Prepare for the CIA® exam with this extensive, five-day course which covers the three essential parts of the CIA® certification, giving you the knowledge and confidence to succeed. You will use the IIA’S CIA® Learning System, an interactive print and web-based review program that covers the entire global CIA® exam syllabus in a flexible, on-demand format. You will also have access to online study tools such as the CIA® review plan, allowing you to create your own study plan, tests, flashcards, and more to make sure you are ready for the exam. This course has been updated to reflect the latest CIA® exam syllabus from 1/1/19.
","This course is designed for internal audit professionals who learn best in a structured setting, enjoy peer discussion and live instruction from a qualified facilitator, and have the desire to compare ideas and notes with internal auditors in other companies who are addressing the same challenges.
",5,Days,"Audit Concepts, Policies and Principles","1,2","Accounting Concepts, Policies and Principles","2,3",Audit Planning and Management,"1,2",Audit Reporting,"1,2",Decision Support - Audit Execution,"1,2,3",,,,,,,,,, Contemporary Issues in Federal Financial Management,Management Concepts,https://www.managementconcepts.com/course/id/5749?utm_source=CFOportal&utm_medium=listing&utm_campaign=CFOTTEP&utm_id=23FM,CPE,959.00,Virtual,"Examine the current and future trends effecting the federal financial management community, and how legislative and policy changes impact procedures, processes, and standards. While this course covers governmentwide initiatives, special emphasis is placed on the Department of the Treasury and Office of Personnel Management because these agencies have implications on financial policy and the workforce.
",This course is designed for individuals seeking to understand future trends in financial management and gain the perspective needed to effectively lead their organizations.
,2,Days,Advanced Financial Management,5,"Budget Formulation, Justification, and Presentation",5,Financial Reporting,5,Audit Planning and Management,5,,,,,,,,,,,, Information Systems Auditing,Management Concepts,https://www.managementconcepts.com/course/id/5815?utm_source=CFOportal&utm_medium=listing&utm_campaign=CFOTTEP&utm_id=23FM,CPE,1159.00,Virtual,"Explore the five domains for information systems audits which align with GAGAS and the Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual. This type of audit evaluates auditing of programs, governance, implementation, management, and cybersecurity of all the agency’s information systems. Gain practical application through a case study that allows you to apply proper planning and research to build a sound information system audit. This prepares you to offer recommendations for controlling and protecting the data and flow of information, along with interpretation of the controls and operational needs. The case study approach also highlights the specific government guidance for evaluating the confidentiality, integrity, and security of information systems from both an auditor and auditee perspective.
","This course is designed for Federal, state, and local auditors who need to plan and conduct information systems audits in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) and for government personnel who expect to be the subject of information system audits.
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",This course is intended for mid- to senior-level managers.
,1,Days,"Audit Concepts, Policies and Principles","1,2",Integrity and Honesty,"2,3,4",Financial Stewardship,5,,,,,,,,,,,,,, \ No newline at end of file +"Understanding ERM, Internal Controls, and Fraud Prevention in the Federal Environment",Management Concepts,https://www.managementconcepts.com/course/id/5892?utm_source=CFOportal&utm_medium=listing&utm_campaign=CFOTTEP&utm_id=23FM,CPE,609.00,Virtual,"Learn the benefits of developing an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program and how to monitor internal controls continuously to adapt to the evolving nature of your environment. You will explore the valuable role of fraud risk frameworks in arming yourself and your organization against fraud. Through a combination of thought-provoking discussions and relevant examples, you will develop a better understanding of these components and how they apply to your functions and operations.
",This course is intended for mid- to senior-level managers.
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Students will learn how to record, analyze, interpret, and communicate financial information in accordance with applicable professional and regulatory authoritative literature.\r\n\r\nUpon completing this course students will be knowledgeable about global business and trade as it applies to international financial reporting standards.", + "course_description": "This course will examine how economic transactions are measured and reported in financial statements using generally accepted accounting principles to help users of accounting information to make financing, operating, and investing decisions for businesses. 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Students will learn how to record, analyze, interpret, and communicate financial information in accordance with applicable professional and regulatory authoritative literature.\r\n\r\nUpon completing this course students will be knowledgeable about global business and trade as it applies to international financial reporting standards.", + "course_description": "This course will examine how economic transactions are measured and reported in financial statements using generally accepted accounting principles to help users of accounting information to make financing, operating, and investing decisions for businesses. Students will learn how to record, analyze, interpret, and communicate financial information in accordance with applicable professional and regulatory authoritative literature.\n\nUpon completing this course students will be knowledgeable about global business and trade as it applies to international financial reporting standards.", "additional_course_information": "This course is taught by instructors who are experienced, successful project management practitioners, and have held executive / senior management positions in government, public- and private-sector businesses, and non-profit organizations. 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Focuses on financial fraud such as bribery, contract rigging and kickbacks, embezzlement, fraudulent financial reporting, payroll fraud, and misappropriation of inventory and other assets.", "additional_course_information": "This course is taught by instructors who are experienced, successful project management practitioners, and have held executive / senior management positions in government, public- and private-sector businesses, and non-profit organizations. ", "course_duration_num": 8, "course_duration_attribute": "Hours", @@ -8676,7 +8676,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1499, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "This course is specifically designed for Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) who are responsible for assuring that contractors are performing the technical portion of the contract. Acquire the breadth of knowledge required to perform the COR role, including knowledge related to roles and responsibilities, as well as fundamentals of contracting regulations; types, phases, and other elements of contracts; awareness of ethical, legal, and cultural factors that impact COR responsibilities; and information necessary to effectively evaluate situations, apply knowledge gained, and make correct decisions to carry out COR responsibilities.\r\n\r\nThis course is equivalent to the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) course COR222 from which materials are adapted. This course is recommended by Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) as one of the certification requirements for the Contracting Officer's Representative certification (FAC-COR).\r\n\r\nTo earn a Certificate of Completion, participants must attend all class sessions and achieve a score of 80% across all course work and assessments including examinations, quizzes and participation in case studies. Participants who do not meet the above standard must re-enroll at their own expense.", + "course_description": "This course is specifically designed for Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) who are responsible for assuring that contractors are performing the technical portion of the contract. Acquire the breadth of knowledge required to perform the COR role, including knowledge related to roles and responsibilities, as well as fundamentals of contracting regulations; types, phases, and other elements of contracts; awareness of ethical, legal, and cultural factors that impact COR responsibilities; and information necessary to effectively evaluate situations, apply knowledge gained, and make correct decisions to carry out COR responsibilities.\n\nThis course is equivalent to the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) course COR222 from which materials are adapted. 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You will enhance your awareness of performance issues relating to both achievement of program goals and effective and efficient management of program resources. You will learn a step-by-step, hands-on process to develop and implement a formalized monitoring function for grants that will apply to monitoring of recipients and sub-recipients. This process also includes self-monitoring within your agency or organization, a function mandated by 2 CFR 200, the Uniform Administrative Requirements.\r\n\r\nTo increase the effectiveness of your new monitoring function, you will learn to identify monitoring issues and tools applicable for both grantors and recipients.\r\n\r\nParticipants will also learn and apply the general and technical competencies identified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to help ensure successful grants management outcomes.", + "course_description": "You will focus on the unique performance management, measurement and monitoring issues for grants and grant-funded programs. You will enhance your awareness of performance issues relating to both achievement of program goals and effective and efficient management of program resources. You will learn a step-by-step, hands-on process to develop and implement a formalized monitoring function for grants that will apply to monitoring of recipients and sub-recipients. This process also includes self-monitoring within your agency or organization, a function mandated by 2 CFR 200, the Uniform Administrative Requirements.\n\nTo increase the effectiveness of your new monitoring function, you will learn to identify monitoring issues and tools applicable for both grantors and recipients.\n\nParticipants will also learn and apply the general and technical competencies identified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to help ensure successful grants management outcomes.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -8767,7 +8767,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Federal government agency heads must follow the requirements of the Federal Manager's Financial Integrity Act and OMB's Circular A-123 to assess and report on the agency's system of internal control. Learn how the required compliance assessment can be structured and carried out, including basic techniques and approaches for conducting evaluations and documenting their results. Understand the intent and content of OMBs 2016 revision to Circular A-123 and GAO’s 2014 revision to the Internal Control Standards (the Green Book).\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.\r\n\r\nEffective January 30, 2018, the title of this course changed from Management's Responsibility for Internal Control (OMB Circular A-123) to Management's and Auditor's Roles in Assessing Internal Control.", + "course_description": "Federal government agency heads must follow the requirements of the Federal Manager's Financial Integrity Act and OMB's Circular A-123 to assess and report on the agency's system of internal control. Learn how the required compliance assessment can be structured and carried out, including basic techniques and approaches for conducting evaluations and documenting their results. Understand the intent and content of OMBs 2016 revision to Circular A-123 and GAO’s 2014 revision to the Internal Control Standards (the Green Book).\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.\n\nEffective January 30, 2018, the title of this course changed from Management's Responsibility for Internal Control (OMB Circular A-123) to Management's and Auditor's Roles in Assessing Internal Control.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -8863,7 +8863,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Federal government agency heads must follow the requirements of the Federal Manager's Financial Integrity Act and OMB's Circular A-123 to assess and report on the agency's system of internal control. 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Understand the intent and content of OMBs 2016 revision to Circular A-123 and GAO’s 2014 revision to the Internal Control Standards (the Green Book).\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -8966,7 +8966,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1099, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn about basic storage and warehousing of materials, supplies, furnishings and equipment used in federal agencies.\r\n\r\nBecome proficient as a warehousing manager and as a member of the property management team for the life-cycle management of personal property. Receive valuable information on the complex responsibility of warehousing, inventory management and the disposal process.", + "course_description": "Learn about basic storage and warehousing of materials, supplies, furnishings and equipment used in federal agencies.\n\nBecome proficient as a warehousing manager and as a member of the property management team for the life-cycle management of personal property. Receive valuable information on the complex responsibility of warehousing, inventory management and the disposal process.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9077,7 +9077,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "This seminar is designed for managers, auditors, analysts and executives responsible for mission and mission support risk assessment over financial and performance activities, including implementing the Federal Manager’s Financial Integrity Act and OMB Circular A-123. It is also designed for auditors and evaluators who need to understand the application and role of risk management and assessing internal control in sustaining organizational performance, efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. Seminar topics are based on a combination of the GAO Green Book, Standards for Internal Control, the COSO standards for ERM as well as current literature written by our instructors!\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", + "course_description": "This seminar is designed for managers, auditors, analysts and executives responsible for mission and mission support risk assessment over financial and performance activities, including implementing the Federal Manager’s Financial Integrity Act and OMB Circular A-123. It is also designed for auditors and evaluators who need to understand the application and role of risk management and assessing internal control in sustaining organizational performance, efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. Seminar topics are based on a combination of the GAO Green Book, Standards for Internal Control, the COSO standards for ERM as well as current literature written by our instructors!\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9281,7 +9281,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Audit resolution, follow-up, implementation, and reporting is a responsibility shared by the audit organization, the auditee organization follow-up coordinator and action officials. This responsibility is described in a variety of laws and OMB Circulars to provide a basis for accountability of the audited entities in responding to audit recommendations, reaching resolution and implementing the agreed upon corrective actions to reduce the risk of loss, improve operational performance and financial integrity in all levels of government.\r\n\r\nThis course will explore the statutes, guidance and standards for audit recommendations, resolution, follow-up progress, monitoring and reporting. It will also define the roles and responsibilities of the audit organization and those designated to perform follow-up, implementation and congressional reporting and budget submission functions.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", + "course_description": "Audit resolution, follow-up, implementation, and reporting is a responsibility shared by the audit organization, the auditee organization follow-up coordinator and action officials. This responsibility is described in a variety of laws and OMB Circulars to provide a basis for accountability of the audited entities in responding to audit recommendations, reaching resolution and implementing the agreed upon corrective actions to reduce the risk of loss, improve operational performance and financial integrity in all levels of government.\n\nThis course will explore the statutes, guidance and standards for audit recommendations, resolution, follow-up progress, monitoring and reporting. It will also define the roles and responsibilities of the audit organization and those designated to perform follow-up, implementation and congressional reporting and budget submission functions.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9460,7 +9460,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1699, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn and practice the knowledges and skills essential to your duties as a FAC: P/PM Level I Project and Program Manager in this 5-day instructor-led virtual course. As a member of an Integrated Project Team (IPT), you will gain hands-on experience by eliciting stakeholder requirements, developing and communicating solutions, developing a project management plan, developing and executing an acquisition plan and monitoring and controlling performance. Participants need to complete the entry level web-based FPM 120A and FPM 120B- Acquisition Fundamentals of Project and Program Management necessary to meet FAC: P/PM Level I training requirements.\r\n\r\nTo earn a Certificate of Completion, participants must attend all class sessions and achieve a score of 80% across all course work and assessments including examinations, quizzes, and participation in case studies. Participants who do not meet this standard must re-enroll at their own expense.", + "course_description": "Learn and practice the knowledges and skills essential to your duties as a FAC: P/PM Level I Project and Program Manager in this 5-day instructor-led virtual course. As a member of an Integrated Project Team (IPT), you will gain hands-on experience by eliciting stakeholder requirements, developing and communicating solutions, developing a project management plan, developing and executing an acquisition plan and monitoring and controlling performance. Participants need to complete the entry level web-based FPM 120A and FPM 120B- Acquisition Fundamentals of Project and Program Management necessary to meet FAC: P/PM Level I training requirements.\n\nTo earn a Certificate of Completion, participants must attend all class sessions and achieve a score of 80% across all course work and assessments including examinations, quizzes, and participation in case studies. Participants who do not meet this standard must re-enroll at their own expense.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9508,7 +9508,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1499, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project so you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.\r\n\r\nThis course covers the critical knowledge and skills a project manager needs to create a project plan with Project during the planning phase of a project. In other words, if your supervisor assigns you to lead a project, this course will enable you to draft a project plan with Project and share it with your supervisor (and others) for review and approval.\r\n\r\nNote: This course is for anyone who has Project on the desktop, regardless of whether they purchased an “on-premise” edition or subscribed to a “cloud-based” (online) edition. Most project managers and project team members use the desktop application, so that is the main focus of this course. The main features of the online app are presented in an appendix.\r\n\r\nThis material will benefit users of any current Office version. The classroom environment setup is based on Office 2019.\r\n\r\nIn this course, you will be able to construct basic project plans using Microsoft Project.", + "course_description": "This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project so you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.\n\nThis course covers the critical knowledge and skills a project manager needs to create a project plan with Project during the planning phase of a project. In other words, if your supervisor assigns you to lead a project, this course will enable you to draft a project plan with Project and share it with your supervisor (and others) for review and approval.