State Dept. expects governmentwide surge in virtual internships amid pandemic




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Summary: Agencies continue to bring new employees onboard during the coronavirus pandemic, and that includes interns. For more than a decade, the Virtual Student Federal Service has matched e-interns with unclassified projects such as coding, speech writing and website design. The concept started at the State Department, and has spread to other agencies. For more on the program, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the State Department’s senior adviser for innovation, Nora Dempsey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices