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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.
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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 regularly publishes data to accompany some of its key reports. These data have been published in the Budget and Economic Outlook and Updates and in their associated supplemental material, except for that from the Long-Term Budget Outlook.
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This site allows you to apply online for jobs at CBO. In addition to a résumé, which must be submitted for you to be considered for any position, other materials may be requested for each job. We encourage you to add all materials requested as they will assist in thoroughly evaluating your qualifications.
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CBO publishes detailed information underlying its 10-year budget projections for selected programs up to three times a year.
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The Congressional Budget Office values the diversity of its workforce, believing that attracting and retaining a diverse workforce is a crucial part of ensuring that the agency has the best possible staff and that the agency’s work benefits from different perspectives and experiences. CBO has continuously sought to employ and promote qualified personnel without discrimination—without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age. In addition, the agency welcomes current and former members of the uniformed services.
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CBO is strictly nonpartisan; conducts objective, impartial analysis; and hires its employees solely on the basis of professional competence without regard to political affiliation. CBO does not make policy recommendations, and each report and cost estimate summarizes the methodology underlying the analysis. Read more about us 10 Things to Know Products Processes Transparency Distributional Analysis Objectivity Organization and Staffing Panels of Advisers History
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CBO’s work follows processes specified in the Budget Act or developed by the agency in concert with the House and Senate Budget Committees and the Congressional leadership. Most of the processes that guide CBO’s work have been in place since the 1970s. CBO is required by law to disclose the basis for each of its cost estimates, and the agency follows the same practice for its reports.