Get an advanced understanding of the budget process.

Is your staff fluent in "budget-ese"?  Our faculty will bring their years of federal budget and teaching experience--and their budget savvy--to your organization and teach your staff how the federal budget process really works!

Learn the little-known tips and precise terminology that can help you follow--and protect--your budgetary interests. This program is for your staff who must:

• Receive an overview of current budget politics and how federal budgeting works today.

• Gain the knowledge to help increase your chances of boosting funds or staving off cuts.

• Understand the budget resolution process as well as differences between, and the importance of, authorizations and appropriations.

• Be able to recognize various budget documents and how to use them most effectively.

• Learn principles and issues of transparency and accountability in the budget process.

• OMB's tools for assessing program performance.
  

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Custom Training Information
Sample Agenda	Lunch and breaks will be scheduled as appropriate each day Day One Welcome and Introduction TheCapitol.Net The Budget and the Economy The federal budget - key components and concepts How the federal deficit was ended - and returned Current deficit and debt projections Congressional Budgeting Today The Budget Control Act and sequestration The chronology of the federal budget process The president's budget Congressional budget process, key players, and basic roles and relationships STAGE I: The Congressional Budget Resolution and Reconciliation Process Characteristics of the budget resolution The reconciliation process Relationship of the budget resolution to committee action Enforcing the budget resolution 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
Sample Agendas	Sample agendas of different versions of this program tailored for previous custom clients are available in Adobe PDF. 1-day program for national law firm - Advanced Federal Budget Process 2-day program for federal agency - Budgeting in Review As part of 2-day "Understanding Congressional Budgeting and (Client Agency)'s Issues" for federal agency 2-day program tailored for a military department - Understanding Congressional Budgeting and (military client) Issues As part of 5-day Capitol Hill Workshop for federal agency - Advanced Federal Budget Process and Legislative-Executive Workshop See our Sample Agendas page for more.
Audience Level	Attendees should have a 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.
Audience Size	This program is most effective for between 15 and 50 attendees.
Previous Clients	Variations of this program have been presented for federal agencies. Our selected client list includes clients who have purchased custom training, sent staff to our public programs and who have purchased our publications.
Course Materials	Materials can include a personal copy of The Federal Budget Process.
Length and Location	Usually requires 2 days.   This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the United States online.
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.
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, online venue, audio visual equipment, food and beverage, registration, and travel arrangements, though this affects program cost.
FAQs	See FAQs About Our Custom Training.
Payment	Payment methods we accept for custom training include checks and EFT/ACH.
Related Custom Training	Congressional Operations Briefing - Capitol Hill Workshop The President's Budget The Defense Budget Preparing and Delivering Congressional Testimony Preparing for Congressional Oversight and Investigation Strategies for Working with Congressional Staff Tracking and Monitoring Legislation Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations
About Us	TheCapitol.Net, Inc., is a non-partisan small business, and a Virginia corporation. We are registered with CCR / SAM. See our Capability Statement and our About Us page for more details. FEIN: 54-1917701     DUNS: 04-273-5071      CAGE: 1K5S4
Related Resources	Congressional Authorizations and Appropriations, Government Series Congressional Procedure Congressional Operations Poster Federal Budget Links and Research Tools Quick DC Links - Washington Essentials The Federal Budget Process, Government Series The Federal Budget Process by Allen Schick  Capitol Learning Audio Courses: Budget Process TM
Need more information?	Phone: 202-678-1600 Email: custom -at- TheCapitol.Net Complete our online custom program information request.
Non-Partisan	TheCapitol.Net is a non-partisan firm, and the opinions of its faculty, authors, clients and the owners and operators of its vendors are their own and do not represent those of TheCapitol.Net.

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