Senate Historical Office’s Summer Internship Objectives:

The United States Senate Historical Office is seeking graduate applicants for the summer internship program. Objectives include: Objective 1: Revise and update archival transfer sheets by composing descriptions of records of a Senate Committee. This requires an ability to research and include party designation, date span of the records, the meaning of acronyms, and the position of referenced staff members. An ability to identify records series (legislative, oversight, nominations, administrative,) and major subject themes if required. Objective 2: Process (arrange and describe) the electronic records of a Senate committee. This requires all of the abilities listed above as well as the ability to ascertain volume of electronic records, identify formats, and degree of sensitivity of the records. Objective 3: Identify Senators and provide data entry for log sheets on a collection of television broadcasts. Objective 4: Attend meeting with the Senate archivist as appropriate, to observe archival practices, and processes within the Senate. Please submit your internship application, resume, cover letter, and two letters of recommendation by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 15, 2019. Intern hourly rate is $17.50 per hour.

Hiring for this position will be governed by the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act of 1998 (“VEOA”), as made applicable by the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. Pursuant to the VEOA, qualified applicants who are not current employees of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate and who are disabled or who have served on active duty in the Armed Forces during certain specified time periods or in certain military designated campaigns (“veterans”) may be eligible to receive a preference over non-veterans in hiring decisions. Family members of veterans may also be eligible to receive a veterans’ preference if the veteran cannot claim his or her veterans’ preference.

To be eligible for a veterans’ preference, applicants must meet all of the requirements set forth in the VEOA and applicable regulations. Those eligibility requirements are summarized in the Application for Veterans’ Preference, which may be obtained by visiting:

https://www.senate.gov/employment/resources/pdf/SOS_VeteransPreference.pdf.

If claiming a veterans’ preference, an applicant must indicate that he/she is preference eligible on the application or resume and must submit a completed copy of the Application for Veterans’ Preference along with the supporting documentation specified on that form. If the Office of the Secretary of the Senate does not receive the Application for Veterans’ Preference and supporting documentation by the closing date, the applicant’s claim for a veterans’ preference may be denied.

Applicants may obtain a copy of the Office’s Veterans’ Preference in Appointments policy by submitting a written request to vets@sec.senate.gov.

Individuals who are entitled to a veterans’ preference are invited to self-identify voluntarily. This information is intended solely for use in connection with the Office of the Secretary of the Senate’s obligations and efforts to provide veterans’ preference to preference-eligible applicants in accordance with the VEOA. An applicant’s status as a disabled veteran and any information regarding an applicant’s disability, including the applicant’s medical condition and history, will be kept confidential and will be collected, maintained and used in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as made applicable by section 102(a)(3) of the CAA, 2 U.S.C. §1302(a)(3). An applicant who declines to self-identify as a disabled veteran and/or to provide information and documentation regarding his/her disabled veteran’s status will not be subjected to an adverse employment action, but the individual may be ruled ineligible for a veterans’ preference.

All applicants should submit a Secretary of the Senate Internship Application, Application for Veteran’s Preference and supporting documentation specified on that form, cover letter, two letters of recommendation, and current resume to the Human Resources Department at resumes@sec.senate.gov.