\n\nNote: This course is for anyone who has Project on the desktop, regardless of whether they purchased an “on-premise” edition or subscribed to a “cloud-based” (online) edition. Most project managers and project team members use the desktop application, so that is the main focus of this course. The main features of the online app are presented in an appendix.\n\nThis material will benefit users of any current Office version. The classroom environment setup is based on Office 2019.\n\nIn this course, you will be able to construct basic project plans using Microsoft Project.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9586,7 +9586,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Gain the knowledge and skills necessary for a seasoned audit professional performing or supervising complex performance audits. Learn key concepts and decision processes for successfully executing each phase of a performance audit: survey, planning, field work and reporting. Through a progressive case study explore the audit process that challenges you to consider audit alternatives, make critical decisions and examine the outcome of your decisions. Apply techniques used by experienced audit practitioners and supervisors in this hands-on approach to managing audit engagements and ensuring more timely completion of meaningful audits.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -9695,7 +9695,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Become \"customer-driven\" and learn how to take service to the top, inspiring others to provide quality service. Gain proficiency in identifying your internal and external customers. Discover the latest methods for enhancing customer service and handling problems, including anticipating and responding to customers' needs.\r\n\r\nInstructor assistance and feedback on assignments\r\nFacilitated blogging and discussions\r\nEnroll anytime. All materials supplied. OnDemand; take up to six months to complete.", + "course_description": "Become \"customer-driven\" and learn how to take service to the top, inspiring others to provide quality service. Gain proficiency in identifying your internal and external customers. Discover the latest methods for enhancing customer service and handling problems, including anticipating and responding to customers' needs.\n\nInstructor assistance and feedback on assignments\nFacilitated blogging and discussions\nEnroll anytime. All materials supplied. OnDemand; take up to six months to complete.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9713,7 +9713,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Become \"customer-driven\" and learn how to take service to the top, inspiring others to provide quality service. Gain proficiency in identifying your internal and external customers. Discover the latest methods for enhancing customer service and handling problems, including anticipating and responding to customers' needs.\r\n\r\nInstructor assistance and feedback on assignments\r\nFacilitated blogging and discussions", + "course_description": "Become \"customer-driven\" and learn how to take service to the top, inspiring others to provide quality service. Gain proficiency in identifying your internal and external customers. Discover the latest methods for enhancing customer service and handling problems, including anticipating and responding to customers' needs.\n\nInstructor assistance and feedback on assignments\nFacilitated blogging and discussions", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9731,7 +9731,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Develop superior customer service by learning the basics of effective communication to successfully interact with internal and external customers. Become adept at recognizing and anticipating the needs of others; being flexible when handling requests and complaints; and spotting and responding to important verbal and nonverbal messages.\r\n\r\nInstructor assistance and feedback on assignments\r\nFacilitated blogging and discussions\r\nEnroll anytime. All materials supplied. Self-Paced; take up to six months to complete.\r\n\r\nEquivalent Classroom Course: Effective Communication with Customers (COMM8000D)", + "course_description": "Develop superior customer service by learning the basics of effective communication to successfully interact with internal and external customers. Become adept at recognizing and anticipating the needs of others; being flexible when handling requests and complaints; and spotting and responding to important verbal and nonverbal messages.\n\nInstructor assistance and feedback on assignments\nFacilitated blogging and discussions\nEnroll anytime. All materials supplied. Self-Paced; take up to six months to complete.\n\nEquivalent Classroom Course: Effective Communication with Customers (COMM8000D)", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9801,7 +9801,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Understand problem solving as a process that relates to all positions in all agencies. Learn critical- and creative-thinking strategies to enhance your problem-solving abilities. Define problems by thoroughly analyzing their causes and effects. Brainstorm possible solutions and decide which one would work best at your unit or department. Apply your proposed solution and evaluate it, discovering what works well and what could be improved. Then implement your solution and monitor it. Learn to solve problems by yourself and also as part of a group or larger organization.\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Understand problem solving as a process that relates to all positions in all agencies. Learn critical- and creative-thinking strategies to enhance your problem-solving abilities. Define problems by thoroughly analyzing their causes and effects. Brainstorm possible solutions and decide which one would work best at your unit or department. Apply your proposed solution and evaluate it, discovering what works well and what could be improved. Then implement your solution and monitor it. Learn to solve problems by yourself and also as part of a group or larger organization.\n\n", "additional_course_information": "Not offered on OE schedule", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9819,7 +9819,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 999, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "This two-day course is designed for managers, supervisors, team leaders, members of any group, and individuals who engage in decision-making and problem solving processes. Learn how to make thorough, impactive decisions and resolve problems constructively using the strategies in this course.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", + "course_description": "This two-day course is designed for managers, supervisors, team leaders, members of any group, and individuals who engage in decision-making and problem solving processes. Learn how to make thorough, impactive decisions and resolve problems constructively using the strategies in this course.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9906,7 +9906,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1499, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Explore the highly complex federal acquisition process, including the functions of pre-solicitation, solicitation and award, and post-award administration; the roles of the legislative, executive and judicial branches in federal acquisition; and standards of conduct for members of the acquisition team. Learn to minimize risks, maximize competition, maintain integrity and assure delivery according to the contract terms and conditions.\r\n\r\nThis course is equivalent to Defense Acquisition University (DAU) course CON100, Shaping Smart Business Arrangements\r\n\r\nTo earn a Certificate of Completion, participants must attend all class sessions and achieve a score of 80% across all course work and assessments including examinations, quizzes and participation in case studies. Participants who do not meet the above standard must re-enroll at their own expense.", + "course_description": "Explore the highly complex federal acquisition process, including the functions of pre-solicitation, solicitation and award, and post-award administration; the roles of the legislative, executive and judicial branches in federal acquisition; and standards of conduct for members of the acquisition team. Learn to minimize risks, maximize competition, maintain integrity and assure delivery according to the contract terms and conditions.\n\nThis course is equivalent to Defense Acquisition University (DAU) course CON100, Shaping Smart Business Arrangements\n\nTo earn a Certificate of Completion, participants must attend all class sessions and achieve a score of 80% across all course work and assessments including examinations, quizzes and participation in case studies. Participants who do not meet the above standard must re-enroll at their own expense.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -9997,7 +9997,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn to speak honestly and directly, make decisions more easily, and influence people. Create a turning point in your life by recognizing the difference between assertive and aggressive behaviors, communicating more effectively, and listening for others' motives. Effectively handle criticism, deal with workplace anxieties, and build self-confidence by learning to approach business situations assertively.\r\n\r\nInstructor assistance and feedback on assignments\r\nFacilitated blogging and discussions", + "course_description": "Learn to speak honestly and directly, make decisions more easily, and influence people. Create a turning point in your life by recognizing the difference between assertive and aggressive behaviors, communicating more effectively, and listening for others' motives. Effectively handle criticism, deal with workplace anxieties, and build self-confidence by learning to approach business situations assertively.\n\nInstructor assistance and feedback on assignments\nFacilitated blogging and discussions", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10019,7 +10019,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Develop your ability to give concise briefings that convey your main message quickly and clearly. Learn and practice essential strategies for delivering short structured briefings in this hands-on course. Your briefings are recorded for playback, and your instructor will provide useful coaching and tips.\r\n\r\nClass size is limited to 15 participants to ensure individualized attention.", + "course_description": "Develop your ability to give concise briefings that convey your main message quickly and clearly. Learn and practice essential strategies for delivering short structured briefings in this hands-on course. Your briefings are recorded for playback, and your instructor will provide useful coaching and tips.\n\nClass size is limited to 15 participants to ensure individualized attention.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend?", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10121,7 +10121,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn proven techniques to work more productively and improve your everyday interactions with others. Discover conflict resolution strategies and negotiation techniques, and benefit from useful tips on tact and diplomacy.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis.", + "course_description": "Learn proven techniques to work more productively and improve your everyday interactions with others. Discover conflict resolution strategies and negotiation techniques, and benefit from useful tips on tact and diplomacy.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis.", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10208,7 +10208,7 @@ "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Conflict is inevitable, but transforming it into positive outcomes is a skill. Learn how to shape even the most difficult circumstances into satisfying, win-win experiences. Discover a wide variety of proven constructive approaches that lead to productive resolutions and teaching moments. Develop the tools for quickly analyzing and responding to difficult situations and share them with your team to make conflicts approachable and productive.", - "additional_course_information": "This course is currently being offered in the following training modalities:\r\n\r\nOnline\r\nOnDemand - COMM7004A\r\nClass Length: Students have 6 months to complete any self-paced course.\r\nVirtual Instructor-Led - COMM7004A\r\nClass Length: This class is listed as a 2 day course.\r\nOn-site\r\nContact our Business Development department for more information.", + "additional_course_information": "This course is currently being offered in the following training modalities:\n\nOnline\nOnDemand - COMM7004A\nClass Length: Students have 6 months to complete any self-paced course.\nVirtual Instructor-Led - COMM7004A\nClass Length: This class is listed as a 2 day course.\nOn-site\nContact our Business Development department for more information.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10237,7 +10237,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Managing positive and productive relationships throughout the audit, directing, coaching or working with members of the audit team, and dealing with auditees, organizational management and external stakeholders can be emotionally challenging and often confrontational. Auditors often must deal with difficult people in difficult situations - and must deal with the auditees!\r\n\r\nThis executive seminar will examine the emotionally intelligent competencies and communication skills necessary to maintain control, and better connect with people in defusing angst and in building positive, cooperative relationships for constructive problem solving and inspired action. We will explore differences in personality types that cause misunderstandings, how to manage your own hot buttons, and how to manage difficult personality types or potentially contentious situations for positive outcomes.", + "course_description": "Managing positive and productive relationships throughout the audit, directing, coaching or working with members of the audit team, and dealing with auditees, organizational management and external stakeholders can be emotionally challenging and often confrontational. Auditors often must deal with difficult people in difficult situations - and must deal with the auditees!\n\nThis executive seminar will examine the emotionally intelligent competencies and communication skills necessary to maintain control, and better connect with people in defusing angst and in building positive, cooperative relationships for constructive problem solving and inspired action. We will explore differences in personality types that cause misunderstandings, how to manage your own hot buttons, and how to manage difficult personality types or potentially contentious situations for positive outcomes.", "additional_course_information": "Who should Attend? Managers, leaders, auditors, analysts, evaluators and investigators.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10354,7 +10354,7 @@ "price": 7950, "learning_modality": "In-person", "course_description": "The Executive Potential Program (EPP) is a 12-month competency-based leadership development program that provides training and developmental experiences for high-potential executives at the GS 13-15 levels or equivalent. The program theme is \"Leading Change.\" The program objective is to equip leaders with the information, tools, and experience they need to serve at the highest levels.", - "additional_course_information": "Benefits to participants:\r\n\r\nAre challenged to get out of their comfort zone in ways that build resilience, confidence and understanding of what it takes to be a leader at the highest levels.\r\nWork on real world problems they might not know anything about with a team of people they have never worked with to produce results with real impact.\r\nLearn about best practices in key leadership and fundamental competencies tied to the Executive Core Qualifications.\r\nGain insight into challenges faced by other departments, organizations and senior leadership across the government, private and nonprofit sectors.\r\nDevelop a network of peers they can continue to rely on for support.", + "additional_course_information": "Benefits to participants:\n\nAre challenged to get out of their comfort zone in ways that build resilience, confidence and understanding of what it takes to be a leader at the highest levels.\nWork on real world problems they might not know anything about with a team of people they have never worked with to produce results with real impact.\nLearn about best practices in key leadership and fundamental competencies tied to the Executive Core Qualifications.\nGain insight into challenges faced by other departments, organizations and senior leadership across the government, private and nonprofit sectors.\nDevelop a network of peers they can continue to rely on for support.", "course_duration_num": 12, "course_duration_attribute": "Months", "filters": [ @@ -10376,7 +10376,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Presentation and Briefing Skills for Auditors is designed to help auditors assess and improve their ability to give clear, well-structured, and convincing presentations and briefings. Auditors at all levels must use the power of clear communication and the power of persuasion to give effective formal and informal presentations and briefings to audit management, budget committees, auditees, and others. Effective presentations and briefings require a focused message that addresses the concerns of the audience, is well organized, and is skillfully delivered. This is a practical course where participants will prepare, present, and critique several presentations and briefings with the opportunity for self-assessment, coaching, and improvement.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nAuditors and related staff who can learn new skills and seasoned presenters who can continue sharpening existing skills though practice and coaching.\r\nClass size is limited to 15 participants to ensure individualized attention.\r\n\r\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nAuditors and related staff who can learn new skills and seasoned presenters who can continue sharpening existing skills though practice and coaching.\nClass size is limited to 15 participants to ensure individualized attention.\n\n", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10401,7 +10401,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Use a step-by-step approach to gain skills in speaking before groups more comfortably and confidently. Your presentations are recorded for playback, and your instructor provides helpful coaching and tips.\r\n\r\nClass size is limited to 15 participants to ensure individualized attention.", + "course_description": "Use a step-by-step approach to gain skills in speaking before groups more comfortably and confidently. Your presentations are recorded for playback, and your instructor provides helpful coaching and tips.\n\nClass size is limited to 15 participants to ensure individualized attention.", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10419,7 +10419,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Think more clearly by improving your writing. Write more clearly by improving your thinking. Understand critical thinking and learn strategies for deeper and deeper levels of thinking. Improve your thought process at each stage of the writing process. Create logical and persuasive arguments, and recognize and remove faulty logic. Sharpen your problem-solving skills and enhance group success. Write plainly as mandated by the Federal Plain Writing Act of 2011 and empower your career with critical thinking and clear writing.\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Think more clearly by improving your writing. Write more clearly by improving your thinking. Understand critical thinking and learn strategies for deeper and deeper levels of thinking. Improve your thought process at each stage of the writing process. Create logical and persuasive arguments, and recognize and remove faulty logic. Sharpen your problem-solving skills and enhance group success. Write plainly as mandated by the Federal Plain Writing Act of 2011 and empower your career with critical thinking and clear writing.\n\n", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10441,8 +10441,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1849, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Cross the threshold into a key government position with the knowledge acquired in this comprehensive training for new and prospective managers. Learn about the four seemingly daunting challenges managers face, and explore, through a variety of experiential and developmental tools, how to handle them. Learn exciting concepts such as the Pygmalion effect, the CTEC (characterize, target, evaluate and celebrate) coaching process, the discipline of reflection, the Trump vs. Gandhi power model, and the art of persuasion. OPM's leadership competencies are at the heart of this course, and a detailed self-assessment is provided to guide you on the path of further development.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nIndividuals seeking an overview of management analysis\r\nProgram/management analysts new to the role, or seeking formal training\r\nLeaders and managers who supervise program/management analysts\r\nIndividuals considering the 0343-job series\r\nAuditors, analysts, administers, consultants and others seeking to better understand the synergies with management analysis", + "course_description": "Cross the threshold into a key government position with the knowledge acquired in this comprehensive training for new and prospective managers. Learn about the four seemingly daunting challenges managers face, and explore, through a variety of experiential and developmental tools, how to handle them. Learn exciting concepts such as the Pygmalion effect, the CTEC (characterize, target, evaluate and celebrate) coaching process, the discipline of reflection, the Trump vs. Gandhi power model, and the art of persuasion. OPM's leadership competencies are at the heart of this course, and a detailed self-assessment is provided to guide you on the path of further development.