The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress to aid in policy decisions. The Management, Business, and Information Services division, which provides editorial and publishing services for the agency, seeks an editor with extraordinary talent—someone who can see both the forest and the trees, who can transform drafts if necessary and can catch small errors that others miss. The job involves making analytical and technical reports clear and accessible to a broad audience, including Members of Congress, Congressional staff, researchers, and other members of the public. The work routinely entails substantive editing, copyediting, and proofreading but also includes reviewing and reorganizing drafts, providing writing assistance, and rewriting portions of drafts.

Please submit a cover letter, résumé, salary history, at least one editing sample (see the FAQs on CBO’s website for a description), and contact information for three references at www.cbo.gov/careers. CBO may request additional editing samples. 

Contact Nancy Fahey, Washington, DC, 202-226-2628, careers@cbo.gov

CBO is an equal opportunity employer.