Public-Comment Analytics Lead - FDMS Expert

Aalis Management Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalis Management Consulting, an 8(a) certified SDVOSB and EDWOSB, seeks a Senior Comment Analyst / FDMS Lead in a hybrid Washington, DC location. The role leads public-comment review, categorization, analysis, and reporting to support Federal regulatory activities.

Candidates should have hands-on FDMS/Regulations.gov experience and the ability to identify substantive issues and high-risk comments. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5+ years in Federal

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public policy, political science, government, regulatory affairs, data analytics, business, communications, or related field.
• 5+ years of Federal regulatory, public-comment, policy, or analytical experience.
• Hands-on experience reviewing and analyzing public comments.
• Experience organizing, categorizing, coding, and summarizing high-volume comment data.
• Identifying themes, substantive issues, and trends within public comments.
• Strong analytical and written communication skills.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience developing analytical work products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the intake, organization, tracking, and analysis of public comments.
• Download, organize, review, categorize, code, and summarize large volumes of public comments.
• Work with FDMS, Regulations.gov, or comparable Federal comment-management systems.
• Develop and apply consistent comment-coding and categorization methodologies.
• Distinguish substantive, non-substantive, duplicate, form, and other comment types as applicable to project requirements.
• Identify recurring themes, emerging issues, significant concerns, and potentially high-risk issues.
• Perform quantitative analysis of comment volumes, categories, themes, sources, and other required metrics.
• Develop comment matrices, tracking tools, summary reports, tables, charts, and other analytical products.
• Validate comment counts and categorization results for accuracy and consistency.
• Prepare concise summaries of complex public comments for Government review.
• Support development of comment-response and regulatory decision-support materials.
• Identify inconsistencies, gaps, or anomalies in comment data and recommend corrective action.
• Coordinate with the Project Manager / Regulatory Lead and other analysts to maintain consistent review standards.
• Establish and maintain organized electronic files and analytical workpapers.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Comment Analysts and Data Support personnel.
• Support quality-control reviews and final deliverable development.

Skills

Public policy understanding

Regulatory analysis

Data analytics

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in public policy or related field

Tools

FDMS

Regulations.gov

Regulatory databases

Job description

Aalis Management Consulting, an 8(a) certified SDVOSB and EDWOSB, seeks a Senior Comment Analyst / FDMS Lead in a hybrid Washington, DC location. The role leads public-comment review, categorization, analysis, and reporting to support Federal regulatory activities.

Candidates should have hands-on FDMS/Regulations.gov experience and the ability to identify substantive issues and high-risk comments. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5+ years in Federal