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Advanced Federal Budget Process
Current Budget Politics and the Federal Budget Process

Get an advanced understanding of the budget process. Learn how the federal budget process really works from faculty members with years of subject-matter expertise. Study important terminology and get tips to protect your budgetary interests.

We provide a comprehensive overview of current budget politics and the federal budgeting process. So you gain the awareness and guidance necessary to increase your chance of boosting funds and minimizing cuts. Understand the budget resolution process as well as the differences between authorizations and appropriations.

Learn how to recognize various budget documents so you can use them most effectively. We will also review and discuss transparency and accountability in the budget process and OMB's tools for program performance assessment. Finally, we explore professional online budget research resources.

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The online budget research sources we reference are located at TCNBudget.com

The leadership competencies for this course include:

  • Accountability

  • External Awareness

  • Strategic Thinking

  • Financial Management

  • Political Savvy

Bring this course to your site.

This course and any combination of its topics are available as custom on-site training for your organization. We have tailored this course for attorneys, program and budget analysts, managers, engineers, scientists, and others.  For more information about how this training can help your staff, please contact our client liaison.
Request More Information About this Custom Training Program

Certificate in Congressional Operations This is an elective course for the Certificate in Congressional Operations.

Space is limited. 

 Special Budget Courses
The President's Budget

The Defense Budget

  Course Materials

The Federal BudgetCourse materials include personal copy of  "The Federal Budget" by Allen Schick and the Congressional Operations Poster, which includes the Federal Budget Process flowchart.


  Course Details
Agenda

Advanced Federal Budget Process

8:30 - 4:00 pm both days
(Networking lunch 12 noon both days)

Day One

The Budget and the Economy

  • How the federal deficit was ended - and returned

  • Implications for the politics of budgeting

Federal Budget Phases and Time Frames

  • Presidential and agency formulation

  • Congressional action on the executive budget

  • Budget execution and control

  • Review and audit stage

Congressional Budgeting Today

  • The framework and basic concepts of budgetary accounting

  • The congressional budget process, key players and basic roles and relationships

  • The two federal budget processes: discretionary and mandatory spending

  • Budget authority versus budget outlays

STAGE I: The Congressional Budget Resolution and Reconciliation Process

  • The budget resolution as a legislative framework

  • How to interpret the budget aggregates, functional allocations contained in the budget resolution

  • Enforcing the budget framework through reconciliation

  • Why the budget resolution and budget enforcement rules no longer work

  • PAYGO

STAGE II: Authorizations

  • Key features and different types of authorization bills

  • The relationship of authorization and appropriations legislation and how differences between the two are reconciled

  • The trend toward annual authorizations and how this impacts power relationships in Congress

Day Two

STAGE III: Appropriations

The traditional role of the House initiating appropriations bills; the rules and structure in place to move this "must pass" legislation through committee and floor consideration

  • Changes in the appropriations process including Senate initiation of appropriations bills, and conflict in the appropriating process

  • How the various parts of an appropriations bill relate to one another

  • How to interpret the nuances of legislative language (expects versus directs, may versus shall, etc.) in appropriations bills and reports

  • Track Senate amendments to House-passed appropriations bills

  • How the Senate's lack of formal rules and structure impacts the path of appropriations bills through the Senate; the use of unanimous consent

STAGE IV: Final Actions on Appropriations

  • How differences between House and Senate legislation are reconciled

  • How to interpret the conference report and to determine the status of your program and final dollar amounts agreed to by the conferees

STAGE V: The Budget Execution Process

  • The flow of monies following the passage of appropriations including apportionment, allotments, obligations, and outlays by executive agencies

  • Tracking and controlling the budget

  • Accounting for budget execution

  • Executing budgets within the law

Transparency and Accountability in the Budget Process

  • Policy proposals and fiscal realities

  • OMB's tools for assessing program performance

  • Principles and issues in performance measurement

The Budget: Short- and Long-Term Prospects

  For a printable course description, agenda, dates, and registration form, click here.  PDF

This course or any combination of its topics are available as custom onsite training.  