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nIndividuals seeking an overview of management analysis\nProgram/management analysts new to the role, or seeking formal training\nLeaders and managers who supervise program/management analysts\nIndividuals considering the 0343-job series\nAuditors, analysts, administers, consultants and others seeking to better understand the synergies with management analysis", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10459,7 +10459,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 999, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn the essential skills for establishing healthy group dynamics and developing a strong team. Whether you are a team leader or team member, gain the skills necessary for effective team performance in this highly interactive course . Bring this course on-site to train your entire team cost effectively.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis", + "course_description": "Learn the essential skills for establishing healthy group dynamics and developing a strong team. Whether you are a team leader or team member, gain the skills necessary for effective team performance in this highly interactive course . Bring this course on-site to train your entire team cost effectively.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10477,7 +10477,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 999, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Become the leader who people want to follow. Focus on one of the most crucial competencies of a good collaborative leader: strong communication. Learn to connect with people to build trust and loyalty, use emotional intelligence to build rapport, how to bridge and leverage cultural and generational distances, and how to use these skills to reach consensus, build teams and develop better workers.\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Become the leader who people want to follow. Focus on one of the most crucial competencies of a good collaborative leader: strong communication. Learn to connect with people to build trust and loyalty, use emotional intelligence to build rapport, how to bridge and leverage cultural and generational distances, and how to use these skills to reach consensus, build teams and develop better workers.\n\n", "additional_course_information": "This course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10507,8 +10507,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "A key challenge in reporting the results of performance audits is to formulate the report message from the audit data. An additional challenge is to then compile and sequence the audit facts to support that message. Using alternative methods, gain hands-on practice in marshaling the evidence from your audit into findings that answer the audit objectives and present the details in an understanding and convincing manner. Using case exercises, learn to develop findings for compliance, process and control, accomplishment, and impact audits. Students will present a finding developed during an integrated case study.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nNew auditors who do performance, contract and grant auditing. This course will also benefit experienced auditors who want to enhance their developing and presenting audit findings skills.", + "course_description": "A key challenge in reporting the results of performance audits is to formulate the report message from the audit data. An additional challenge is to then compile and sequence the audit facts to support that message. Using alternative methods, gain hands-on practice in marshaling the evidence from your audit into findings that answer the audit objectives and present the details in an understanding and convincing manner. Using case exercises, learn to develop findings for compliance, process and control, accomplishment, and impact audits. Students will present a finding developed during an integrated case study.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nNew auditors who do performance, contract and grant auditing. This course will also benefit experienced auditors who want to enhance their developing and presenting audit findings skills.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10528,7 +10528,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Gain the skills for revising your business documents to improve their clarity and accuracy. The Plain Writing Act of 2010 mandates that government documents be easily understood and well organized. Learn how to revise documents to give your main ideas greater power and emphasis. Become proficient at spotting and correcting common punctuation, capitalization, and abbreviation errors, as well as frequently misused words.\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Gain the skills for revising your business documents to improve their clarity and accuracy. The Plain Writing Act of 2010 mandates that government documents be easily understood and well organized. Learn how to revise documents to give your main ideas greater power and emphasis. Become proficient at spotting and correcting common punctuation, capitalization, and abbreviation errors, as well as frequently misused words.\n\n", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10546,7 +10546,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Ensure that your government emails, memos and letters meet readers' needs and expectations, and comply with the standards of the Plain Writing Act of 2010. Learn techniques to write clearly and simply so your readers can easily understand your message.\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Ensure that your government emails, memos and letters meet readers' needs and expectations, and comply with the standards of the Plain Writing Act of 2010. Learn techniques to write clearly and simply so your readers can easily understand your message.\n\n", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10564,8 +10564,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Enhance your success at work by learning to prepare correct, concise and organized memos, emails and other documents. Using standard grammar and usage rules, construct simple, compound and complex sentences that communicate clearly to your readers. Use transitional words, phrases and strategies to link sentences into coherent paragraphs. The Plain Writing Act of 2010 requires all federal agencies to write public documents in a clear, concise and well-organized manner.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Personal Property Management", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nIndividuals who want to improve their business writing skills.", + "course_description": "Enhance your success at work by learning to prepare correct, concise and organized memos, emails and other documents. Using standard grammar and usage rules, construct simple, compound and complex sentences that communicate clearly to your readers. Use transitional words, phrases and strategies to link sentences into coherent paragraphs. The Plain Writing Act of 2010 requires all federal agencies to write public documents in a clear, concise and well-organized manner.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Personal Property Management", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nIndividuals who want to improve their business writing skills.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10582,7 +10582,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Ensure that your government emails, memos and letters meet readers' needs and expectations, and comply with the standards of the Plain Writing Act of 2010. Learn techniques to write clearly and simply so your readers can easily understand your message.\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Ensure that your government emails, memos and letters meet readers' needs and expectations, and comply with the standards of the Plain Writing Act of 2010. Learn techniques to write clearly and simply so your readers can easily understand your message.\n\n", "additional_course_information": "Also in self-paced format.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10600,8 +10600,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Refresh and improve your knowledge of current English grammar and usage rules. Ensure your reader can quickly and easily understand your message. Develop confidence in using correct punctuation, capitalization, spelling, verb forms, and numerals in your writing. Know when to employ different types of sentence structures, and become experienced at writing clear, correct sentences to communicate effectively with your readers.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nIndividuals who want to refresh their knowledge of grammar.", + "course_description": "Refresh and improve your knowledge of current English grammar and usage rules. Ensure your reader can quickly and easily understand your message. Develop confidence in using correct punctuation, capitalization, spelling, verb forms, and numerals in your writing. Know when to employ different types of sentence structures, and become experienced at writing clear, correct sentences to communicate effectively with your readers.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nIndividuals who want to refresh their knowledge of grammar.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10618,7 +10618,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Avoid professional embarrassment by improving your proofreading skills. Packed with exercises, checklists, and tips, this course familiarizes you with standard proofreading marks and terms; various methods of proofreading; and punctuation, capitalization, and abbreviation rules.\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Avoid professional embarrassment by improving your proofreading skills. Packed with exercises, checklists, and tips, this course familiarizes you with standard proofreading marks and terms; various methods of proofreading; and punctuation, capitalization, and abbreviation rules.\n\n", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10636,7 +10636,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Create documents that achieve results. Learn to analyze each writing situation-focusing on your purpose, reader, and context. Write effective explanations and instructions, using lists, headings, and graphics to get the job done. Write convincing arguments, clearly stating your position and supporting it effectively. Avoid logical fallacies in your writing and learn to spot them in messages you receive. Use writing to convince your reader and achieve real-world results. Use plain language as mandated by the Federal Plain Writing Act of 2010.\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Create documents that achieve results. Learn to analyze each writing situation-focusing on your purpose, reader, and context. Write effective explanations and instructions, using lists, headings, and graphics to get the job done. Write convincing arguments, clearly stating your position and supporting it effectively. Avoid logical fallacies in your writing and learn to spot them in messages you receive. Use writing to convince your reader and achieve real-world results. Use plain language as mandated by the Federal Plain Writing Act of 2010.\n\n", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10658,7 +10658,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Gain experience using the writing tools you need to produce professional audit documents that comply with the Government Auditing Standards. Learn to develop strong messages in response to audit objectives, support those messages with compelling evidence, develop the appropriate elements of a finding and organize your writing to eliminate unnecessary information. Learn how to write in a professional and correct style.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nAuditors who prepare performance audit reports and other documents.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nAuditors who prepare performance audit reports and other documents.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10687,7 +10687,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Auditors need to analyze data using a variety of tools and techniques to assess performance, risks, activity, compliance, cause and effect. This course presents analytical techniques that auditors and analysts can use to identify and graphically assess and demonstrate conditions, performance, and components to assess causes and identify solutions for effective findings and recommendations. The objective is to present the quantitative and qualitative techniques, discuss their uses, illustrate their applications, and provide practice in applying them.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nAuditors with performance auditing experience.\r\nThis course contains practical case exercises that can be completed using Microsoft Excel. If available, please bring a laptop containing Excel software to class with you. If you do not have access to a laptop, or you do not have a basic knowledge of Excel, the exercises can be completed using a hand calculator.\r\n\r\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nAuditors with performance auditing experience.\nThis course contains practical case exercises that can be completed using Microsoft Excel. If available, please bring a laptop containing Excel software to class with you. If you do not have access to a laptop, or you do not have a basic knowledge of Excel, the exercises can be completed using a hand calculator.\n\n", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10708,8 +10708,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Develop the necessary skills to evaluate the reliability of computer-processed data regardless of the environment in which it is generated and/or processed. Learn some of the more common techniques used by auditors to assess system controls, reliability, and the processes employed to accomplish the assessments.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nAuditors who assess the reliability of computer-processed data. Participants are presumed to have attended the Information Systems Auditing course or have equivalent knowledge. Information Systems Auditing (AUDT8029A).", + "course_description": "Develop the necessary skills to evaluate the reliability of computer-processed data regardless of the environment in which it is generated and/or processed. Learn some of the more common techniques used by auditors to assess system controls, reliability, and the processes employed to accomplish the assessments.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nAuditors who assess the reliability of computer-processed data. Participants are presumed to have attended the Information Systems Auditing course or have equivalent knowledge. Information Systems Auditing (AUDT8029A).", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10751,8 +10751,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Develop your skills and capabilities for improved financial and performance management and decision making, especially in today's environment of declining budgets and increased performance expectations. Enhance your business intelligence to help you effectively manage and make informed decisions affecting your programs and service to the American public.\r\n\r\nLearn techniques from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for evaluating agency and program performance to provide financial and performance information in useful form, anticipate OMB actions, effectively manage your program responsibilities, and truly support the business of government.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nFinancial, budget, program analyst and management analyst professionals in supervisory and senior level positions, especially staff responsible for evaluating and justifying new and existing programs. Participants should be familiar with management analysis skills as taught in PGMT8011A Data Collection Methods.\r\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis and also part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).\r\nFor the virtual version, students must have Excel with the Data Analysis ToolPak activated (this is included with Excel software).\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Develop your skills and capabilities for improved financial and performance management and decision making, especially in today's environment of declining budgets and increased performance expectations. Enhance your business intelligence to help you effectively manage and make informed decisions affecting your programs and service to the American public.\n\nLearn techniques from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for evaluating agency and program performance to provide financial and performance information in useful form, anticipate OMB actions, effectively manage your program responsibilities, and truly support the business of government.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nFinancial, budget, program analyst and management analyst professionals in supervisory and senior level positions, especially staff responsible for evaluating and justifying new and existing programs. Participants should be familiar with management analysis skills as taught in PGMT8011A Data Collection Methods.\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis and also part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).\nFor the virtual version, students must have Excel with the Data Analysis ToolPak activated (this is included with Excel software).\n\n", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10781,7 +10781,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn the basic processes, tools, and techniques involved in auditing today's information systems. Become familiar with the basic audit techniques specified in the U.S. Government Accountability Office's Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM), selected National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) special publications and other relevant audit guidance by engaging in exercises, case studies, lectures, and discussions. Improve your skill set by discovering alternative methods of evaluating and testing both general and business process application controls, including identifying indicators of potential fraud.\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Learn the basic processes, tools, and techniques involved in auditing today's information systems. Become familiar with the basic audit techniques specified in the U.S. Government Accountability Office's Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM), selected National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) special publications and other relevant audit guidance by engaging in exercises, case studies, lectures, and discussions. Improve your skill set by discovering alternative methods of evaluating and testing both general and business process application controls, including identifying indicators of potential fraud.\n\n", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -10811,8 +10811,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Apply a measurement-based approach to assess the adequacy of government program operations performance. Learn how to prepare metrics of timeliness, quality, economy and efficiency, and how to apply those metrics in determining the adequacy of agency performance in producing and delivering program goods and services. Understand how to apply analytic methods in determining the cause of performance shortcomings and the potential for cost savings.\r\n\r\nEngage in numerous public sector case studies where you prepare appropriate metrics; analyze the nature, extent, and cause of shortcomings; and organize the audit results into a finding.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nAuditors who want to use metrics to systematically identify performance problems during an audit.", + "course_description": "Apply a measurement-based approach to assess the adequacy of government program operations performance. Learn how to prepare metrics of timeliness, quality, economy and efficiency, and how to apply those metrics in determining the adequacy of agency performance in producing and delivering program goods and services. Understand how to apply analytic methods in determining the cause of performance shortcomings and the potential for cost savings.\n\nEngage in numerous public sector case studies where you prepare appropriate metrics; analyze the nature, extent, and cause of shortcomings; and organize the audit results into a finding.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nAuditors who want to use metrics to systematically identify performance problems during an audit.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10837,8 +10837,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Transform your audits and analytical skills to high gear. This course concentrates on the science and art of discovering and analyzing patterns, identifying anomalies, and extracting other useful information in data underlying or related to the subject matter of an audit through analysis, modeling, and visualization while planning or performing audits. The course is also applicable to financial managers and program evaluators looking for patterns and correlation, cause and effect relationships, impact analysis and possible fraud assessment.