International Reform Intern at the Government Accountability Project

The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is the nation’s leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization. Our mission is to promote corporate and government accountability by protecting whistleblowers, advancing occupational free speech, and empowering citizen activists. Located in Washington D.C., GAP is a nonpartisan, public interest nonprofit organization.

GAP is a consistent high-profile newsmaker, with its recent clients including:

• Robert MacLean, a former FAA Air Marshall who was fired for revealing a plan to remove Marshals from international flights during a time of heightened security concerns.

• Dr. Dean Wyatt, a USDA veterinarian who exposed horrific animal mistreatment, which indicated a systemic problem in the national food safety system.

• Several anonymous World Bank whistleblowers, whose disclosures (among others) GAP released, eventually leading to the resignation of Bank President Paul Wolfowitz.

GAP is offering an International Reform Internship for summer semester 2011 in its Washington, DC office. This program focuses on acting as a watchdog for the treatment of whistleblowers at the United Nations and multilateral development banks (such as the World Bank). Responsibilities will also include monitoring developments involving whistleblowers and corruption in selected countries, where the program is developing cases: the Czech Republic, Sri Lanka, Paraguay, Haiti and Egypt. Job responsibilities for this position include:

• Researching particular cases and whistleblower issues in an international context and preparing written summaries

• Analyzing international norms and standards regarding whistleblower protection for comparative effectiveness

• Monitoring specific issues in the international press and blogs

• Maintaining contact with GAP’s international program networks and coalitions.

The ability to speak and read French and/or Arabic is preferred.

GAP offers stipends of $1000 to undergraduates and $1750 to graduate students for 12 weeks of fulltime work, with restrictions (contact Dylan Blaylock at 202.457.0034, ext 137, or dylanb@whistleblower.org for more on stipends.)

Students must have a laptop computer to work from for the entire duration of the internship. This fulltime internship will run from mid-May to Mid-August (negotiable). Please submit a cover letter and resume to dylanb@whistleblower.org with the "International Reform Internship" in the subject line.