Department of the Interior - San Francisco Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance (OEPC) is seeking interns to engage in environmental policy work at OEPC's San Francisco, CA office. OEPC provides national and regional leadership in coordination and development of policy and program evaluation related to natural resources and the natural environment. To ensure the Department of the Interior acts as one entity, OEPC coordinates and unifies response on environmental and natural resource issues that affect multiple Federal bureaus.

OEPC’s mission is to actively foster cooperation among Department of the Interior’s bureaus and other Federal and state agencies, to encourage joint initiative, and to stimulate consideration of environmental and natural resource aspects of any proposed or continuing project or undertaking. The office provides independent environmental and technical advice to the Interior Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Assistant Secretary, and acts as an advocate for programs that enable bureaus to accomplish their missions in an efficient and effective manner.