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nAuditors, financial managers and program evaluators with three years of experience and seasoned professionals with limited exposure to the subject matter. Analysis Techniques for Auditors (AUDT7900A) is a recommended prerequisite for this course.", + "course_description": "Transform your audits and analytical skills to high gear. This course concentrates on the science and art of discovering and analyzing patterns, identifying anomalies, and extracting other useful information in data underlying or related to the subject matter of an audit through analysis, modeling, and visualization while planning or performing audits. The course is also applicable to financial managers and program evaluators looking for patterns and correlation, cause and effect relationships, impact analysis and possible fraud assessment.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nAuditors, financial managers and program evaluators with three years of experience and seasoned professionals with limited exposure to the subject matter. Analysis Techniques for Auditors (AUDT7900A) is a recommended prerequisite for this course.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10871,8 +10871,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Gain an introduction to today’s threats (criminals, foreign intelligence services, terrorists, malicious code writers, hackers/hacktivists, and disgruntled employees) to sensitive and classified information, your employees, and your resources. Learn about the multifaceted threat that companies and agencies face today, as well as tactics you can employ to combat it. Clearly understand the multifaceted threat to sensitive and classified information, resources, and personnel. Effectively articulate this threat to employees as part of your security education and training effort.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nAuditors, investigators and security professionals responsible for performing risk and control assessment of information, cyber and system security; as well officials who are responsible for monitoring, controlling, preventing, detecting and reporting potential and actual threats over secured and classified information uses, processes and assets.", + "course_description": "Gain an introduction to today’s threats (criminals, foreign intelligence services, terrorists, malicious code writers, hackers/hacktivists, and disgruntled employees) to sensitive and classified information, your employees, and your resources. Learn about the multifaceted threat that companies and agencies face today, as well as tactics you can employ to combat it. Clearly understand the multifaceted threat to sensitive and classified information, resources, and personnel. Effectively articulate this threat to employees as part of your security education and training effort.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nAuditors, investigators and security professionals responsible for performing risk and control assessment of information, cyber and system security; as well officials who are responsible for monitoring, controlling, preventing, detecting and reporting potential and actual threats over secured and classified information uses, processes and assets.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10894,7 +10894,7 @@ "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This seminar is a condensed, quick paced overview on the principles, tools, techniques, and applications of data analytics within a contemporary financial management environment. Large amounts of electronic data present an enormous challenge and opportunity to identify trends, correlations, compliance, cost/expense activity, risks, possible fraud, errors, and otherwise hidden actions, and effects in financial and operational performance. This seminar will demonstrate the application of software and a case study to demonstrate the power of available tools to extract, sort and identify specific information from databases and the cloud. ", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nFinancial managers, analysts, internal control administrators and evaluators.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nFinancial managers, analysts, internal control administrators and evaluators.", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10924,7 +10924,7 @@ "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This seminar is a condensed, quick paced overview of the principles, tools, techniques, and applications of data analytics to support forensic investigative work in detecting possible fraud. Large amounts of electronic data present an enormous challenge and opportunity to identify trends, correlations, activity, risks, red flags of possible fraud, and otherwise hidden anomalies, or association connections. This seminar will demonstrate the application of software and case studies to demonstrate the power of available tools to extract, sort and identify specific information from databases and the cloud.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nInvestigators, Special Agents, auditors, and analysts,\r\nFor the virtual version, students must have Excel-with the Data Analysis ToolPak activated (this is included with Excel software).\r\n\r\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nInvestigators, Special Agents, auditors, and analysts,\nFor the virtual version, students must have Excel-with the Data Analysis ToolPak activated (this is included with Excel software).\n\n", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10953,8 +10953,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "This seminar is a condensed, quick paced overview on the principles, tools, techniques, and applications of data analytics within a contemporary audit environment. Large amounts of electronic data present an enormous challenge and opportunity to identify trends, correlations, levels of compliance, activity, risks, possible fraud, errors, and otherwise hidden causes and effects in financial, performance and operational activity. This seminar will demonstrate the application of software and a case study to demonstrate the power of available tools to extract, sort and identify specific information from databases and the cloud.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nManagers, leaders, auditors, analysts, evaluators, and investigators.", + "course_description": "This seminar is a condensed, quick paced overview on the principles, tools, techniques, and applications of data analytics within a contemporary audit environment. Large amounts of electronic data present an enormous challenge and opportunity to identify trends, correlations, levels of compliance, activity, risks, possible fraud, errors, and otherwise hidden causes and effects in financial, performance and operational activity. This seminar will demonstrate the application of software and a case study to demonstrate the power of available tools to extract, sort and identify specific information from databases and the cloud.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nManagers, leaders, auditors, analysts, evaluators, and investigators.", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -10983,8 +10983,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1549, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Discover how the data can shape the results and reliability of a management study or audit. This interactive course provides knowledge and practical techniques for collecting good primary data. Learners develop tools for collecting primary data and practice data collection methods for observations, interviews and questionnaire surveys. Each day participants will plan and carry out data collection projects to gain experience with each method. This course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nIndividuals who are interested in tools and techniques to collect good primary data or who are involved in collecting data for analysis, audits, management studies, and more.", + "course_description": "Discover how the data can shape the results and reliability of a management study or audit. This interactive course provides knowledge and practical techniques for collecting good primary data. Learners develop tools for collecting primary data and practice data collection methods for observations, interviews and questionnaire surveys. Each day participants will plan and carry out data collection projects to gain experience with each method. This course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nIndividuals who are interested in tools and techniques to collect good primary data or who are involved in collecting data for analysis, audits, management studies, and more.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11005,8 +11005,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Analysis plays an increasingly important role in today’s performance-based, outcome-oriented federal budgeting environment. This course covers methods of analysis frequently used to clearly define and answer budgetary questions. You will learn when and how to use selected Microsoft Office products (mainly Excel but also PowerPoint and Word) to improve analysis and job performance. Lessons are structured around the requirements for analysis contained in financial management laws and implementing OMB circulars.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal employees who need to strengthen their budget analysis skills. Participants should have experience in preparing budget estimates and executing an approved budget or have completed Budget Formulation (BUDG7101A) and Budget Execution (BUDG7100A).\r\n\r\nA basic knowledge of Excel such as that attained by completing an Introduction to Excel course is required. When taken through virtual instruction, each participant must have access to Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word on his/her computer.", + "course_description": "Analysis plays an increasingly important role in today’s performance-based, outcome-oriented federal budgeting environment. This course covers methods of analysis frequently used to clearly define and answer budgetary questions. You will learn when and how to use selected Microsoft Office products (mainly Excel but also PowerPoint and Word) to improve analysis and job performance. Lessons are structured around the requirements for analysis contained in financial management laws and implementing OMB circulars.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal employees who need to strengthen their budget analysis skills. Participants should have experience in preparing budget estimates and executing an approved budget or have completed Budget Formulation (BUDG7101A) and Budget Execution (BUDG7100A).\n\nA basic knowledge of Excel such as that attained by completing an Introduction to Excel course is required. When taken through virtual instruction, each participant must have access to Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word on his/her computer.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11041,7 +11041,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This two-day seminar provides the detailed guidance you need to carry out your roles and responsibilities as an Army Internal Control Administrator. It covers the current statutory and regulatory requirements of the Army's Internal Control Program as well as other pertinent guidance. You will fully grasp the underlying Army philosophy on internal controls, the major elements of the Army Manager's Internal Control Program, basic responsibilities of key players in the process, and GAO Internal Control Standards as well as Enterprise Risk Management. By completing practical exercises, you will gain experience in conducting internal control evaluations and identifying control weaknesses.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nInternal Control Administrators and staff working for the Department of the Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nInternal Control Administrators and staff working for the Department of the Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11062,8 +11062,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1399, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Using two case studies to learn how to audit the various elements of the proposal: direct labor, direct material and indirect costs. Develop a historical cost audit to determine whether the contractor is entitled to be reimbursed for costs claimed on contracts. Learn how to use the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and the Cost Accounting Standards to determine the allowability, allocability and reasonableness of costs. Learn how to calculate indirect allocation rates and how they are applied to contracts. Applicable sections of the FAR are included as part of your materials for this course.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAuditors and others involved in auditing forward pricing and historical contracts.", + "course_description": "Using two case studies to learn how to audit the various elements of the proposal: direct labor, direct material and indirect costs. Develop a historical cost audit to determine whether the contractor is entitled to be reimbursed for costs claimed on contracts. Learn how to use the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and the Cost Accounting Standards to determine the allowability, allocability and reasonableness of costs. Learn how to calculate indirect allocation rates and how they are applied to contracts. Applicable sections of the FAR are included as part of your materials for this course.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAuditors and others involved in auditing forward pricing and historical contracts.", "course_duration_num": 4, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11088,8 +11088,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Explore the legal statutes on fraud. Learn both the legal and layman's definitions of fraud, and the nature, causes and types of white-collar crimes. Become familiar with your professional audit responsibilities for designing audit procedures to detect fraud. Discover the role of internal controls and supervision in preventing fraud and become familiar with audit procedures proven effective in detecting fraud. Discuss the role of auditors in reporting illegal acts and working with investigators to prosecute fraud. Practice fraud detection methods in case exercises.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certified Government Auditor (CGA) program, Level 1.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAuditors with financial and performance auditing experience and who seek a practical professional approach to fraud prevention and detection. Program and financial managers will also find the course beneficial.", + "course_description": "Explore the legal statutes on fraud. Learn both the legal and layman's definitions of fraud, and the nature, causes and types of white-collar crimes. Become familiar with your professional audit responsibilities for designing audit procedures to detect fraud. Discover the role of internal controls and supervision in preventing fraud and become familiar with audit procedures proven effective in detecting fraud. Discuss the role of auditors in reporting illegal acts and working with investigators to prosecute fraud. Practice fraud detection methods in case exercises.\n\nThis course is part of the Certified Government Auditor (CGA) program, Level 1.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAuditors with financial and performance auditing experience and who seek a practical professional approach to fraud prevention and detection. Program and financial managers will also find the course beneficial.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11111,7 +11111,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Nothing is more basic to government auditing than the control and review of the authorized and proper use of appropriated funds for their intended purpose. Auditors have a responsibility, to be keenly aware of the propriety in the application and flow of funds, from the original sources, to their ultimate uses. This course, using the GAO’s Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (the “Red Book”), gives audit professionals that basic knowledge, highlighting particular areas as “Auditor Alerts” and red flags to potential Antideficiency violations. These include principles or helpful hints for areas and activities where auditors are most likely to find that financial management and operating personnel have run afoul of appropriations law rules. This course covers case studies along with deciding opinions.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nRecommended for auditors, evaluators, analysts and program and project managers who are responsible for internal control reviews, compliance assessments, financial reviews, performance audits and evaluations, contract and grant audits.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nRecommended for auditors, evaluators, analysts and program and project managers who are responsible for internal control reviews, compliance assessments, financial reviews, performance audits and evaluations, contract and grant audits.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11138,7 +11138,7 @@ "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This course provides a quick overview of the world of Federal financial management essential to the work of auditors/evaluators in conducting any types of reviews involving federal funds and resources. According to the Yellow Book, auditors should be alert to any instances of improper or illegal acts and abuse, which includes following the money from its authorization and appropriation through its explicit allowable use. Auditors have a specific role in assessing compliance with laws, regulations, and controls for the appropriate planning, use and accountability of federal resources. This course provides special alerts to auditors about potential areas of concern or mismanagement.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll federal auditors and federal contract auditors, evaluators, and reviewers of federal budgeting and those tasked with compliance testing and analyzing agency budget justifications, allocations, spending and accountability reporting, or following the money from request to use.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll federal auditors and federal contract auditors, evaluators, and reviewers of federal budgeting and those tasked with compliance testing and analyzing agency budget justifications, allocations, spending and accountability reporting, or following the money from request to use.", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11168,7 +11168,7 @@ "price": 849, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Learn the components of information technology and how they are organized, developed and managed; how technology affects your audit responsibilities; and the guidelines governing audits performed under the Government Auditing Standards.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAuditors at all levels who want to learn how information technology affects an auditor's responsibilities and performance. To learn more about the information systems audit process, enroll in Information Systems Auditing (AUDT8029A)", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAuditors at all levels who want to learn how information technology affects an auditor's responsibilities and performance. To learn more about the information systems audit process, enroll in Information Systems Auditing (AUDT8029A)", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11190,7 +11190,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "If you have been assigned to only portions of a performance audit and need an overall perspective of the process, this course is for you. By working a case study throughout the course, experience a complete audit, including preparing an audit justification, planning and conducting a survey, planning the audit and preparing a report.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAuditors who have worked on portions of an audit and want to better understand all phases of a performance audit.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAuditors who have worked on portions of an audit and want to better understand all phases of a performance audit.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11212,7 +11212,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "The possibility of fraud in government procurement presents a constant risk. Learn to recognize the indicators of procurement fraud in different government contracts and grants. Develop audit strategies to identify and quantify the extent of fraud in specific government contract and grants management and operations. Focus on identifying the indicators of fraud, as well as criminal, civil, administrative and contractual actions in response to fraud. Explore fraud issues related to the growing government involvement in e-commerce.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAuditors looking to enhance their skills to detect fraud in government contracting programs.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAuditors looking to enhance their skills to detect fraud in government contracting programs.