Do you need a training course we don't offer or coverage of an additional topic in this course?

If you have suggestions for courses or topics you would like to see us offer, please contact us or complete our online suggestion form.


Suggested PrerequisitesKnowledge of, or a minimum of one year's experience working with, the congressional budget process, or completion of our  Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations course recommended.

If you need help deciding which courses you should take based on your work experience or training, please contact us via email or phone: 703-739-3790.

Time and Dates

8:30 am to 4:00 pm both days

  • M & T, August 6-7, 2012

  • T & W, December 11-12, 2012

Register for this course

LocationAugust 6-7, 2012:  Location in Washington, DC will be announced before course. 

Other dates:  Location in Washington, DC will be announced before course. Our courses are held at these Washington, DC, locations.

Course MaterialsMaterials include your personal copy of The Federal Budget by Allen Schick (Brookings 2000), the Congressional Operations Poster, plus 70-plus pages of course materials and learning tools.
Certificate of Training
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CEUs
CEUs approved by George Mason University
A Certificate of Training is available for this course. To get a Certificate of Training, your registration fee must be paid in full, and you must attend the entire course.

Certificate in Congressional Operations This is an elective course for the Certificate in Congressional Operations.

  This course is approved for 1.2 CEUs from George Mason University.

Related Training
  • Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations

  • Capitol Hill Workshop

  • The President's Budget

  • The Defense Budget

 

PoliciesFor this course, cancellations and transfers must be submitted in writing to us.  Substitutions must be submitted in writing - include substitute's name, phone and email. Our transfer and cancellation fees are outlined below.
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More than 4 weeksNo chargeNoneNone
2 to 4 weeksNo charge10% of tuition25% of tuition
3 days to 2 weeksNo charge20% of tuition50% of tuition
1 to 2 daysNo charge30% of tuition75% of tuition
day of program
(no refunds to no-shows)
No chargeNo refundNo refund

No refunds for no shows. We reserve the right to change this fee and time period. 

  • Cancellation, Substitution and Transfer Policy 
  • Weather Policy

TCN reserves the right to cancel any course in the event of insufficient registrations.

All statements and discussion at all of our courses, workshops and seminars, public and custom, are off the record and not for attribution, unless specified otherwise. The resulting confidentiality ensures a frank and free exchange of views.

FAQsFAQs about our training including suggested attire.
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Related Resources
  • Congressional Authorizations and Appropriations

  • Congressional Deskbook

  • Congressional Operations Poster

  • Federal Budget Links and Research Tools

  • Quick DC Links - Washington Essentials

  • The Federal Budget Process

  • The Federal Budget Process by Allen Schick (Brookings 2000)

  • Capitol Learning Audio Courses: Budget Process TM

Educational Tracks
  • Federal Budgeting
Available as custom, on-site training? Yes.  This program or any combination of its topics can be tailored for on-site agency, association and corporate training.  Please call 703-739-3790 for information.
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All of our courses and workshops include extensive interaction with our faculty, making our courses and workshops both educational and mini-consulting sessions with substantive experts.

 

 

Rave Reviews

"Good follow-up to the Understanding Congressional Budgeting 1 day course. Filled in the gaps in knowledge with applicable examples."  
--
Associate, Fortune 500 Company

 

"I feel more comfortable in the preparation of my budget and the process it will go through on the Hill." 
-- Budget Analyst, Treasury Dept.

 

"An excellent introduction to the federal budget process - at a level usable for the federal agency lawyer."

 

"[Faculty] very interesting, knowledgeable & able to explain complicated budget process." 
-- Program Analyst, Dept. of Energy

 

"Strongly recommend this course to other members in my office.  Superb presentation."  
--
Legislative Policy Analyst for HQ

 

"Practical suggestions for working with appropriators to maximize funds."  
-- 
Congressional Liaison, DEA

 

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Faculty

Our faculty for this course are all Hill veterans with current budget experience.

 

Select Previous Faculty

Clinton Brass

Hon. Jim Lightfoot

Roy Meyers

James Saturno

Allen Schick

Hon. Robert Walker

 

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