FAQs About Our Custom, On-Site and Online Training
Commonly asked questions about our tailored, on-site and online training.

1.  What is TheCapitol.Net?

TheCapitol.Net is a non-partisan small business that provides continuing professional education and publications for thousands of government and business leaders each year.  For more than 40 years, TheCapitol.Net and its predecessor, Congressional Quarterly Executive Conferences, have been training professionals from government, military, business, and NGOs about the dynamics and operations of the legislative and executive branches and how to work with them.

Our experienced faculty are all independent subject-matter experts with current experience, and include: senior government executives; former members of Congress; Hill and agency staff; editors and journalists; lobbyists; lawyers; nonprofit executives; scholars; and other experts. 

We help your staff and members better understand Washington and Congress. ^TM

Capability Statement

We are registered with SAM. 
FEIN/TIN: 54-1917701     SAM Unique Entity ID: CJ32EZ764QJ8     DUNS: 04-273-5071     CAGE: 1K5S4

If you need a Form W-9, we have a pre-filled version here (1-page PDF )

TheCapitol.Net has designed and delivered hundreds of custom training programs for hundreds of clients, including federal and state agencies, law and lobbying firms, foreign delegations, corporations, labor unions, and trade associations. Our custom programs have been delivered in locations across the country and online to staff located all over the country.  

See what our clients say about our custom training.

An overview of our custom training is available as a PDF.

See our About Us page for more details. 

Government agencies, see our Information for Government Agencies page.

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2.  What are the benefits of choosing custom training from TheCapitol.Net?

Choosing custom training from TheCapitol.Net has many benefits: 

• Give your staff or members a higher comfort level when they deal with Congress and congressional staff, and with legislative matters.

• Save staff or member travel-time, and associated expenses, to an off-site location.

• Choose on-site or online.

• Plan around your schedule.

• Guide the content to meet your training goals and the needs of your attendees.

• Discuss sensitive or proprietary issues in confidence.

• Weave your own presentations in among our topics.

• Allow organization-specific issues to be addressed by our faculty.

• Off-the-record Q&A allows for frank interaction among attendees and faculty.

• All of our faculty are independent subject matter experts.

• Our faculty are chosen for their current expertise and their ability to teach others.

• We use written agendas.

• Our custom programs include written materials, and many include our award-winning publications.

• TheCapitol.Net is non-partisan.

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3.  Is there a charge for designing and developing a custom program?

No, not for the typical custom program (1/2-day to 5-days).  Before we issue a cost proposal, we work with you to tailor a program that meets your training and educational goals and objectives. However, the agenda developed by us is copyrighted by us and can not be used without charge.

4.  Do you have any custom programs other than those I've seen on your web site?

We can design any custom program to meet your training objectives and goals. Very few of our custom clients use any of our programs "off-the-shelf" and most mix topics from different courses. We often blend in with our training sessions developed and taught by the client's own staff with our training.

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5.  Can our custom program from TheCapitol.Net program include topics presented by our own staff and trainers?

Yes, we can work with you to build a training program that includes topics presented by a combination of our faculty and your in-house trainers and experts. Examples include:

• An executive of the client organization presented a 15 minute welcome and overview of the client's mission.

• We designed and our faculty presented a 5-day program with several one hour sessions presented by the client's experts.

• Our faculty presented one hour as part of a client's multi-day program.
  

6.  How many people can you train in a custom program?

In our custom programs, we have trained as few as one person and as many as 750 people at one time. Most of our on-site and online training programs have between 15 and 40 people and are cost-effective, when compared to our public course registration fees alone, when the training group numbers at least 15 to 20 people. 

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7.  How is the program fee determined?

After we agree on the agenda and training goals, we will discuss your program with our faculty and select the faculty we believe are most qualified to meet the training goals and present most effectively the tailored program to your attendees. The fee for each program depends on the location, number of attendees, length, and training materials used. Our minimum fee for custom, on-site training for new clients is $3500. Call us for details, or complete our custom program information request for more information. 

8.  What does the program fee include?

We provide 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, audio visual equipment, program facilitation, food and beverages for attendees, training certificates, CLE and CEU arrangements, all marketing and registration functions, and travel arrangements for attendees. We can provide an online venue for custom online training using Adobe Connect.

When a custom training program is held outside the Washington, DC, metro area, travel arrangements for faculty are usually made by the client. We can make all necessary travel arrangements.

We can also provide an online venue for custom online training using Adobe Connect or Zoom.

Please note that any recording of our training programs, on-site or online, is not allowed without a separate site license agreement as all of our programs and materials are the intellectual property of TheCapitol.Net, Inc. (C)(P), All Rights Reserved. For more, see our FAQ for our ebook and audio program license and our Copyright notice.

We can provide meeting space or online venue, program facilitation, audio visual equipment, food and beverages for attendees, marketing, Training Certificates, CEU approval from George Mason University, registration of attendees, individual attendee billing services, and faculty and attendee travel arrangements. Call us for details, or complete our custom program information request for more information.

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9.  How does the fee for a custom program compare to that for your public training courses?

Most of our custom on-site and online programs have between 15 and 40 people and are cost-effective, when compared to our public training course registration fees alone, when the training group numbers at least 15 to 20 people. Choosing custom training means you 

• Save staff or member travel-time and associated expenses to an off-site location. We can also provide custom training entirely online.

• Plan around your schedule

• Guide the content to meet your training goals and the needs of your attendees

• Discuss sensitive or proprietary issues in confidence

• Weave your own presentations in among our topics

• Allow organization-specific issues to be addressed by the faculty

Call us for details, or complete our custom program information request for more information.

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10.  What forms of payment do you accept for custom training?

TheCapitol.Net accepts these forms of payment for our custom training:

• EFT/ACH ¹

• Checks

Please speak with your liaison at TheCapitol.Net about other payment methods.

¹  Please see our registration in SAM for EFT/ACH information. If your organization has an organization-specific form that must be completed by us to authorize EFT/ACH payment, please send that form to us at least 2 weeks before the first training date.

We do not accept checks from non-US banks, and all payments must be made in USD($). Any foreign currency charges are paid by the client.

11.  Who can I talk with if I have more questions or if I want to discuss a custom training program for my organization?

• For more information call us: 202-678-1600.

• Complete the custom program information request form.






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Related information

• FAQs About Our Public Courses

• FAQs About Our Publications

• FAQs About Congress and Washington, DC

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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Custom Training, On-Site and Online

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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Internal Marketing

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.