*Remember to submit all of your development fund requests one month before the end of the contract year
(generally sometime in April is appropriate for final requests).
Interns usually buy books (not text books) but books on the subject of their majors.
Here are some other requests that have been approved in the past...

Join various organizations, such as :  

• GPSI Student Association
• ASPA
• American Planning Association
• Association for Women in Communications
• American Water Works Association
• USMLEWorld
• Nat'l Forum for Black Public Administrators
• Illinois Public Health Association

Conference or seminar registrations related to  their majors or agency jobs, such as:

• ASPA Conference
• The Impact of Methamphetamine on Agriculture, Health Care & Child Welfare
• MPS Conference, Chicago Botanic Gardens
• Midwest Community Development Institute
• IPHA Annual Meeting
• Central Illinois TECHS Meeting
• Alumni in Government Breakfast

Registrations for online exams, such as:

• USMLE Application
• ECFMG Exam
• Sun Certified Programmer Exam
• Oracle Database Exam
• Thomson Prometric:  Develop & Implement Web Applications Exam
• CPA Review

Subscriptions such as:

• Foreign Affairs
• Illinois Issues
• American Planning Association
• The Wall Street Journal
• National Geographic

Travel related to their agency jobs such as: 

• Hotel, per diem, mileage, etc.

Miscellaneous:

• Purchase of a GPS
• Software