The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. The Information Resource Management and Technology Services Unit in the Management, Business, and Information Services Division seeks a summer intern with a strong work ethic to be part of a 14-person IT group performing desktop computer support and related assignments. Duties include installing hardware and software, troubleshooting and resolving problems, and working on special projects.

Candidates working toward a graduate degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field are preferred. Students beginning their junior or senior year in 2018 will also be considered.

Experience or training in troubleshooting MS Office and Windows 10 issues is required. Experience installing and maintaining applications in various environments (Windows Server, VMWare, Apple OS, VPN, and Citrix) and experience working as part of an IT help desk are desirable. 

CBO may consider noncitizens who are permanent residents of the United States seeking citizenship but cannot consider students on visas.

For further information and how to apply, see www.cbo.gov/careers.

  

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. Most of the work is done with Microsoft Office but some is done in an desktop publishing system.

Candidates must have at least four years of experience in editing professional publications, similar to those produced at CBO, and a bachelor’s or advanced degree, preferably in English or another field within the humanities. Experience editing quantitative information presented in tables and graphs is required. 

Please see www.cbo.gov/careers for further information and how to apply. Note that at least one editing sample  that displays your edits is required (see the FAQs on CBO’s website for a description).