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Custom Training

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

2-day program 

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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Sample AgendaLunch and breaks will be scheduled as appropriate each day
Day One

Welcome and Introduction
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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 LevelAttendees 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 SizeThis program is most effective for between 15 and 50 attendees.

 

Previous ClientsVariations 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 MaterialsMaterials 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.

FeeThe 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.  

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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.

FAQsSee FAQs About Our Custom Training.
PaymentPayment 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 UsTheCapitol.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.

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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.

Request More Information About this Custom Training Program

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All custom training from TheCapitol.Net is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.


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Our faculty for this program all have more than 15 years' experience working with the federal budget.

 

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To help you publicize and market a custom program to your organization's audience, we can provide printed materials and language for your own internal promotion and publicity.

 

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