Unpaid Student Internship
Opportunity
White House Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Office of Economic Policy
Office of Economic Policy
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the largest
component of the Executive Office of the President (EOP), serves the President
in implementing policies across the Executive Branch. OMB carries out its
mission through multiple processes, including managing the development and
execution of the President’s Budget. The budget process is the primary
mechanism through which decisions about resource allocation are made, in areas
ranging from economic recovery to health care to energy to national security. For
more information, see http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb.
The Office of Economic Policy (EP) supports the Director's
Office, OMB's budget divisions, and OMB's statutory offices by analyzing and
modeling the economy, the Federal government's finances, and individual
programs, and by providing technical expertise in finance, statistics, and
economics.
We are looking for a quantitatively inclined student for an
unpaid internship. The intern will work primarily with the OMB’s chief
economist but may also be asked to assist other economists in the division.
Duties may include:
·
Compiling
quantitative data from multiple sources
·
Producing
tables and graphs; computing summary statistics
·
Research,
such as:
o
Summarizing
articles/papers/legislation
o
Searching
news articles or the congressional record
o
Pulling
together information from various sources
(e.g., budget options related to a certain topic)
(e.g., budget options related to a certain topic)
·
Administrative
support (e.g., scheduling meetings, tracking documents)
Qualifications:
·
U.S.
citizen
·
Currently
enrolled as a student
·
Must
pass drug test
·
Proficient
in Excel
·
Strong
economics background (e.g., graduate student, public policy student, advanced
undergraduate student)
Logistics:
Logistics:
·
10-20
hours a week
·
Work
in downtown DC location (near Farragut West Metro)
