Custom Training Information

Welcome and Introduction

• How the federal deficit was ended - and returned
• The economy and the budget
• The President's budget submission

Congressional Budgeting Today

• The framework and basic concepts of the congressional budget process
• The key players and their basic roles and relationships
• The two federal budget processes: discretionary and mandatory spending
• How Congress is handling the President's budget
• The Congressional Budget Resolution
• Reconciliation

Authorizations

• Key features and different types of authorization bills
• The relationship of authorization and appropriations legislation

Appropriations

• The relationship of appropriations and the budget resolution
• House initiation of appropriations bills
• The rules and structure in place to move this "must pass" legislation
• How the various parts of an appropriations bill relate to one another
• Senate action on appropriations bills; the use of unanimous consent
• Final actions on appropriations

Internet Resources for Researching Congressional Budgeting; Case Studies

• How to use internet resources to track and research congressional budget action

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.
 

Sample agendas of this program are available in PDF.

• Our public course

• 1/2 day program on the budget and shifting politics for a federal agency - Shifting Politics and Budget Priorities

• 2-day program tailored for a military department - Understanding Congressional Budgeting and (military client) Issues

See our Sample Agendas page for more.
 

Previous attendees include military officers, budget analysts, program analyst, mangers, SES, and employees of government contractors.
 

Don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program? You can still train your staff at our public 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 between 1/2 and 2 days.

This program is usually held in Washington, DC.  It can be presented anywhere in the world.
 

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.
 

• Advanced Federal Budget Process

• Preparing and Delivering Congressional Testimony

• Preparing for Congressional Oversight and Investigation

• Strategies for Working with Congressional Staff

• Tracking and Monitoring Legislation

• The President's Budget

• The Defense Budget
   

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• Congressional Authorizations and Appropriations, Government Series

• Congressional Deskbook

• Congressional Operations Poster

• Federal Budget Links and Research Tools

• Quick DC Links - Washington Essentials

• The Federal Budget Process, Government Series

• The Federal Budget Process, by Allen Schick

• Capitol Learning Audio Courses: Budget Process ^TM
   

• Phone: 703-739-3790

• Email: custom -at- TheCapitol.Net

• Complete our online custom program information request.