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Summer Congressional

Summer Information Technology (I.T.)

PAST PLACEMENTS INCLUDE:

• Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
• Senator Hilary Clinton (D-NY)
• Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
• Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
• Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
• House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
• Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)

• US Coast Guard
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• Department of Homeland Security
• US Patent and Trade Office
• National Science Foundation
• US Department of Transportation
• Transportation Security Administration
• Federal Aviation Administration

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Currently-enrolled undergraduate college students who self-identify as individuals with any type of disability are invited to apply. You will not be required to disclose your specific disability; however, your application for this program will signify that you consider yourself a person with a disability. PLEASE NOTE: This is a program run specifically for college students with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) the nation’s largest cross-disability membership organization. Those selected for this program will be involved in various disability-focused activities and will be associated with AAPD and fellow Interns throughout the program.
  
  
• Applicants must have completed four semesters of academic credit (more than 48 credits) and must have at least one additional academic semester (at least 12 credits) to complete at the conclusion of this internship.
  
  
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens with proof of citizenship.
  
  
• Applicants chosen for the AAPD Internship Program release all information contained in their Application for use on the AAPD website and in public press releases, including releases to the Program Funders and potential employers

What Happens Next:

• Completed applications received by AAPD before 5:00 PM EST, Friday, January 9, 2009 will be collected and reviewed by our Internship Review Team.
• Semi-Finalists will be contacted for semi-finalist telephone interviews on or before January 16, 2009
• Finalists will be contacted for finalist telephone interviews on or before January 30, 2009.
• Eight (8) students will be selected for the Congressional Internship program and Ten (10) students will be selected for the IT Internship program in early February, 2009.
• Interns selected for these programs are expected to assist AAPD in securing their placements in Congressional Offices or Federal Agencies.  This is a collaborative process where each Intern may be asked to contact and/or interview with a placement prior to receiving your internship assignment.  AAPD works to connect each Intern on an individual basis, based on their interests, skills, and our relationships in Washington, DC, to the best of our ability; however, no placement guarantees are given.
• All AAPD Interns will begin their internships with an Orientation week in Washington, D.C. immediately following Memorial Day weekend (with limited exceptions for conflicts with alternative academic schedules).
• AAPD will provide roundtrip transportation for each intern to arrive in Washington, D.C. on Memorial Day Weekend and return before Labor Day Weekend.
• All AAPD Interns will receive living stipends to be disbursed in three installments throughout the internship period.
• All AAPD Interns will receive accessible housing, free-of-charge, in the dormitories of George Washington University.