Policy analysts also abound in the legislative branch. Both the Congress as a whole and its individual members serve as clients. Policy analysts work for Congress in the General Accounting Office (GAO).I9 the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Congressional Research Service (CRS), and, until its recent elimination. the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)." The analytical agendas of these offices are set primarily by the congressional leadership, but sometimes by the requests of individual congressional members as well. Of course, members of congress have their own personal staffs, including legislative analysts. Most of the analysis and formulation of legislation, however, is done by committee staffs that report to committee chairs and ranking minority members. Committee staffers, often recruited from the campaign and personal staffs of members of congress, must be politically sensitive if they are to maintain their positions and influence. Congressional staff involved with legislation-and therefore to some extent working as policy analysts, even though often trained as lawyers-number in the thousands.