The Congressional Budget Office this afternoon announced that deputy director Robert Sunshine will step into Peter Orszag's shoes on an interim basis now that Orszag is stepping down as director to head the Office of Management and Budget. Sunshine has been with CBO since 1976 and assumed the post of deputy director last year. He will serve as acting director until a successor is appointed by the Speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate.
Orszag anounced his resignation today after President-elect Obama named him to lead OMB. In his final post on the CBO director's blog -- yes, such a thing exists -- Orszag bid a fond adieu to his staff, writing, "I have absolutely loved my time at CBO.... Perhaps most fundamentally, CBO is a reflection of the smart and hard-working but also warm and wonderful people who work here. (If you find it hard to believe that budget analysts and economists can be warm and wonderful, please just take my word for it.)"
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