Use this version. Email this to a friend. The Office of Personnel Management issued interimregulations on Thursday that describe hiring and management procedures associatedwith the new Federal Career Intern Program.
Currentfederal employees looking to enhance their careers are also eligible.
Agencies will give the interns formal trainingand career development opportunities, such as classes and rotational orother job assignments. After successfully completing the program, interns will be eligiblefor a career or career- conditional position in government. Federal employeeswho join the program within their agency, but do not complete it, will receivea position that is at the same grade and pay as the one they had beforeentering the intern program. OPM would like comment on the regulations through Jan. 16.