Placing college students into federal internships should help increase agency productivity. When former interns are hired into permanent agency jobs, they can be integrated into their roles more quickly than their peers who have not been interns. As permanent employees, former interns should be able to leverage knowledge gained during their federal internships. In addition, former interns may use relationships built during internships to help them learn their new roles. Which of the following assumptions underlies the above argument?
a) College students are interested in federal internships.
b) Former interns have better relationships than non-interns.
c) Federal internships improve agency productivity.
d) Former interns are more knowledgeable than their peers.
