This scholarship is for applicants who have at least three years of full-time, professional US public sector experience at the time of application submission. If you will reach three years of this experience after your application is submitted but before the start of classes, the committee will work with you to update your scholarship once you meet the requirement. Public sector is defined as working for the government of the United States, a state, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, a city, a municipality, a township, a county, a parish, or a similar government body in the United States. This includes military service and working for a public school, college, or university.