Program materials can include the Training Edition of the Congressional Deskbook

"The Congressional Deskbook is perfect for anyone who wants to understand how Congress works. It is concise, clarion clear and comprehensive all at once. It is spare and crisp -- but it never oversimplifies. It is written in lay language, but it never 'dumbs it down.' The Congressional Deskbook is a unique tool, one that I use regularly."
-- David Hawkings, Senior Editor, Congressional Quarterly

  Custom Training Information

• Historical overview of the U.S. government
• The three branches of the federal government
• Roles of the federal government and state governments

• Politics, policy, and procedure
• House and Senate legislative procedures
• Congressional operations
• Structure and organization of Congress

• Roles and responsibilities of governmental organizations such as the Congressional Research Service, the Congressional Budget Office, and Government Accountability Office
• Roles of non-governmental organizations, think tanks and others.

• How the president's administration and executive branch interact with Congress.
• How domestic and foreign policy decisions within the executive and legislative branches are influenced by economic and political realities.
• The budgetary and policy information produced in executive agencies.

• The role of lobbying in the legislative process.

• The media's constitutionally protected role in shaping policy debate in the U.S. government, national decision-making, and public opinion overall.

• The organization, jurisdiction, and work of U.S. federal courts.
• Cooperation and conflict between the judiciary and the legislative process.
• Role of judges
• The impact of judicial review on new and existing law.
  

Lunch and breaks scheduled as appropriate

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.

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See our Sample Agendas page for more.

Don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program? See our Capitol Learning Audio Course.

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

Usually requires 1 day to 2 days.  

This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the United States and in many foreign countries. 

If you don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program, you can still train your staff at our public course.

The program fee includes pre-program development and design, materials for your internal marketing and promotion, 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 program cost.

• Capitol Hill Workshop - Congressional Operations Briefing

• Drafting Effective Federal Legislation and Amendments

• How to Research and Compile Legislative Histories

• Performance-Based Budgeting

• Tracking and Monitoring Legislation

• Understanding Congress

• Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations
  

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• Congressional Deskbook

• Congressional Directory

• Congressional Documents Online

• Congressional Leadership and Committees (listing)

• Glossary of Congressional and Legislative Terms

• How America Governs, Capitol Learning Audio Course
  

• Phone: 703-739-3790

• Email: custom -at- TheCapitol.Net

• Complete our online custom program information request.