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Current U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) agency employees who are on/eligible for permanent competitive service appointments.

As a Accountant, GS-0510-14 NF, you will perform the following duties:

Financial Data Analysis: Analyze and validate complex financial data to identify trends, anomalies, and process improvements, ensuring accurate, compliant reporting and actionable recommendations for management. Financial Reporting: Prepare, reconcile, and deliver accurate, timely financial reports and statements that comply with federal requirements and inform management decision-making. General Ledger Management: Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts, prepare and review journal entries, and lead closing activities to ensure accurate, U.S. Standard General Ledger (USSGL) compliant financial records and trial balances. Audit Support: Serve as the primary liaison for internal and external audits, coordinating audit documentation and responses, analyzing findings, and tracking corrective actions

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In-brief analysis

November 3, 2026

Data source: Kpler
Note: 2Q2025=second quarter of 2025

Global crude oil refinery inputs fell by 4.8 million barrels per day (b/d) in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q26), or 6%, following the start of conflict in late February in the Middle East, according to data from Kpler. Throughput then increased by 1.8 million b/d in the third quarter, primarily as refiners in the region adjusted to new trade flows.

Crude oil inputs to refineries typically increase in the second and third quarters of the year as refiners complete planned maintenance and gear up to meet peak seasonal demand for refined products, such as gasoline and jet fuel. Global crude oil inputs increased by 0.3 million b/d in the second quarter of 2025 and by another 2 million b/d in the

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Scientists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have uncovered compelling new evidence that even relatively small atomic collisions can recreate the extraordinary state of matter that filled the universe moments after the Big Bang. Known as quark-gluon plasma, this exotic substance forms at temperatures more than 100,000 times hotter than the center of the Sun, causing ordinary particles to break apart into their fundamental building blocks.

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U.S. National Science Foundation-supported researcher Jonathan Zuegel discusses the future of high-powered laser research in the United States, the ambitious NSF Optical Parametric Amplifier Line (NSF OPAL) laser facility. NSF OPAL is designed to give researchers unprecedented capabilities to investigate open questions at the frontiers of science.

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