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Custom Training

Preparing for Congressional Oversight and Investigation
Get a crash course in how to prepare for Congressional oversight or investigation.

With all the questions Congress asks about agency operations and spending and corporate business practices, is your staff prepared? Let our faculty share their expertise and experience so they'll know what to expect when Congress comes calling. 

If your organization is subject to Congressional oversight or a Congressional investigation, hear our experts describe what oversight and investigation involve and how best to prepare. This program is designed for federal agencies subject to congressional investigation and corporations that might be subject to congressional investigation. 

This program is for your staff who need to know:

  • What to expect from a congressional investigation

  • How to handle a document request

  • How to prepare a response package

  • How to work with the committee 



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The Role of Congressional Oversight
- Legal authority of Congress to conduct oversight 
- Oversight committees: authorization, special, temporary
- Committee Oversight Plans; Committee Activities Reports

What to Expect from a Congressional Investigation
- Investigative resources
- Investigative tools
- Potential impact
- Proactive vs. reactive response

What Does This Letter Mean - Are They Investigating Us?
- Initial communication from oversight committee
- Where are they going?
- Document request
- Programmatic or operational performance information request

Agency Strategic Plan for Response
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Who is in charge?
- What is the real issue being investigated?
- What are the facts surrounding this matter?
- How do we ensure the responses are correct and factual?
- Role of General Counsel
- Who are the Congressional staff working on this issue?

Actions to be Taken
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Meet with Congressional staff
- Interview agency/company personnel who have knowledge of issue
- Review all related documentation
- Review committee rules
- Prepare total response package
- Prepare witness for potential oversight hearing

Are They Entitled to this Information? Should We Hold Anything Back?
- Legal justification for withholding information
- Is it worth a subpoena?
- Who are they talking to within the agency/company?
- Can/should we stop an employee from talking to the committee?

Press Ramifications
- How will publicity on this issue affect the agency/company?
- What is the committee allowed to do with our documents?
- Can we control this story?

The Hearing
- Choosing the witness
- Proactive response with exhibits
- Interaction with the committee members and staff
- Using the committee rules to our advantage
- Responding to the press

Post-hearing actions and follow-up

Lunch and breaks scheduled as appropriate


All custom training 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.
 

Sample Agendas

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Audience Level This program is for all staff who must appear at, or help an agency or corporation prepare for, congressional oversight or investigative hearings.
 
Audience Size This program is most effective for between 15 and 35 attendees.
Previous Clients 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 are tailored for each presentation.

 
Length and Location

Usually requires 1 to 2 days.

This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the United States and in many foreign countries 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.  

Request More Information About this Custom Training Program
 

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
  • Critical Thinking and Writing

  • Grassroots Advocacy on the New Capitol Hill

  • How to Work with the Media

  • Preparing and Delivering Congressional Testimony
     

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  • Testifying Before Congress
     

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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 expert faculty includes former Hill staff and agency inspectors general with oversight and investigation experience.

 

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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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