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11237,7 +11237,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Creative and Critical Thinking skills are among the most important that auditors must develop to add value by perceiving what others do not in identifying root causes to problems and new possible solutions in a rapidly changing world. Students are encouraged to think out-of-the-box and use critical thinking to break away from pre-conceived notions and the comfort-zone of intuitive thinking to consider different perspectives and alternatives. This course includes brain training exercises and tools to think more abstractly, look beyond the obvious, challenge the status quo, and to use process techniques for generating new ideas and making discoveries in practical audit applications.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAuditors who want to explore creative techniques to apply in the audit process.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAuditors who want to explore creative techniques to apply in the audit process.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11262,8 +11262,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1399, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "In this comprehensive course, you will learn how to correctly interpret and apply federal appropriations law to the use of appropriated funds. You will gain a solid foundation in federal government appropriations law using the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (Red Book), Chapters 1 through 9 as the text. At the completion of the course, you will be able to determine the availability of appropriations as to purpose, time and amount and to avoid Antideficiency Act errors. The course also explores the relationship of agency budgets to appropriations, and the propriety, timing, and legality of certain types of expenditures. \r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAnyone who deals with appropriations in the Federal Government, including budget analysts, accountants, auditors, contracting officers, purchase card holders and approving managers, certifying officers, program managers, and attorneys, and others who make decisions or provide advice based on an understanding of GAO's Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (Red Book)", + "course_description": "In this comprehensive course, you will learn how to correctly interpret and apply federal appropriations law to the use of appropriated funds. You will gain a solid foundation in federal government appropriations law using the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (Red Book), Chapters 1 through 9 as the text. At the completion of the course, you will be able to determine the availability of appropriations as to purpose, time and amount and to avoid Antideficiency Act errors. The course also explores the relationship of agency budgets to appropriations, and the propriety, timing, and legality of certain types of expenditures. \n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAnyone who deals with appropriations in the Federal Government, including budget analysts, accountants, auditors, contracting officers, purchase card holders and approving managers, certifying officers, program managers, and attorneys, and others who make decisions or provide advice based on an understanding of GAO's Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (Red Book)", "course_duration_num": 4, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11289,7 +11289,7 @@ "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This course provides a quick essential overview of Federal financial management to new federal managers and those who manage federal funds. All federal managers and staff with responsibility over the planning, application, certification, accounting, and reporting on the use of federal funds have a personal, professional, and legal responsibility, based upon the U.S. Constitution, for the appropriate stewardship of those resources as explicitly authorized and appropriated. This course will familiarize federal managers and those managing resources with many of the laws, regulations and compliance requirements for the federal budget cycle, spending process, control, accounting, and reporting.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll new federal financial managers, new federal financial management staff, new high-level appointees and those tasked with reviewing and analyzing agency budget justifications, allocations, and accountability reporting, such as OMB budget examiners and Congressional Appropriations Committee staff.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll new federal financial managers, new federal financial management staff, new high-level appointees and those tasked with reviewing and analyzing agency budget justifications, allocations, and accountability reporting, such as OMB budget examiners and Congressional Appropriations Committee staff.", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11329,7 +11329,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Obtain a comprehensive overview of the significant aspects of financial management. Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of the laws, critical concepts, procedures, and policies involved with sound financial management. Learn to link management, budgeting and auditing to performance measurement; recognize the primary requirements of financial systems; and adhere to government-wide policies.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAnyone who will benefit from a comprehensive overview of financial management in the federal government, but especially program analysts, administrative officers, auditors, financial analysts, management analysts and interns/trainees in financial management career fields.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAnyone who will benefit from a comprehensive overview of financial management in the federal government, but especially program analysts, administrative officers, auditors, financial analysts, management analysts and interns/trainees in financial management career fields.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11372,7 +11372,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Learn the current rules and regulations for permanent change of station (PCS) travel for civilian employees in the Department of Defense (DoD) from expert instructors. Civilian employees are covered by the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR). Students will learn the rules for PCS Service Agreements, travel authorizations, use of Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC), per diem and transportation allowances, international and en route travel, house hunting trips, temporary quarters subsistence expense, household goods movement, shipment of privately owned vehicles (POVs), residential transactions, miscellaneous expense allowance, relocation income tax allowance, and more.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll individuals involved with processing or certifying PCS orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation allowances, certain other allowances and entitlements of DoD civilian employees. It is highly recommended for approving officers, reviewing officials, supervisors and anyone making a PCS move.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll individuals involved with processing or certifying PCS orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation allowances, certain other allowances and entitlements of DoD civilian employees. It is highly recommended for approving officers, reviewing officials, supervisors and anyone making a PCS move.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11397,7 +11397,7 @@ "price": 1549, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This course covers the rules and regulations for both temporary duty (TDY) travel and permanent change of station (PCS) travel in the Department of Defense (DoD).", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll individuals who are involved with processing or certifying TDY and PCS travel orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation and certain other allowances and entitlements. It is highly recommended for approving officers, reviewing officials, and supervisors.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll individuals who are involved with processing or certifying TDY and PCS travel orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation and certain other allowances and entitlements. It is highly recommended for approving officers, reviewing officials, and supervisors.", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11422,7 +11422,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Learn the current rules and regulations for temporary duty (TDY) travel for uniformed members, civilian employees, and other personnel in the Department of Defense (DoD) from expert instructors. Participants will learn the rules for travel authorizations, use of Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC), per diem allowances, transportation allowances, reimbursable allowances, contract (city-pair) discounted airfares, deductible meals, Government lodging and mess availability and non-availability, international travel, actual expense allowances for high cost areas and more.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll individuals who are involved with processing or certifying TDY travel orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation allowances, and certain other allowances of DoD uniformed service members (including regular and reserve components) and all DoD civilian employees. It is highly recommended for all approving officers, reviewing officials, supervisors and anyone who travels two or more times on TDY in one year.\r\n\r\nIf you need to learn about permanent change of station (PCS) allowances for civilian employees of DoD, see Travel Regulations for Defense Agencies, JTR (PCS Only) (FINC8230A).", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll individuals who are involved with processing or certifying TDY travel orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation allowances, and certain other allowances of DoD uniformed service members (including regular and reserve components) and all DoD civilian employees. It is highly recommended for all approving officers, reviewing officials, supervisors and anyone who travels two or more times on TDY in one year.\n\nIf you need to learn about permanent change of station (PCS) allowances for civilian employees of DoD, see Travel Regulations for Defense Agencies, JTR (PCS Only) (FINC8230A).", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11447,7 +11447,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Learn the current rules and regulations for permanent change of station (PCS) travel for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies from expert instructors. Participants will learn the rules for PCS Service Agreements, travel authorizations, use of Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC), per diem allowances, transportation allowances, international travel, en route travel, house hunting trips, temporary quarters subsistence expense, household goods movement, shipment of privately owned vehicle (POV), residential transactions, miscellaneous expense allowance, relocation income tax allowance, temporary change of station and more.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll individuals who are involved with processing or certifying PCS orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation allowances, and certain other allowances and entitlements for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies. It is highly recommended for all approving officers, reviewing officials, supervisors and anyone who will be making a PCS move.\r\n\r\nIf you need to learn about TDY allowances for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies, please see Travel Regulations for Non-Defense Agencies, FTR (TDY Only)(FINC7213A).", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll individuals who are involved with processing or certifying PCS orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation allowances, and certain other allowances and entitlements for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies. It is highly recommended for all approving officers, reviewing officials, supervisors and anyone who will be making a PCS move.\n\nIf you need to learn about TDY allowances for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies, please see Travel Regulations for Non-Defense Agencies, FTR (TDY Only)(FINC7213A).", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11472,7 +11472,7 @@ "price": 1549, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This course covers the rules and regulations for both temporary duty (TDY) travel and permanent change of station (PCS) travel in non-DoD agencies.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll individuals who are involved with processing or certifying TDY and PCS travel orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation allowances, and certain other allowances and entitlements for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies. It is highly recommended for approving officers, reviewing officials, and supervisors.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll individuals who are involved with processing or certifying TDY and PCS travel orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation allowances, and certain other allowances and entitlements for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies. It is highly recommended for approving officers, reviewing officials, and supervisors.", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11496,8 +11496,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn the current rules and regulations for temporary duty (TDY) travel for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies from expert instructors.\r\n\r\nParticipants will learn the rules for travel authorizations, use of Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC), per diem allowances, transportation allowances, reimbursable allowances, contract (city-pair) discounted airfares, deductible meals, Government lodging and mess availability and non-availability, international travel, actual expense allowances for high cost areas and more.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll individuals who are involved with processing or certifying TDY travel orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation allowances, and certain other allowances for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies. It is highly recommended for all approving officers, reviewing officials, supervisors and anyone who travels two or more times on TDY in one year", + "course_description": "Learn the current rules and regulations for temporary duty (TDY) travel for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies from expert instructors.\n\nParticipants will learn the rules for travel authorizations, use of Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC), per diem allowances, transportation allowances, reimbursable allowances, contract (city-pair) discounted airfares, deductible meals, Government lodging and mess availability and non-availability, international travel, actual expense allowances for high cost areas and more.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll individuals who are involved with processing or certifying TDY travel orders, claims for per diem travel, transportation allowances, and certain other allowances for civilian employees in non-DoD agencies. It is highly recommended for all approving officers, reviewing officials, supervisors and anyone who travels two or more times on TDY in one year", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11544,7 +11544,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Learn the goals, roles and activities of Working Capital Funds (WCF) and how they function in the Federal Government including policies, procedures, concepts and terms. Utilize a revolving fund concept in designing a business-like enterprise to operate within civilian Federal agencies.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFinancial Managers, Program Managers and other personnel who need a comprehensive understanding of Working Capital Funds managed within civilian Federal agencies, including policies, procedures, concepts, and terms. Participants should be familiar with budget principles as taught in Introduction to Federal Budgeting (BUDG7001A) and Federal Budgeting for Non-Budgeting Personnel (BUDG7000).", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFinancial Managers, Program Managers and other personnel who need a comprehensive understanding of Working Capital Funds managed within civilian Federal agencies, including policies, procedures, concepts, and terms. Participants should be familiar with budget principles as taught in Introduction to Federal Budgeting (BUDG7001A) and Federal Budgeting for Non-Budgeting Personnel (BUDG7000).", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11565,8 +11565,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1249, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Receive a solid foundation in the planning framework for cost-benefit studies, including cost types and behaviors, present-value concept, cost-effectiveness versus cost-benefit, internal rate of return, OMB Circular A-94 and more. Cover the fundamentals to perform basic cost-benefit studies and understand complex studies.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nWhile there is no grade restriction, this course is designed for mid-level managers, analysts and staff members who have had no previous training in cost-benefit analysis.", + "course_description": "Receive a solid foundation in the planning framework for cost-benefit studies, including cost types and behaviors, present-value concept, cost-effectiveness versus cost-benefit, internal rate of return, OMB Circular A-94 and more. Cover the fundamentals to perform basic cost-benefit studies and understand complex studies.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nWhile there is no grade restriction, this course is designed for mid-level managers, analysts and staff members who have had no previous training in cost-benefit analysis.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11588,7 +11588,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Gain an appreciation of the role statistical sampling plays in auditing, inspections, and fact-finding. Through case exercises, become proficient at applying basic statistical sampling principles and procedures in the audit environment. You will use Excel statistical functions and sampling software (which you can take back to your organization for use in audits). Emphasis is placed on sample-size determination and how to appraise and present the audit results. Using Excel and sampling software, learn all the steps from problem formulation to statistical design, fieldwork, analysis and presentation of findings.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAuditors who have some experience in performance auditing and want to gain an appreciation for the role statistical sampling plays in the audit environment.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAuditors who have some experience in performance auditing and want to gain an appreciation for the role statistical sampling plays in the audit environment.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11605,8 +11605,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn how to prepare federal financial statements that meet the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines. Discover the importance of stewardship reporting. Learn to apply various techniques used to examine financial statements. Identify the impact of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) on financial reporting.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAccountants, financial managers, budget analysts, program managers, auditors and other professionals who are responsible for preparing, analyzing and interpreting federal financial statements will benefit from this course.", + "course_description": "Learn how to prepare federal financial statements that meet the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidelines. Discover the importance of stewardship reporting. Learn to apply various techniques used to examine financial statements. Identify the impact of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) on financial reporting.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAccountants, financial managers, budget analysts, program managers, auditors and other professionals who are responsible for preparing, analyzing and interpreting federal financial statements will benefit from this course.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11639,7 +11639,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Gain the skills of advanced program performance assessment and evaluation methodology for determining impact (benefit) attributable to agency program operations, investments, and changes. Learn to identify and validate cause and effect relationships in determining the outcome results of a program initiative or change. Through multiple case exercises, practice planning audits and evaluations using the design methodologies that lead to valid and supportable findings. Learn how to prepare a Cost/Benefit Analysis to determine if outcome results attributable to a program initiative are worth the cost.