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Student Internship Positions
Currently Available at the FCC
Important: The availability and timeframe for intern positions will vary by office or bureau. All application procedures function on a rolling admissions policy. Please continue to check back periodically as the internship positions are updated constantly.
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Wireline Competition Bureau - Competition Policy Division
Our primary mission is to foster competition in the provision of telecommunications services through market-opening rulemaking and policy making proceedings that concern major non-pricing issues affecting wireline telecommunications service providers. We are also responsible for the implementation of non-pricing aspects of the local competition requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act). Our division recommends rules and regulatory programs that address interconnection and unbundling requirements for Local Exchange Carriers (LECs), the unbundling of network features and functions useful to information service providers (ISPs), competition in the Interexchange Marketplace, the regulatory classification of carriers. Additionally, we are tasked with reviewing applications from wireline carriers for transfers of licenses and discontinuance of service.
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| Fall, Winter/Spring & Summer Semesters |
| Law students |
| Denise Coca at denise.coca@fcc.gov |
| Please include a cover letter and a resume. |
| Internships are unpaid. |
| Rolling basis |
Wireline Competition Bureau - Pricing Policy Division (PPD)
The Pricing Policy Division is responsible for the economic regulation of telecommunications carriers. For example, the Division develops competitive pricing policies and rules for the retail and wholesale interstate rates charged by carriers; the intercarrier compensation rates that carriers charge each other; and the rates for resale of local exchange services, unbundled network elements and interconnection that incumbent carriers charge competitive carriers. In addition, PPD is responsible for the review and regulation of carriers' tariffs. This internship will provide interns with the opportunity to work with attorneys, economists and public utility specialists in the division. For more information about PPD, and our recent proceedings, please visit http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/ppd/.
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| Summer Semester |
| Interns will have the opportunity to conduct legal research, draft documents and attend internal and external meetings. |
| Law students |
Lynne Engledow at lynne.engledow@fcc.gov
or fax to 202-418-1567 |
| Please send your résumé and a cover letter explaining your interest in telecommunications regulation. |
| Openings are for unpaid legal internships. Academic credit may be available for internships (please check with your school). |
| Applications will be accepted between January 1 and April 1 of each year for the upcoming summer. |
Wireline Competition Bureau - Telecommunications Access Policy Division (TAPD)
TAPD is responsible for administration of the universal service fund to ensure that consumers in all regions of the nation have access to quality telecommunications and information services at affordable rates. We are also responsible for developing rules and policies relating to numbering resources and the administration of the North American Numbering Plan. In addition, TAPD reviews the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability to ensure that such deployment is reasonable and timely (Section 706 Report).
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| Fall, Spring & Summer Semesters |
| Interns will have the opportunity to engage in legal research and writing in conjunction with several major rulemakings and adjudicatory proceedings. |
| Law students |
James Bachtell at James.Bachtell@fcc.gov
or fax to 202-418-7361 |
| Cover letter, resumé, writing sample and unofficial transcript |
| Openings are for unpaid legal internships. Academic credit may be available for internships (please check with your school). Please include in your cover letter the term for which you are applying (i.e., Spring or Summer). For more information please call 202-418-7400. |
| Rolling basis |
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