Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations, from TheCapitol.Net

Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations
Federal Budgeting in the Age of Deficits
A real world overview of the congressional budget process

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Who has the most to gain in the budgeting process? Where are you most effective? Where does your power lie in the budget process?

This engaging course explores basic congressional budget process concepts along with key players, their roles and relationships. Learn about discretionary and mandatory spending, the budget resolution and reconciliation process. Students also learn about the relationship of authorization and appropriations legislation. Hear real, modern-day examples that illustrate the process, and gain ample time to discuss concerns and roadblocks encountered with the budget process.
This course covers:

The big picture of federal budgeting and spending
The crucial difference between authorizations and appropriations
What to expect and when in the budget process

The relationship between appropriations and the budget resolution

Using Internet resources to track and research congressional budget action

The leadership competencies for this course include:
Financial Management

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 budget and program analysts, administrative assistants, scientists, engineers, auditors, accountants, and others. For more information about how this training can help your members and staff, please contact your client liaison.

This is a required course for the Certificate in Congressional Operations.

Space is limited.

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Next Course
May 13, 2010:
For location in Washington, DC, see below.
$595
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Approved for .6 CEUs from George Mason University.

Federal Budgeting
Congressional Operations

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Special Budget Courses

The President's Budget
February 23, 2010

The Defense Budget
February 26, 2010

Course Details

Agenda

Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations
8:30	Budgeting for Surpluses and Deficits
9:50	Break
10:00	The Congressional Budget Process
11:00	Break
11:10	Authorizations
12:10	Lunch
1:10	Appropriations
2:10	Break
2:20	Appropriations (continued)
3:20	Break
3:40	Internet Resources for Researching Congressional Budgeting; Case Studies
4:10	Complete Evaluations; Course Concludes

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

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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?

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Suggested Prerequisites

Basic understanding of the congressional budget process or the legislative process or Congressional Dynamics 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

"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

"I have a much better understanding of the appropriations process and will be more efficient when dealing with Congressional staff."
-- Workshop Attendee, Federal Agency

"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

"Great definitions, lots of examples to help differentiate between related and potentially confusing terms & concepts. "
-- Workshop Attendee, Federal Agency

"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."

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Time and Dates

8:30 am to 4:00 pm

February 23, 2010 - The President's Budget
February 26, 2010 - The Defense Budget
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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Location

May 13, 2010: Location in Washington, DC will be announced before each course. Also see:

February 23, 2010 - The President's Budget
February 26, 2010 - The Defense Budget

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 20036 (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

Includes more than 75 pages of charts and documentation of the budget process.

Registration Fee

$595 **

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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 .6 CEUs from George Mason University.

This is a required 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

Congressional Operations Poster
Federal Budget Links and Research Tools
The Federal Budget Process by Allen Schick (Brookings 2000)
Quick DC Links - Washington Essentials

Educational Tracks

Related Training

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