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5 Steps to Getting a Government Internship

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Find the Right Agencies

Now that you’ve determined your interests and scoped out a few agencies, spend a few minutes making sure you didn’t miss any major internship programs which match your interests well. You can also use these articles to ensure that you are getting information from the official government websites, and not fake versions designed to trick you into entering your personal information onto the web.

Taken from GovCentral’s Ultimate Internship Index, here’s a comprehensive list of internships.

● General Internship Articles
● Legislative Branch
● Judicial Branch
● Executive Branch
● Other Government Internships
● Special Federal Student Internship Programs

<a name=“legislative”Legislative Branch
● The Library of Congress
● Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
● Congressional Research Service
● Native American Congressional Internships
● Senators Offices I
● Senators Offices II
● Senators Offices III

<a name=“judicial”Judicial Branch
● The Supreme Court

Executive Branch
● The White House Internship Program
● Department of Commerce
● Department of Education
● Department of Energy – Office of Science
● Department of Housing & Urban Development
● Department of the Interior
● Department of Justice
● Department of Labor
● Department of the Treasury

Other Government Internships
● C.I.A
● Environmental Protection Agency
● Federal Communications Commission
● FBI
● National Security Agency
● Secret Service
● Securities and Exchange Commission
● U.S. Agency for International Development