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Tracking and Monitoring Legislation How to Find, Track, and Monitor Congressional Documents
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Are you responsible for finding committee reports or searching for legislation and amendments? Do you know which online resources are most useful for your particular task? Do you need to know alternative methods for monitoring legislative changes and ways to better utilize your resources (saving time in the process)?
This course helps students:

Quickly locate and use online and print congressional documents corresponding to each step in the legislative process
Effectively track, monitor or research legislation
Research and analyze legislative history

Delve beyond monitoring legislation in the news and track real time progress in Congress

You�ll learn different types and versions of bills, committee and conference reports, and leadership documents. Students also find out about The Congressional Record, Congress' official activity account. Learn about legislation tracking, monitoring and the complexities of how a bill becomes a law.
You will have a "hands-on" opportunity to follow our faculty and navigate the Internet with one of our laptop computers (first 20 registrants to sign in at program). Or, bring your own Wi-Fi equipped laptop and take advantage of our Portable Wi-Fi Classroom^TM to enhance your learning.
We use Asus eee PC 1000HE's in our Portable WiFi Classroom^TM.

The leadership competencies for this course include:

Technology Management
External Awareness

Bring this course to your site.

This course and any combination of it's topics are available as custom on-site training for your organization. We have tailored this course for attorneys, program analysts, administrative assistants, and others. For more information about how this training can help your members and staff, please contact your client liaison.

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

Space is limited.

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Next Course
June 24, 2010:
For location in Washington, DC, see below.
$395
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Approved for .4 CEUs from George Mason University.

Research Skills
Congressional Operations

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

Course Details

Agenda

Tracking and Monitoring Legislation
9:00	Overview of Congressional Documents The Legislative Process and Corresponding Documents Types and Versions of Legislation
10:00	Break
10:10	Committee Documents Committee Calendars, Prints, Markup, and Reports
10:45	Leadership Documents 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
12:00	Research Tools, Search Tips, and Web sites GPO Access / FDsys.gov Thomas Alert Services
1:00	Complete evaluations and course concludes

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This is a sample agenda: the actual program may differ slightly.

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

This course is also available as a custom program.

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 Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of the legislative process or completion of Congress in a Nutshell: Understanding Congress or Congress and the Legislative Process 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.

Rave Reviews

"These classes have helped me effectively do my job! Great courses for someone without a background in these subjects. The reference materials alone are worth the trip to DC!"

"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."

"Great presentation of process coupled with informative paper and on-line resources."

"Outstanding insight & essential practical advice on how to effectively navigate through the sometimes overwhelming myriad of Congressional documents."
-- Senate Fellow, U.S. Coast Guard

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Time and Dates

9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Thursday, June 24, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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Location

June 24, 2010: Location in Washington, DC will be announced before course.

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

Cannon House Office Building (HOB), First and C Streets, SE, Washington, DC (Capitol South Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, Washington, DC (directly across the street from the Capitol South Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
College of William & Mary Washington DC Office, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 810, Washington, DC (two blocks southeast of the Dupont Circle Metro stop) Google Map
DC Bar Conference Center, 1101 K Street NW, Suite 200 (12th and K Streets NW), Washington, DC (McPherson Square station) Our map | Google Map
Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC (Gallery Place / Chinatown Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
Hall of the States, 444 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC (1 1/2 blocks from the Union Station Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
The Liaison Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC (2 1/2 blocks from the Union Station Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
Longworth House Office Building (HOB), New Jersey Ave. and C Streets, SE, Washington, DC (one block west of the Capitol South Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
National Democratic Headquarters, 430 So. Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 (Capitol South Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
Rayburn House Office Building (HOB), Independence Ave. SW and South Capitol Street (two blocks west of the Capitol South Metro stop) Our map | Google Map
Reserve Officers Association, One Constitution Avenue NE, Washington, DC (3 1/2 blocks from the Union Station Metro stop) Our map | Google Map

Course Materials

Extensive course manual of more than 225 pages, including material from the Congressional Deskbook.

Registration Fee

$395 **

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Discounts

** Group Discount! 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.

Certificate of Training
and
CEUs

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 .4 CEUs from George Mason University.

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

Policies

For this course, substitutions, cancellations, and transfers must be submitted in writing to us. Our transfer and cancellation fees are outlined below.

** Transfer and Cancellation Fee For all registrations received on or after September 1, 2007
Time Before Course	Substitutions Allowed	Transfer Fee	Cancellation Fee
More than 4 weeks	Yes, in writing	None	None
2 to 4 weeks	Yes, in writing	25% of tuition	50% of tuition
3 days to 2 weeks	Yes, in writing	50% of tuition	75% of tuition
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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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

Educational Tracks

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