\r\n\r\n", + "course_description": "Gain the skills of advanced program performance assessment and evaluation methodology for determining impact (benefit) attributable to agency program operations, investments, and changes. Learn to identify and validate cause and effect relationships in determining the outcome results of a program initiative or change. Through multiple case exercises, practice planning audits and evaluations using the design methodologies that lead to valid and supportable findings. Learn how to prepare a Cost/Benefit Analysis to determine if outcome results attributable to a program initiative are worth the cost.\n\n", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -11665,8 +11665,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Enhance your skills for improving financial and performance decision making. Learn more detailed methods of collecting and analyzing information in decision support work. Ensure that information used as evidence is strong, defensible, and of high quality.\r\nGain insight on how to think about your work, and use a conceptual overview to guide you in making decisions about conducting that work. Receive specific suggestions and examples of how to utilize analytical techniques more effectively.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFinancial, budget, program analyst and management analyst professionals in intermediate to senior level positions, especially supervisors or staff responsible for developing and executing budgets, and/or evaluating and justifying new and existing programs. Participants should be familiar with decision support principles as taught in Decision Support Analytics (FINC8120A).", + "course_description": "Enhance your skills for improving financial and performance decision making. Learn more detailed methods of collecting and analyzing information in decision support work. Ensure that information used as evidence is strong, defensible, and of high quality.\nGain insight on how to think about your work, and use a conceptual overview to guide you in making decisions about conducting that work. Receive specific suggestions and examples of how to utilize analytical techniques more effectively.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFinancial, budget, program analyst and management analyst professionals in intermediate to senior level positions, especially supervisors or staff responsible for developing and executing budgets, and/or evaluating and justifying new and existing programs. Participants should be familiar with decision support principles as taught in Decision Support Analytics (FINC8120A).", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11703,8 +11703,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Gain an introduction to today’s threats (criminals, foreign intelligence services, terrorists, malicious code writers, hackers/hacktivists, and disgruntled employees) to sensitive and classified information, your employees, and your resources. Learn about the multifaceted threat that companies and agencies face today, as well as tactics you can employ to combat it. Clearly understand the multifaceted threat to sensitive and classified information, resources, and personnel. Effectively articulate this threat to employees as part of your security education and training effort.\r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAuditors, investigators and security professionals responsible for performing risk and control assessment of information, cyber and system security; as well officials who are responsible for monitoring, controlling, preventing, detecting and reporting potential and actual threats over secured and classified information uses, processes and assets.", + "course_description": "Gain an introduction to today’s threats (criminals, foreign intelligence services, terrorists, malicious code writers, hackers/hacktivists, and disgruntled employees) to sensitive and classified information, your employees, and your resources. Learn about the multifaceted threat that companies and agencies face today, as well as tactics you can employ to combat it. Clearly understand the multifaceted threat to sensitive and classified information, resources, and personnel. Effectively articulate this threat to employees as part of your security education and training effort.\n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAuditors, investigators and security professionals responsible for performing risk and control assessment of information, cyber and system security; as well officials who are responsible for monitoring, controlling, preventing, detecting and reporting potential and actual threats over secured and classified information uses, processes and assets.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11730,8 +11730,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Examine the need for, the legal, policy and performance accountability requirements, and the methodologies used in identifying, analyzing, and reporting costs of federal government activities, outputs and program outcomes. You will view the government as if it were a business entity and consider how a better understanding of the “cost of doing business” can lead to informed, metric driven management for more cost efficient, accountable government operations and performance.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nGovernment officials, analysts and contractors who need to understand the importance of and methods for collecting, estimating, identifying, analyzing and reporting activity and program cost information.", + "course_description": "Examine the need for, the legal, policy and performance accountability requirements, and the methodologies used in identifying, analyzing, and reporting costs of federal government activities, outputs and program outcomes. You will view the government as if it were a business entity and consider how a better understanding of the “cost of doing business” can lead to informed, metric driven management for more cost efficient, accountable government operations and performance.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nGovernment officials, analysts and contractors who need to understand the importance of and methods for collecting, estimating, identifying, analyzing and reporting activity and program cost information.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11752,8 +11752,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Experience has shown that agency personnel spend more time on budget execution than on any other phase of the budget process. In this course you will learn to develop and manage an operating plan, monitor and track performance, respond to unanticipated events, and avoid Antideficiency Act (ADA) violations. You will also understand the apportionment process, be able to manage reimbursable work, and prepare for year-end closeout including the preparation of the SF-133.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM)", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nBudget analysts, financial management specialists, and program managers who participate in the budget execution process and need to apply the laws, principles, and procedures required for effective budget execution. Participants should be familiar with budget principles as taught in Introduction to Federal Budgeting (BUDG7001A) and Budget Formulation (BUDG7101A). Whenever possible, participants should complete Budget Formulation prior to enrolling in Budget Execution.", + "course_description": "Experience has shown that agency personnel spend more time on budget execution than on any other phase of the budget process. In this course you will learn to develop and manage an operating plan, monitor and track performance, respond to unanticipated events, and avoid Antideficiency Act (ADA) violations. You will also understand the apportionment process, be able to manage reimbursable work, and prepare for year-end closeout including the preparation of the SF-133.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM)", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nBudget analysts, financial management specialists, and program managers who participate in the budget execution process and need to apply the laws, principles, and procedures required for effective budget execution. Participants should be familiar with budget principles as taught in Introduction to Federal Budgeting (BUDG7001A) and Budget Formulation (BUDG7101A). Whenever possible, participants should complete Budget Formulation prior to enrolling in Budget Execution.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11775,7 +11775,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This course is designed to provide you with DoD-specific authorities or prohibitions relating to fiscal law (also called “federal appropriations law”). DoD, like all federal agencies, is bound by the basic fiscal law rules. However, DoD has considerably more flexibility in many areas because Congress has given specific statutory authority to DoD. Additionally, DoD has several activities that make it different from other agencies (e.g., Military Construction). Basic federal appropriations law courses may not address these DoD-specific topics. This course covers the major fiscal law exceptions and authorities that apply to DoD.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nThis course is for DoD military members, civilian employees, and Defense contractors who have already taken a Federal Appropriations Law course and need to know more about DoD-specific authorities in fiscal law or need an update on the latest developments in fiscal law.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nThis course is for DoD military members, civilian employees, and Defense contractors who have already taken a Federal Appropriations Law course and need to know more about DoD-specific authorities in fiscal law or need an update on the latest developments in fiscal law.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11805,7 +11805,7 @@ "price": 1549, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Gain a greater knowledge of how the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Army (DA) PPBE systems work in acquiring, allocating and managing resources. Explore the relationships among the DA budget cycle, acquisition process and mission planning. Gain an understanding of the documents generated during the entire PPBE process, the flow and sequencing of these documents, and the interface of the PPBE documents and requirements among the DA, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Military Services, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and Commanders of the Combatant Commands.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nDepartment of Army budget analysts, financial managers, accountants, management analysts and operating officials who want a greater knowledge of how the PPBE process works and how their organizational budget development and execution are affected by this process.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nDepartment of Army budget analysts, financial managers, accountants, management analysts and operating officials who want a greater knowledge of how the PPBE process works and how their organizational budget development and execution are affected by this process.", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11843,7 +11843,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This course builds on the concepts learned in Federal Appropriations Law (FINC7100A). It will provide you with practice in researching questions on the proper use of government funds and applying your research results to several comprehensive case studies. You will gain confidence in your ability to analyze a situation, perform the necessary research, and correctly apply appropriations law concepts to determine the proper course of action.", - "additional_course_information": "The course will be conducted with a combination of brief instructor lectures on the principles pertinent to the cases, followed by team review and analysis of the cases. The teams will then report their findings to the entire class for discussion and debate. Participants will be allowed to use any research tools at hand, including GAO's Red Book, GAO's website, and other search engine capabilities. Personal tablets, laptops or smart phones are encouraged to aid in this research.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", + "additional_course_information": "The course will be conducted with a combination of brief instructor lectures on the principles pertinent to the cases, followed by team review and analysis of the cases. The teams will then report their findings to the entire class for discussion and debate. Participants will be allowed to use any research tools at hand, including GAO's Red Book, GAO's website, and other search engine capabilities. Personal tablets, laptops or smart phones are encouraged to aid in this research.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11872,8 +11872,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "This course uses the GAO Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (Red Book), Chapter 6, as the textbook, along with case studies based on actual ADA violation reports. Participants learn the history of the ADA, applicable sections of the U.S. Code, and how they apply to agency operations. The relationship between purpose or time violations, and ADA violations, is thoroughly discussed. Investigation and reporting requirements are presented as well as penalties that may be imposed on violators. Several methods for violations of the ADA are suggested. \r\n\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nThose federal government employees most vulnerable to committing an ADA violation: budget analysts, supervisors and managers, contracting officers, purchase card holders and approvers, program managers, and certifying officers. The course would also benefit auditors, who should be able to recognize ADA violations that have occurred, plus anyone who might be tasked to perform duties as an investigating official.", + "course_description": "This course uses the GAO Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (Red Book), Chapter 6, as the textbook, along with case studies based on actual ADA violation reports. Participants learn the history of the ADA, applicable sections of the U.S. Code, and how they apply to agency operations. The relationship between purpose or time violations, and ADA violations, is thoroughly discussed. Investigation and reporting requirements are presented as well as penalties that may be imposed on violators. Several methods for violations of the ADA are suggested. \n\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nThose federal government employees most vulnerable to committing an ADA violation: budget analysts, supervisors and managers, contracting officers, purchase card holders and approvers, program managers, and certifying officers. The course would also benefit auditors, who should be able to recognize ADA violations that have occurred, plus anyone who might be tasked to perform duties as an investigating official.", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11921,7 +11921,7 @@ "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Using cases drawn from GAO's Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (the \"Red Book\"), the instructor will provide essential information regarding the general principles (and key exceptions) that need to be considered when making obligation decisions during the acquisition life cycle. While the basics for federal appropriations law are the same for all government personnel, this course provides acquisition professionals a base of focused knowledge they need to understand and apply those principles most directly aligned with federal acquisition.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nContracting Officers, Program and Project Managers, Contracting Officer Representatives, Auditors, Budget and Financial Management staff, Contract Specialists, Procurement Analysts, Administrative Officers, and staff.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nContracting Officers, Program and Project Managers, Contracting Officer Representatives, Auditors, Budget and Financial Management staff, Contract Specialists, Procurement Analysts, Administrative Officers, and staff.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -11947,8 +11947,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "This course provides a periodic refresher and update on federal appropriations law that is needed for the following reasons: 1) Congress passes new laws from time to time; 2) Federal Courts issue new decisions that set precedent; 3) The Comptroller General occasionally renders new decisions or modifies existing decisions. This course brings you up-to-date on all of these changes to federal appropriations law.\r\n\r\nParticipants will learn to apply appropriations law concepts by completing case studies based on Comptroller General decisions.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nThis course is designed for federal government employees and contractors who have already taken Federal Appropriations Law FINC7100A. In general, an employee should take this refresher and update course if 18 months or more have elapsed since taking the 4-day course.", + "course_description": "This course provides a periodic refresher and update on federal appropriations law that is needed for the following reasons: 1) Congress passes new laws from time to time; 2) Federal Courts issue new decisions that set precedent; 3) The Comptroller General occasionally renders new decisions or modifies existing decisions. This course brings you up-to-date on all of these changes to federal appropriations law.\n\nParticipants will learn to apply appropriations law concepts by completing case studies based on Comptroller General decisions.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nThis course is designed for federal government employees and contractors who have already taken Federal Appropriations Law FINC7100A. In general, an employee should take this refresher and update course if 18 months or more have elapsed since taking the 4-day course.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12008,8 +12008,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Explore the interrelationships of the budget cycle, the acquisition process and the mission planning of the Department of Defense (DoD). Gain an understanding of the documents generated during the PPBE process, the flow and sequencing of these documents and their various interfaces. Learn about the information and requirements of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Services, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commanders of the Combatant Commands.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM) and it may be taken as an alternative to Planning, Budgeting and Performance Measurement BUDG8180D.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nDoD civilian and military budget analysts, financial managers and operating officials who will benefit from a greater knowledge of how the PPBE process works and how organizational budget development and execution are affected by this process.", + "course_description": "Explore the interrelationships of the budget cycle, the acquisition process and the mission planning of the Department of Defense (DoD). Gain an understanding of the documents generated during the PPBE process, the flow and sequencing of these documents and their various interfaces. Learn about the information and requirements of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Services, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commanders of the Combatant Commands.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM) and it may be taken as an alternative to Planning, Budgeting and Performance Measurement BUDG8180D.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nDoD civilian and military budget analysts, financial managers and operating officials who will benefit from a greater knowledge of how the PPBE process works and how organizational budget development and execution are affected by this process.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12046,7 +12046,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1099, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "This three-day course is intended to assist new, as well as existing acquisition personnel in gaining a working knowledge of the federal acquisition process and its Underlying core document, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).\r\n\r\nThe FAR is the primary regulation for use by all federal executive agencies, unless exempted, in their acquisition of supplies and services with appropriated funds. Course participants will gain a functional understanding of the FAR system and basics as well as become familiar with the structure and content of the FAR.\r\n\r\nLearning will be accomplished via lectures, visual presentations, group discussions, instructor facilitated individual and group hands-on problem-solving exercises as well as daily ‘knowledge check’ exercises.", + "course_description": "This three-day course is intended to assist new, as well as existing acquisition personnel in gaining a working knowledge of the federal acquisition process and its Underlying core document, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).\n\nThe FAR is the primary regulation for use by all federal executive agencies, unless exempted, in their acquisition of supplies and services with appropriated funds. Course participants will gain a functional understanding of the FAR system and basics as well as become familiar with the structure and content of the FAR.