The National Security Agency will begin accepting applications this fall for its first privacy and civil liberties internship program. The application process will follow its summer internship program’s existing application schedule, which begins Sept. 1 and closes at the end of October. At least one student will be chosen for the 2016 summer program to work in the NSA’s newly created Civil Liberties and Privacy Office. “Everybody has different perspectives, and I think those interns are an opportunity for the agency and my office in particular,” Rebecca Richards, the NSA’s director of civil liberties and privacy, told FedScoop in an exclusive interview at the agency’s Fort Meade headquarters in Maryland. “Exposing the agency to newly minted college grads as well as exposing those newly minted college grads to what the agency does can only bring benefits to the conversation.” The conversation Richards refers to stems from the controversy surrounding the NSA’s foreign intelligence collection programs, particularly the bulk collection of telephone metadata. President Barack Obama ordered sweeping reforms to the programs in 2013, leading to the creation of Richards’ office a year ago this month... fedscoop/exclusive-nsa-creating-privacy-internship-program/#sthash.NHxHOGUI.dpuf
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:08:22 +0000
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