Senior Staff Attorney/Senior Attorney

3 weeks ago

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States Government Accountability Office Full time
As a Senior Staff Attorney/Senior Attorney (Appropriations Law Group - Appropriations Law Assistance to Federal Agencies and Federal Vacancies Reform Act Compliance), your major responsibilities will include:

Drafting legal decisions and reports on complex matters of appropriations law and providing briefings to congressional staff and agency officials on the conclusions.

Providing technical assistance to federal agencies on specific questions involving federal funds by identifying relevant fiscal statutes, legal decisions, and other resources.

Teaching multi-day appropriations law courses, as well as shorter seminars, for officials and staff throughout all three branches of the federal government.

Speaking about appropriations law matters at the request of federal agencies or educational institutions.

Planning and contributing to GAO's annual Appropriations Law Forum by speaking about legal decisions and other topics of interest to the federal appropriations community.

Drafting and revising portions of GAO's multivolume publication, Principles of Federal Appropriations Law, also known as the Red Book, and GAO's Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process.

Producing compilations of summaries of agency Antideficiency Act reports submitted to GAO.

Monitoring executive branch compliance with the Federal Vacancies Reform Act by tracking vacancies and performing outreach to agencies regarding their compliance.

Drafting letters reporting violations of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act's limitations on the time an acting official may serve.

Drafting legal decisions on agency compliance with the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and providing briefings to congressional staff and agency officials on the conclusions.

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