit,
as<br>
well as on the interaction of those issues with the federal<br>
budget. <br><br>
--The staff of the Microeconomic and Financial Studies
Division<br>
(MFS) serves Congressional committees that deal with agriculture,<br>
energy, the environment, industry and trade, research development,
and<br>
technology by providing policy analyses for the committees’ use in<br>
preparing and evaluating legislation. MFS also analyzes budget
process<br>
issues, including budget concepts and accounting, and covers topics<br>
related to general government, federal personnel, and financial<br>
management. The division prepares most of CBO's cost estimates of<br>
private-sector mandates. <br><br>
--The National Security Division (NS) studies budgetary issues<br>
related to national defense. Its reports cover military personnel,<br>
strategic forces, and other Department of Defense programs such as<br>
international affairs and veterans’ benefits. The division aids<br>
Congressional committees by examining the costs and other effects of<br>
current defense and international security programs and proposed<br>
legislation in those areas. Employment in this division requires
U.S.<br>
citizenship. <br><br>
--The Tax Analysis Division (TA) estimates tax revenues,
analyzes<br>
tax expenditures, and prepares related studies. Its analyses focus
on<br>
the tax system’s effects on the economy and the budget and on the<br>
distributional implications of changes to the tax code. <br><br>
ELIGIBILITY<br>
Ideal candidates for CBO internships are pursuing graduate
academic<br>
programs in economics, public policy, health policy, financial<br>
management, mathematics, statistics, or engineering. Very strong<br>
undergraduate candidates in the junior or senior year may be<br>
considered on the basis of the applicability of their education and<br>
experience to specific CBO assignments. Due to federal regulations,<br>
the Congressional Budget Office is limited in its ability to employ<br>
non-U.S. citizens. Before applying, noncitizens should refer to the<br>
sponsor's information regarding citizenship requirements to
determine<br>
whether they are eligible for employment. All CBO summer internships<br>
require solid writing skills and the ability to communicate clearly<br>
and concisely. Familiarity with computer programming, statistics,<br>
econometrics, and other quantitative methods is desirable. The ideal<br>
intern would also have exceptional interpersonal and analytical<br>
skills. <br><br>
FUNDING<br>
The internships, which have ranged in number from ten to<br>
twenty-eight, are located in Washington, D.C. They normally last ten<br>
weeks and include a stipend based on academic level and work<br>
experience. (jap) <br><br>
KEYWORDS: Economics<br>
Public Planning/Policy<br>
ENGINEERING<br>
Health Planning/Policy<br>
Finance<br>
Mathematics<br>
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