\n\nLearning will be accomplished via lectures, visual presentations, group discussions, instructor facilitated individual and group hands-on problem-solving exercises as well as daily ‘knowledge check’ exercises.", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -12071,7 +12071,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Through practical applications, the course introduces, explains, and demonstrates the PPBE System’s (1) framework fundamentals, (2) resource allocation management operations, (3) budget implementation and execution processes, and (4) progress monitoring and accountability through comprehensive reporting. Course learning outcomes and classroom activities focus on (1) setting strategic planning goals and priorities, (2) engaging in programming analyses to appropriately resource those priorities, (3) defining near-term budget requests in terms of programming decisions, (4) executing funding plans and operations.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAnalysts, operators, program/project managers, and policy/acquisition/requirements management personnel engaging in, contributing to or affected by activities that inform and integrate key resource allocation functions and senior leadership decisions.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAnalysts, operators, program/project managers, and policy/acquisition/requirements management personnel engaging in, contributing to or affected by activities that inform and integrate key resource allocation functions and senior leadership decisions.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12141,7 +12141,7 @@ "price": 1299, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Unlock your ability to lead effectively with this in-depth course. Learn the difference between leading and managing; explore proven techniques to communicating effectively; think strategically; and move from a reactive environment to a proactive one.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nSupervisors, managers, branch chiefs, division heads and professionals in influential positions.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nSupervisors, managers, branch chiefs, division heads and professionals in influential positions.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12162,7 +12162,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1299, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Acquire the knowledge and best practices you need to be an outstanding team/group leader. Bring your team/group to a higher level by confidently managing tasks and motivating members to be the best they can be.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificates of Accomplishment in Human Resources Management, Team Leader Certificate Program, Project Management and the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", + "course_description": "Acquire the knowledge and best practices you need to be an outstanding team/group leader. Bring your team/group to a higher level by confidently managing tasks and motivating members to be the best they can be.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificates of Accomplishment in Human Resources Management, Team Leader Certificate Program, Project Management and the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -12240,7 +12240,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 629, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "The concept of a mentor originates in the epic story of the Odyssey by Homer from the 8th century BC. According to the story, when King Odysseus goes to the Trojan War, he entrusts his son Telemachus to Mentor, who served as his teacher.\r\n\r\nMentoring is a proactive approach to providing career guidance and role models for employee development. Ideally, mentors bring forth the strengths and full potential of those who they are mentoring. Mentoring can improve the talent for management and technical/professional jobs as well as help shape the future leadership of your organization.\r\n\r\nMentoring programs provide opportunities for both the mentor and mentee to expand their leadership, communication and technical skills.", + "course_description": "The concept of a mentor originates in the epic story of the Odyssey by Homer from the 8th century BC. According to the story, when King Odysseus goes to the Trojan War, he entrusts his son Telemachus to Mentor, who served as his teacher.\n\nMentoring is a proactive approach to providing career guidance and role models for employee development. Ideally, mentors bring forth the strengths and full potential of those who they are mentoring. Mentoring can improve the talent for management and technical/professional jobs as well as help shape the future leadership of your organization.\n\nMentoring programs provide opportunities for both the mentor and mentee to expand their leadership, communication and technical skills.", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -12328,8 +12328,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Build a strong foundation in the principles of effective budget justification and presentation, focusing on analysis of budget submissions and preparation of narrative descriptions. Become prepared to use results-based budgeting to justify a program consistent with the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the 2010 GPRA Modernization Act (GPRAMA). Learn many presentation tips that help you stay focused and will contribute to positive outcomes.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAnyone who is involved in justifying or defending requests for budgetary authority. Participants should be familiar with budget principles as taught in Federal Budget Process (BUDG7103A), Introduction to Federal Budgeting (BUDG7001A), Budget Formulation (BUDG7101A), and Budget Execution (BUDG7100A).", + "course_description": "Build a strong foundation in the principles of effective budget justification and presentation, focusing on analysis of budget submissions and preparation of narrative descriptions. Become prepared to use results-based budgeting to justify a program consistent with the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the 2010 GPRA Modernization Act (GPRAMA). Learn many presentation tips that help you stay focused and will contribute to positive outcomes.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAnyone who is involved in justifying or defending requests for budgetary authority. Participants should be familiar with budget principles as taught in Federal Budget Process (BUDG7103A), Introduction to Federal Budgeting (BUDG7001A), Budget Formulation (BUDG7101A), and Budget Execution (BUDG7100A).", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12377,8 +12377,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1499, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project so you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.\r\nThis course covers the critical knowledge and skills a project manager needs to create a project plan with Project during the planning phase of a project. In other words, if your supervisor assigns you to lead a project, this course will enable you to draft a project plan with Project and share it with your supervisor (and others) for review and approval.\r\n", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nThis course is designed for a person with an understanding of project management concepts, as well as general desktop computer skills, and who will be responsible for creating and maintaining project plans. This course will give you the fundamental understanding of Microsoft Project necessary to construct basic project plans.\r\n\r\n Individuals who will manage or oversee project schedules\r\n Individuals seeking PDUs\r\n Individuals pursuing a PMP® certification\r\n", + "course_description": "This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project so you can use it effectively and efficiently in a real-world environment.\nThis course covers the critical knowledge and skills a project manager needs to create a project plan with Project during the planning phase of a project. In other words, if your supervisor assigns you to lead a project, this course will enable you to draft a project plan with Project and share it with your supervisor (and others) for review and approval.\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nThis course is designed for a person with an understanding of project management concepts, as well as general desktop computer skills, and who will be responsible for creating and maintaining project plans. This course will give you the fundamental understanding of Microsoft Project necessary to construct basic project plans.\n\n Individuals who will manage or oversee project schedules\n Individuals seeking PDUs\n Individuals pursuing a PMP® certification\n", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12397,7 +12397,7 @@ "price": 849, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This introductory course provides foundational knowledge, tools and techniques for building the Agile discipline. By simulating the most popular of the Agile methodologies, participants use Agile techniques to plan, track, and monitor Agile projects.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nPrerequisites: Basic project management knowledge and organizational skills are recommended, but not necessary.\r\n\r\n Individuals seeking a general understanding of Agile\r\n Individuals seeking to participate in a Scrum development effort\r\n Individuals seeking PDUs\r\n", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nPrerequisites: Basic project management knowledge and organizational skills are recommended, but not necessary.\n\n Individuals seeking a general understanding of Agile\n Individuals seeking to participate in a Scrum development effort\n Individuals seeking PDUs\n", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12432,8 +12432,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 849, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "This course provides a broad overview of project management using a standardized methodology, focusing on how to coordinate the most common (and useful!) project deliverables. In this course, participants will learn how to approach tasks armed with an understanding of project management and its consistent processes.\r\n\r\nIn this interactive course, participants will become familiar with a standardized approach to project management and create common project management deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\n Office professionals seeking a general understanding of project management tools and techniques\r\n Individuals who manage small, informal projects and seek a simple process/methodology to follow\r\n Employees who are periodically assigned to work on project teams\r\n", + "course_description": "This course provides a broad overview of project management using a standardized methodology, focusing on how to coordinate the most common (and useful!) project deliverables. In this course, participants will learn how to approach tasks armed with an understanding of project management and its consistent processes.\n\nIn this interactive course, participants will become familiar with a standardized approach to project management and create common project management deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\n Office professionals seeking a general understanding of project management tools and techniques\n Individuals who manage small, informal projects and seek a simple process/methodology to follow\n Employees who are periodically assigned to work on project teams\n", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12468,8 +12468,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1999, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Project Management Essentials introduces the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) and offers a standardized approach to project management. Participants will use the PMI standard to manage a project throughout its lifecycle; from initiation to closing. In doing so, participants will be developing and using the same proven tools and techniques that experienced project managers use to lead teams to successful project completion.\r\n\r\nParticipants develop key project deliverables including a project charter; stakeholder analysis; risk register; scope, quality and requirements documents; project estimates; and project change control deliverables as they manage a project throughout its lifecycle.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\n Individuals seeking a comprehensive understanding of project management\r\n Individuals pursuing a PMI certification\r\n Individuals seeking PDUs\r\n", + "course_description": "Project Management Essentials introduces the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) and offers a standardized approach to project management. Participants will use the PMI standard to manage a project throughout its lifecycle; from initiation to closing. In doing so, participants will be developing and using the same proven tools and techniques that experienced project managers use to lead teams to successful project completion.\n\nParticipants develop key project deliverables including a project charter; stakeholder analysis; risk register; scope, quality and requirements documents; project estimates; and project change control deliverables as they manage a project throughout its lifecycle.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\n Individuals seeking a comprehensive understanding of project management\n Individuals pursuing a PMI certification\n Individuals seeking PDUs\n", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12487,7 +12487,7 @@ "price": 1699, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This course will address the theoretical and practical leadership aspects essential for survival in today's changing environment. Examine how the leader's attitude, values, and beliefs influence organizational performance. Analyze your critical thinking/ decision-making processes and apply strategies to improve them. Learn to be resilient, overcome setbacks and avoid career derailment in the rapidly changing, high-pressure environment of executive leadership. ", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\nIndividuals at the GS 13-15 level, participants in agency Candidate Development Programs and SES members seeking additional or refresher training. In order to receive a certificate of completion from Executive Survival Skills, learners must attend all days of instruction and complete all course requirements.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\nIndividuals at the GS 13-15 level, participants in agency Candidate Development Programs and SES members seeking additional or refresher training. In order to receive a certificate of completion from Executive Survival Skills, learners must attend all days of instruction and complete all course requirements.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12509,7 +12509,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Inspector General Semiannual Reports to Congress are perhaps the most important tool, as intended by the IG Act, of OIG independence for promoting accountability in each department and agency. This course will help attendees plan and efficiently prepare impactful IG Semiannual Reports to Congress. The course will focus on both semiannual reporting requirements in the IG Act as well as ways the report can be used as a powerful tool in promoting the important work of OIG to Congress and others. The course will cover concepts, examples, and exercises for planning, organizing, and preparing semiannual reports that meet mandated deadlines and requirements with quality and impact.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nThe course is for anyone responsible for leading, coordinating and preparing their Office of Inspector General’s Semiannual Report to Congress. Others who participate in or oversee the process will also benefit.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nThe course is for anyone responsible for leading, coordinating and preparing their Office of Inspector General’s Semiannual Report to Congress. Others who participate in or oversee the process will also benefit.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12607,7 +12607,7 @@ "price": 1429, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Have you wondered what management analysts do? Are you involved in management analysis work? Are you planning a study that includes assessing data? This course describes the management analyst role and overviews core tools and techniques used by analysts. Participants actively engage with others to review elements of an analytical study, review basic statistics, analyze data, develop instruments to collect data and discuss tips for presenting data findings. Multiple class exercises are used to provide a solid foundation in management analysis.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\n Individuals seeking an overview of management analysis\r\n Program/management analysts new to the role, or seeking formal training\r\n Leaders and managers who supervise program/management analysts\r\n Individuals considering the 0343-job series\r\n Auditors, analysts, administers, consultants and others seeking to better understand the synergies with management analysis", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\n Individuals seeking an overview of management analysis\n Program/management analysts new to the role, or seeking formal training\n Leaders and managers who supervise program/management analysts\n Individuals considering the 0343-job series\n Auditors, analysts, administers, consultants and others seeking to better understand the synergies with management analysis", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12643,7 +12643,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Improve your effectiveness as a supervisor in leading the survey and planning phases of a performance audit. Understand the purpose, tasks and end products of each phase. Apply project management conferencing techniques in making requisite decisions in each phase. Gain practice applying the conferencing techniques through a case study simulation.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAudit supervisors, team leaders and managers who want to focus on the supervisor's technical role in leading audit engagements. See Effective Audit Supervision (AUDT9002A) if you want to focus on the supervisor's human relations role in leading audit engagements.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAudit supervisors, team leaders and managers who want to focus on the supervisor's technical role in leading audit engagements. See Effective Audit Supervision (AUDT9002A) if you want to focus on the supervisor's human relations role in leading audit engagements.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12661,7 +12661,7 @@ "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Selecting performance audits to conduct is like building a successful investment portfolio. Developing meaningful objectives helps ensure each audit efficiently and effectively achieves meaningful results. Together, selecting the right audits and clear objectives provide a return on investment that is highly valued, relevant and meaningful to the stakeholders it serves. Explore techniques and factors for selecting and planning audits based upon measurable factors of risk, materiality, public interest, and public benefit as valued by its many stakeholders. ", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll auditors, evaluators, analysts and executives who are responsible for developing, proposing or selecting audit/evaluation topics, and for developing specific audit/evaluation objectives.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll auditors, evaluators, analysts and executives who are responsible for developing, proposing or selecting audit/evaluation topics, and for developing specific audit/evaluation objectives.", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12679,7 +12679,7 @@ "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Accepted practice in performance auditing is to begin an audit with objectives based on user needs and to develop a report that answers those objectives. This course is grounded on the concept that using audit objectives as the logical, integrated basis from planning through reporting helps you organize your message and write reports that succinctly communicate the audit results. In practice exercises, write audit objectives that, when answered, will tell audit results as a story. In a case exercise, use a report conference to reach agreement on the message before writing; organize the report message to answer the audit objectives, and; write a finding synopsis.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAuditors who want to enhance their report-writing skills.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAuditors who want to enhance their report-writing skills.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12696,8 +12696,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1399, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Through extensive illustrations and discussions, gain a solid understanding of the current legal, administrative funds control and financial reporting requirements that apply to federal agencies. This course provides in-depth coverage of selected federal budget, accounting, and financial management requirements for controlling and proper reporting of the status of federal funds. Attention is given to the recording, reporting, and use of budget and accounting information for both proper financial disclosure and as the basis for decision-making by federal managers.