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Courses > Course Schedule
Advanced Federal Budget Process
Integrating Performance and the Budget
Get an
advanced understanding of the budget process.
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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.
The leadership competencies for this course include:
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Accountability
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External Awareness
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Strategic Thinking
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Financial Management
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Political Savvy
This is an elective course for the
Certificate
in Congressional Operations.
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engineers, scientists, and
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Agenda |
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Advanced Federal Budget Process |
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8:30 -
4:00 pm both days
(Networking lunch 12 noon both days) |
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DAY ONE |
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The Budget and
the Economy
Federal Budget Phases
and Time Frames
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Presidential and agency formulation
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Congressional action on the executive budget
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Budget execution and control
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Review and audit stage
Congressional
Budgeting Today
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The framework and basic concepts of budgetary accounting
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The congressional budget process, key players and basic roles and relationships
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The two federal budget processes: discretionary and mandatory spending
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Budget authority versus budget outlays
STAGE I: The Congressional Budget Resolution
and Reconciliation Process
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The budget resolution as a legislative framework
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How to interpret the budget aggregates, functional allocations contained in the budget resolution
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Enforcing the budget framework through reconciliation
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Why the budget
resolution and budget enforcement rules no
longer work
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PAYGO
STAGE II:
Authorizations
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Key features and different types of authorization bills
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The relationship of authorization and appropriations legislation and how differences between the two are reconciled
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The trend toward annual authorizations and how this impacts power relationships in Congress
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DAY TWO |
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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
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Changes in the appropriations process including Senate initiation of appropriations bills, and conflict in the appropriating process
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How the various parts of an appropriations bill relate to one another
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How to interpret the nuances of legislative language (expects versus directs, may versus shall, etc.) in appropriations bills and reports
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Track Senate amendments to House-passed appropriations bills
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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
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How differences between House and Senate legislation are reconciled
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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
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The flow of monies following the passage of appropriations including apportionment, allotments, obligations, and outlays by executive agencies
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Tracking and controlling the budget
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Accounting for budget execution
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Executing budgets within the law
Transparency
and Accountability in the Budget Process
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Policy proposals and fiscal realities
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OMB’s tools for assessing program performance
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Principles and issues in performance measurement
The Budget:
Short- and Long-Term Prospects
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This course or any combination of its topics are available
as
custom onsite training.
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you need a training
course we don't offer or coverage of
an additional topic in this course?
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Suggested
Prerequisites |
Knowledge
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.
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Client Testimonials |
"An excellent
introduction to the federal budget process - at a
level usable for the federal agency lawyer."
"Strongly
recommend this course to other members in my office.
Superb presentation."
-- Legislative
Policy Analyst for HQ USAF
"Practical
suggestions for working with appropriators to
maximize funds."
-- Congressional Liaison,
DEA
See
more testimonials about this program.
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Time
and Dates |
8:30 am to 4:00 pm both days
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M&T,
December 6-7, 2010
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M&T,
August 1-2, 2011
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Th&F,
December 8-9, 2011
If you get a "Wait List Only"
message when registering, please select the next date. |
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Location |
December 6-7, 2010: 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. |
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Course
Materials |
Materials
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.
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Tuition |
$1095
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the next date. |
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Discounts |
When 4 people from the same
organization register and pay together, the 4th person is
free. When 8 people from the same organization register and
pay together, the 4th and 8th persons are both free. See complete
details here.
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Certificate of
Training
and
CEUs
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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.
 This course is approved for 1.2
CEUs from George Mason University.
This is an
elective course for the
Certificate
in Congressional Operations. |
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Policies |
For this course, cancellations
and transfers must be submitted in writing to us.
Our transfer and cancellation fees are outlined
below.
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Transfer and Cancellation Fee |
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Time Before Course |
Substitutions Allowed |
Transfer Fee |
Cancellation Fee |
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More than 4 weeks |
Yes, in writing |
None |
None |
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2 to 4 weeks |
Yes, in writing |
25% of tuition |
50% of tuition |
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3 days to 2 weeks |
Yes, in writing |
50% of tuition |
75% of tuition |
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1 to 2 days |
Yes, in writing |
75% of tuition |
100% of tuition |
day of program
(no refunds to no-shows) |
Yes, in writing |
100% of tuition |
100% of tuition |
No refunds for no shows. We reserve the right to
change this fee and time period.
TCN
reserves the right to cancel any course in the event of
insufficient registrations.
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Last updated:
September 02, 2010
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