It's always fun to think of holiday related internships, and since [February 16 was] President's Day, I had a lot of options. I could have looked at car dealerships or retailers that celebrate with a President's Day sale, but I wanted to feature some internships that honor our past presidents. Since Washington and Lincoln are all over our money, we're going to check out the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. If you're not familiar with them, they're responsible for printing all of our paper money, but that's not all that they do. The BEP is also the country's largest producer of security documents, which includes "U.S. passports, materials for Homeland Security, military identification cards, and Immigration and Naturalization Certificates." They don't produce our coinage - that's the United States Mint, but they do have the coolest domain name in the government - MoneyFactory.gov - even though it kind of sounds like a get rich quick scheme's web site. And last but not least, they must be pretty busy because the current low interest rates mean that the government is printing a lot of new money. Continue reading about Bureau of Engraving and Printing...

Article by Willy Franzen of One Day, One Internship and One Day, One Job