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&lt;p&gt;Continuing on our coverage of the many roles within the environmental job market, today&#39;s focus is the role of a Policy Analyst. Most policy analysts hold masters&#39; degrees and have a history of working in the environmental services field, whether it be nonprofits, for the government or private sector environment-friendly consumer products companies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;embeddedObject&quot; src=&quot;http://content.screencast.com/users/vault.com/folders/Jing/media/eed09256-b9a1-4e0a-8bf9-63bfa1b4c7a5/2010-01-12_0953.png&quot; width=&quot;131&quot; height=&quot;126&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Environmental Protection Agency&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vault.com spoke to &lt;b&gt;Chitra Kumar&lt;/b&gt;, who is a policy analyst in the &lt;b&gt;Environmental Protection Agency&lt;/b&gt;&#39;s (EPA) Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water--a division of the Office of Water--in Washington, D.C. Ms. Kumar holds a master&#39;s degree in city planning, focusing on environmental issues. Below is a typical day in her life at the EPA.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;8:30 a.m.:&lt;/b&gt; Check in. You arrive at your desk and gear up for the day&#39;s round of meetings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;9:00 a.m.:&lt;/b&gt; Day&#39;s first meeting. Managers in your division report to your director on the status of their projects. As part of your director&#39;s staff, you sit in on this meeting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;9:30 a.m.:&lt;/b&gt;  Budgeting billions. The bulk of your day is spent in back-to-back meetings. Your next meeting is with the director of your office, to discuss the status of projects being funded by Stimulus Plan money. The EPA received over $7 billion of Stimulus spending, of which $6 billion went to the Office of Water—to revitalize aging infrastructure, among other things. You meet to discuss the disbursement of funds for these infrastructure projects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Continue reading on our Articles homepage, where you can access many more Day in the Life accounts, career advice, industry overviews, Day in the Life: Sustainability Consultant&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Day in the Life: Ecology Professor&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Day in the Life: Regional Planner at a Nonprofit&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want to stay up-to-date with our regularly refreshed content? Follow VaultCSR on Twitter!&lt;/p&gt;

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