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Custom On-Site Training

Tracking and Monitoring Legislation
How to Find and Use Congressional Documents
Learn how the pros find and work with congressional documents
(Our public course)

Do your staff find and track legislation? Do they know various methods to monitor the changes in legislation? Do you want them to better utilize your resources and save time in the process? Our expert faculty share their secrets and tips and show how tracking and monitoring legislation tracks the complexities of how a bill becomes a law.

This training will help your staff:

Learn the fastest ways to find and use congressional documents corresponding to each step in the legislative process--in print and online.
Identify different types and versions of bills, committee and conference reports, and leadership documents are identified.
Master the Congressional Record--Congress' official account of congressional activity--is demystified.

We can also provide our Portable WiFi Classroom^TM with laptop computers for attendees.

Custom Training Information
Sample Agenda	Welcome and Introductions Overview of Congressional Documents The Legislative Process and Corresponding Documents Types and Versions of Legislation Committee Documents Committee Calendars, Prints, Markup, and Reports Legislative Status Documents Leadership Documents and and Legislative Advisories House Calendar Resolutions from the House Rules Committee Senate Calendar of Business Senate Executive Calendar Senate Unanimous Consent Agreements Whip Notices The Congressional Record Conference Reports Conference and Presidential Documents A Working Example: Following a Bill through the Process Research Tools, Search Tips, and Web sites GPO Access / FDsys.gov Thomas Alert Services 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.
Sample Agendas	Sample agendas of different versions of this program tailored for previous custom clients are available in Adobe PDF. Our public course 1/2 day for national corporation As part of 1-day research program "Tracking Regulations, Legislation, and the Law" for a federal agency As part of 1-day program "Understanding Congress, the Legislative Process and Tracking Legislation" for multi-national corporation 1.5 days for national law firm - Tracking and Monitoring the Legislative Process See our Sample Agendas page for more.
Audience Level	Basic knowledge of the legislative process or completion of Understanding Congress or Congress and the Legislative Process recommended. All staff who must follow legislative developments, including staff of companies in regulated industries and all federal agencies, will benefit from this training.
Audience Size	This program is most effective for between 15 and 30 attendees. Don't have enough staff for a custom, on-site program? You can still train your staff at our public course.
Previous Clients	Variations of this program have been presented for federal agencies and multi-national corporations. Our selected client list includes clients who have purchased custom training, sent staff to our public programs and who have purchased our publications.
Faculty	All faculty who teach this course have a minimum of 15 years experience tracking and monitoring legislation.
Rave Reviews	"I can look at documents and have a better understanding of what they mean and how to deal with them. They don't seem so much like Greek." Congressional Researcher, Litton Industries "Picked up lots of new info, also developed new ideas. Lots of new web sites to review." Legislative Research Specialist, USDA "This course provides you with knowledge of resources that help you work more efficiently and effectively." Communications Manager, American Heart Association "I track legislation on a daily basis and this course made the process clear." "Outstanding insight & essential practical advice on how to effectively navigate through the sometimes overwhelming myriad of Congressional documents." Senate Fellow, U.S. Coast Guard See more testimonials about this program. See what some of the attendees at our custom programs say about our custom training.
Course Materials	Extensive course manual of more than 225 pages, including material from the Congressional Deskbook.
Length and Location	Usually requires 1/2 to 1 day. This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the world.
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.
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. 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.
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Related Information	Legislative History Reference and Research Tools Congressional Documents Online Internet Resources handout from our Legal Research course Legal Reference and Research Tools Legislation and Legislatures, including national and state and local links Online Regulatory Research Resources Real World Research Skills Statutory Construction and Interpretation, Government Series Capitol Learning Audio Courses: Research Skills ^TM
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Last updated: September 02, 2010