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How to Research Regulations and Rulemaking

 

Help staff quickly locate and use administrative agency information, rules and regulations.

This course explores effective research strategies focused on both print or web resources. Our expert faculty share their secrets and tips, attainable only through years of experience.

(Please note: This sample agenda focuses on federal, not state, agencies.)

  Custom Training Information

Sample Agenda

1:30   Welcome
1:35   Overview
2:00   The Federal Register
2:30   Internet Resources
3:15   Break
3:30   The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Presidential Documents, and Agency Decisions
4:00   Internet Resources and Case Studies
5:00   Conference concludes


All custom training is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.

Sample Agendas in pdf format

Sample agendas of different versions of this program tailored for previous custom clients are available in Adobe pdf format:

See our Sample Agendas page for more.
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Audience Level Familiarity with how administrative agencies function and the regulatory and rulemaking processes, or our Understanding the Regulatory Process course.
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Audience Size This program is most effective for between 15 and 35 attendees.

Not enough people for a custom, on-site program? You can still train your staff at our public course.

Previous Clients

Our selected client list includes clients who have purchased custom training, sent staff to our public programs and who have purchased our publications.

Faculty This training program is taught by two faculty members.  One has more than 20 years experience as a legal and legislative research specialist, and the second is an attorney who served government and public clients as a legal reference specialist for ten years and has instructed seminars on legal research and legislative history research for congressional staff for more than 10 years. 
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Rave Reviews

 

"I primarily lobby Congress and this was useful for those times when it is necessary to find information on rules and agencies."

"Learned about on-line resources for finding information." 

"Speaker gave good hints for being more effective, as well as new resources for info."

Course Materials Course manual includes over 100 pages of course materials and case studies.
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Length and Location

Usually requires 1/2 day.  

This program is usually held in Washington, DC.

Internal Marketing To help you publicize and market a custom program to your organization's audience, we can provide printed materials and language for your own internal promotion and publicity.
Fee The fee for this program depends on the location, number of attendees, length, and training materials.  Call us for details, or complete our custom program information request for more information.  

If you don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program, you can still train your staff at our public course.
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What is included in the fee?

TheCapitol.Net tailors each program to meet your training and educational objectives. Before we issue a cost proposal, we will work with you to tailor a program to meet your training objectives.  We provide all course materials and faculty chosen for your topic and your audience at the time and location you choose.  

Our custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting space, all audio visual equipment, any food and beverages, all registration functions, and travel arrangements for attendees. When the program is held outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel arrangements for faculty can be made by the client or by us. 

We can also provide meeting space, audio visual equipment, food and beverage, registration, and travel arrangements, though this affects cost.

FAQs See FAQs About Our Custom On-Site Training.
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Payment TheCapitol.Net accepts all forms of payment for its custom training, including credit cards (VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express), government procurement cards, checks, EFT, and purchase orders.
About Us TheCapitol.Net, Inc., is a non-partisan small business, and a Virginia corporation.  We are registered with CCR. See our About Us page for more details.

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Last updated: April 04, 2008

 



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Our publications and audio CDs can be customized with your organization's logo
Our publications and audio CDs can be customized with your organization's logo.

 


We can tailor our exclusive Congressional Quarterly Executive Conferences for your organization.


 

Custom Training Clients


Our custom training clients include

Federal Agencies

Labor Unions

Military

Associations

NGOs and Nonprofits

Diplomatic Corps

Fortune 500

Law Firms

Lobbying Firms

 

Selected Faculty

A few of the independent subject matter experts who have taught at our custom programs include:


Martha Angle

 

Chuck Cushman
 

Toby Dorsey
 

Ron Elving
 

Ron Faucheux
 

Brad Fitch
 

A. Lee Fritschler
 

Martin Gold
 

Phil Joyce
 

Sheila Kast
 

Steven Keller
 

Bob McLean
 

Walter Oleszek
 

Paul Powell
 

Paul Rundquist
 

Jim Thurber

 


 

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