The DLP is an internship program designed to provide tomorrow’s leaders with the knowledge, tools, skills, and experiences that can be readily applied to their future challenges and pursuits, whether personal or professional.
The program takes a holistic approach to developing Interns by providing a wide range of stimulating and developmental activities including:

• Substantive assignments in an unlimited array of functional areas related to government operations (i.e., Human Capital Management, Finance and Budgeting, Information Technology, Legal, Contracting and Procurement, Small and Local Business and Economic Development, Legislative Affairs, Health and Human Services, Education, and Performance Management);
• A customized Individual Development Planning Learning Lab and Tool Suite;
• Classroom lectures and coursework on topics centered around core business services as well as other specialty topics;
• Web-based training and development courses;
• A series of Profiles in Leadership brown bag seminars and presentations; 
• 360⁰ performance feedback for each intern; and 
• Guest lecturers focusing on topics such as Customer Service, Priorities for the District of Columbia, and Leadership Development.