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Custom On-Site Training

Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations
Learn the basics of the budget process
(Our public course)

Do your staff know where they can be most effective or who has the most to gain in the budgeting process? Do you want them to understand where your organization's power lies in the budget process?

If your staff need to understand the elusive subjects of congressional budgeting and federal spending, let our expert faculty give you all the essentials in one information-packed day.

  • The (really) big picture of federal budgeting and spending

  • What the confusing jargon means

  • The little-known rules and procedures that make a critical difference

  • The crucial difference between authorizations and appropriations

  • What to expect--and when--in the budget process
     

  Custom Training Information

Sample Agenda

Welcome and Introduction

Budgeting for Surpluses and Deficits
  • 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

Sample agendas of this program are available in PDF.

See our Sample Agendas page for more.
 

Audience Level Basic understanding of the congressional budget process or the legislative process or Congressional Dynamics and the Legislative Process recommended.

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

Audience Size This program is most effective for between 20 and 75 attendees.

Don't have enough people 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, businesses, and military departments.

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

Faculty Our faculty for this program all have more than 15 years' experience working with the federal budget.
 
Rave Reviews

 

"Anyone wanting to be current on the budget process should take this program.

"Good refresher into process of budget enactment including reason for and behind process changes." Workshop Attendee, General Dynamics Corporation

"Easy to follow lecture and materials corresponded with presentation.... All employees working with legislation would gain keen knowledge in the budget process." Unemployment Insurance Program Specialist, Employment and Training Administration, Dept. of Labor

"Gained an enhanced understanding of its [budget] impact on my organization."  Senate Liaison, U.S. Coast Guard

"All managers/supervisors should know this [budget] process." Director, National Institute of Postsecondary Education 

"[Speaker] enthusiastic, experienced and encouraging.  He was also very effective at bringing audience members into discussion."

Course Materials Includes The Federal Budget Process, Government Series and more than 75 pages of charts and documentation of the budget process.
 
Length and Location

Usually requires between 1/2 and 2 days.

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.
 

FAQs See FAQs About Our Custom On-Site Training.
 
Payment Payment methods we accept for custom training include checks and EFT/ACH.
 
About Us TheCapitol.Net, Inc., is a non-partisan small business, and a Virginia corporation.  We are registered with CCR. See our Capability Statement and our About Us page for more details.

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