\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal financial management, budgeting, and accounting personnel who desire to refresh or expand their understanding of federal funds control, accounting requirements, and practices. Participants enrolling for this course should be familiar with accounting principles as taught in Introduction to Federal Accounting (ACCT7001A).", + "course_description": "Through extensive illustrations and discussions, gain a solid understanding of the current legal, administrative funds control and financial reporting requirements that apply to federal agencies. This course provides in-depth coverage of selected federal budget, accounting, and financial management requirements for controlling and proper reporting of the status of federal funds. Attention is given to the recording, reporting, and use of budget and accounting information for both proper financial disclosure and as the basis for decision-making by federal managers.\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal financial management, budgeting, and accounting personnel who desire to refresh or expand their understanding of federal funds control, accounting requirements, and practices. Participants enrolling for this course should be familiar with accounting principles as taught in Introduction to Federal Accounting (ACCT7001A).", "course_duration_num": 4, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12714,7 +12714,7 @@ "price": 1399, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "The Federal Accounting Standards developed by the Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB) help fulfill the U.S. Government's constitutional requirement to appropriately record and report all revenues and expenditures. Learn these standards, including the latest changes from the FASB, as you also explore the related statutory requirements of the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act, the Government Management Reform Act, and related legislation.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAccounting professionals and financial management personnel who need a working knowledge of current federal accounting standards.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAccounting professionals and financial management personnel who need a working knowledge of current federal accounting standards.", "course_duration_num": 4, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12735,7 +12735,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Federal budgeting, execution and accounting are interrelated functions that work together to support effective financial management in agencies. This course provides an overview of each function and shows the relationship between the three functions. Budget personnel will gain an understanding of the work required to produce accurate accounting information, while accountants will appreciate how budget personnel use accounting data to develop budget estimates and control the use of funds.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAnyone who needs a better understanding of the relationship between the federal budget, execution and accounting functions, including budget personnel, accountants, accounting technicians, program managers, auditors and interns.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAnyone who needs a better understanding of the relationship between the federal budget, execution and accounting functions, including budget personnel, accountants, accounting technicians, program managers, auditors and interns.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12763,7 +12763,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Update your knowledge with the latest information on the U.S. Government Standard General Ledger (SGL). Learn how the SGL provides the framework for publishing the financial statements required by the Chief Financial Officers Act, Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA), and Accountability of Tax Dollars Act (ATDA).", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal budgeting and accounting professionals who need to use the Government’s SGL and understand its impact on typical accounting and reporting processes will benefit by attending this course. Participants should be familiar with accounting principles as taught in Introduction to Federal Accounting (ACCT7001A).", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal budgeting and accounting professionals who need to use the Government’s SGL and understand its impact on typical accounting and reporting processes will benefit by attending this course. Participants should be familiar with accounting principles as taught in Introduction to Federal Accounting (ACCT7001A).", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12783,8 +12783,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1399, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Gain a solid foundation upon which to build your career in federal accounting. Learn the key concepts of Federal Government accounting, including accrual concepts, maintaining accurate journals and journal vouchers, managing accounts and ledgers, running trial balances and adjusting entries, and reading financial statements.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal employees who are engaged in financial management, budgeting and accounting functions and operations and who desire to refresh or expand their understanding of federal funds control, accounting requirements and practices.", + "course_description": "Gain a solid foundation upon which to build your career in federal accounting. Learn the key concepts of Federal Government accounting, including accrual concepts, maintaining accurate journals and journal vouchers, managing accounts and ledgers, running trial balances and adjusting entries, and reading financial statements.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal employees who are engaged in financial management, budgeting and accounting functions and operations and who desire to refresh or expand their understanding of federal funds control, accounting requirements and practices.", "course_duration_num": 4, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12804,8 +12804,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Receive a strong introduction to the federal budget process. Gain a firm understanding of what a budget is, how a budget is prepared, the composition of the federal budget, and the role of federal financial management professionals. Learn how key legislation is changing, how the federal budget is developed and executed, and the resulting impact on the nation's financial and program resources.\r\n\r\nThis course contains practical case exercises that can be completed using Microsoft Excel. If available, please bring a laptop containing Excel software to class with you. If you do not have access to a laptop, or you do not have a basic knowledge of Excel, the exercises can be completed using a hand calculator.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal personnel who would benefit from an overview of the federal budget process and the procedures for formulating, justifying, and executing their organizations' budgets.", + "course_description": "Receive a strong introduction to the federal budget process. Gain a firm understanding of what a budget is, how a budget is prepared, the composition of the federal budget, and the role of federal financial management professionals. Learn how key legislation is changing, how the federal budget is developed and executed, and the resulting impact on the nation's financial and program resources.\n\nThis course contains practical case exercises that can be completed using Microsoft Excel. If available, please bring a laptop containing Excel software to class with you. If you do not have access to a laptop, or you do not have a basic knowledge of Excel, the exercises can be completed using a hand calculator.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal personnel who would benefit from an overview of the federal budget process and the procedures for formulating, justifying, and executing their organizations' budgets.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12825,8 +12825,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Gain a solid foundation in the principles and concepts of the federal budget process. In this first of six core budget courses, become familiar with the basic concepts of federal budgeting. Learn the fundamentals of preparing and modifying a budget; the key players and their roles; appropriation types and their distinctive characteristics; the four phases of budgeting; and the purpose of midyear reviews.\r\n\r\nThis course contains practical case exercises that can be completed using Microsoft Excel. If available, please bring a laptop containing Excel software to class with you. If you do not have access to a laptop, or you do not have a basic knowledge of Excel, the exercises can be completed using a hand calculator.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis and the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nBudget, program and administrative technicians, analysts, officers and managers; accountants and accounting technicians; and auditors, financial analysts, interns/trainees and management analysts who would like to better understand the federal budget process.", + "course_description": "Gain a solid foundation in the principles and concepts of the federal budget process. In this first of six core budget courses, become familiar with the basic concepts of federal budgeting. Learn the fundamentals of preparing and modifying a budget; the key players and their roles; appropriation types and their distinctive characteristics; the four phases of budgeting; and the purpose of midyear reviews.\n\nThis course contains practical case exercises that can be completed using Microsoft Excel. If available, please bring a laptop containing Excel software to class with you. If you do not have access to a laptop, or you do not have a basic knowledge of Excel, the exercises can be completed using a hand calculator.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis and the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nBudget, program and administrative technicians, analysts, officers and managers; accountants and accounting technicians; and auditors, financial analysts, interns/trainees and management analysts who would like to better understand the federal budget process.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12882,8 +12882,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1099, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Become equipped in your role as supervisor, manager and human resources specialist with the skills you need to make meaningful performance distinctions. Implement communication, planning, tracking and other performance tools to make, or advise on making, performance decisions, regardless of the system in which you find yourself.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificates of Accomplishment in Human Resources Management", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nHR practitioners or managers and supervisors involved in evaluating the performance of individuals or who offer advice or work to make the appraisal process functional in their organizations.", + "course_description": "Become equipped in your role as supervisor, manager and human resources specialist with the skills you need to make meaningful performance distinctions. Implement communication, planning, tracking and other performance tools to make, or advise on making, performance decisions, regardless of the system in which you find yourself.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificates of Accomplishment in Human Resources Management", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nHR practitioners or managers and supervisors involved in evaluating the performance of individuals or who offer advice or work to make the appraisal process functional in their organizations.", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12900,7 +12900,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1249, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn about the federal human resources management (HRM) process, the unique merit system environment within which it takes place, its special terminology, and the relationships between the following HRM functions: compensation, hiring, employee engagement, performance management, and human resources relations.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificates of Accomplishment in Human Resources Management.", + "course_description": "Learn about the federal human resources management (HRM) process, the unique merit system environment within which it takes place, its special terminology, and the relationships between the following HRM functions: compensation, hiring, employee engagement, performance management, and human resources relations.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificates of Accomplishment in Human Resources Management.", "additional_course_information": "Also OnDemand", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -12918,7 +12918,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1249, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn about the federal human resources management (HRM) process, the unique merit system environment within which it takes place, its special terminology, and the relationships between the following HRM functions: compensation, hiring, employee engagement, performance management, and human resources relations.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificates of Accomplishment in Human Resources Management.", + "course_description": "Learn about the federal human resources management (HRM) process, the unique merit system environment within which it takes place, its special terminology, and the relationships between the following HRM functions: compensation, hiring, employee engagement, performance management, and human resources relations.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificates of Accomplishment in Human Resources Management.", "additional_course_information": "Also OnDemand", "course_duration_num": 3, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -12936,7 +12936,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Learn about the fundamentals of collective bargaining and the rights and responsibilities of employees, management, and unions in the federal labor relations process processes.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Human Resources Management Certificate Program, Level I, which can be completed entirely online.", + "course_description": "Learn about the fundamentals of collective bargaining and the rights and responsibilities of employees, management, and unions in the federal labor relations process processes.\n\nThis course is part of the Human Resources Management Certificate Program, Level I, which can be completed entirely online.", "additional_course_information": "Also in self-paced format", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -12955,7 +12955,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Learn the basic principles, structure, and operation of the federal position classification process. Discover how to proficiently interpret and apply classification standards, select appropriate occupational groups and series, prepare well-written descriptions and evaluation statements, and identify work characteristics that impact position classification. Learn about other related topics such as the application of GS Leader and Supervisory Guides, FLSA, position management and classification.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal supervisors, managers and administrative staff who prepare and evaluate job descriptions or have delegated position classification authority.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal supervisors, managers and administrative staff who prepare and evaluate job descriptions or have delegated position classification authority.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12973,7 +12973,7 @@ "price": 419, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Sexual harassment is not only illegal, it detracts from workplace productivity and professionalism. Learn about sexual harassment trends in the federal workplace, the various types of sexual harassment, how to determine sexual harassment, the laws, policies, regulations and guidance governing sexual harassment, and the process by which victims can address sexual harassment in the federal workplace.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll federal employees will benefit by taking this course.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll federal employees will benefit by taking this course.", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -12991,7 +12991,7 @@ "price": 469, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Learn about the various types of sexual harassment and the kinds of behavior that may be interpreted as sexual harassment in the workplace. Recognize your role in preventing sexual harassment and your responsibilities when sexual harassment complaints are raised.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal supervisors, managers and team leaders", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal supervisors, managers and team leaders", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13009,7 +13009,7 @@ "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Learn the requirements you must follow under the Family and Medical Leave Act and how to handle specific situations you may face. Ensure that you and your agency do not end up dealing with a grievance or court case because you do not understand or know how to apply the entitlements provided in the Act.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal supervisors and HR practitioners needing an introduction to employee and management issues related to the Family and Medical Leave Act.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal supervisors and HR practitioners needing an introduction to employee and management issues related to the Family and Medical Leave Act.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13027,7 +13027,7 @@ "price": 1549, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Enhance your ability to prepare for federal contract negotiation sessions. Explore the fundamentals of preparing for negotiations, from applying refined bargaining skills and tactics to resolving impasses and dealing successfully with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Learn to apply a proactive approach to developing management and negotiation philosophy and proposals.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal HR practitioners, supervisors, managers and attorneys who negotiate labor agreements or advise management negotiators.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal HR practitioners, supervisors, managers and attorneys who negotiate labor agreements or advise management negotiators.", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13045,7 +13045,7 @@ "price": 949, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Develop the skills necessary to deal with common performance and conduct problems. Explore day-to-day problems that federal supervisors face in this practical, no-nonsense course. Become adept at dealing with workplace issues such as absenteeism, insubordination, an employee coming to work under the influence, threats and intimidation, sick leave abuse, contentious conduct, poor performance and workplace violence.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nHR practitioners, as well as civilian and military supervisors of federal civilian employees.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nHR practitioners, as well as civilian and military supervisors of federal civilian employees.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13063,7 +13063,7 @@ "price": 1549, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Enhance your ability to prepare for federal contract negotiation sessions. Explore the fundamentals of preparing for negotiations, from applying refined bargaining skills and tactics to resolving impasses and dealing successfully with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Learn to apply a proactive approach to developing management and negotiation philosophy and proposals.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal HR practitioners, supervisors, managers and attorneys who negotiate labor agreements or advise management negotiators.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal HR practitioners, supervisors, managers and attorneys who negotiate labor agreements or advise management negotiators.", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13080,8 +13080,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1469, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Description\r\n\r\nUnderstand the legal issues related to government contracts, the rules that apply and how the facts determine the outcome of the case. Read and discuss actual cases that illustrate the contract issues covered.\r\n\r\nConsider the legal issues related to appropriations, authority, the Christian Doctrine, intellectual property, sealed bidding, simplified acquisitions, competitive negotiation, late bids or proposals, responsibility, unfair competitive advantage, conflicts of interest, the set aside Rule of Two, the Severin Doctrine, constructive changes, terminations, suspensions of work, differing site conditions, contract fraud, ethical considerations and unfair competitive advantage.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll acquisition professionals including Contracting Officers, Project/Program Managers, and CORs, and other administrative and legal personnel involved with government contracts.", + "course_description": "Description\n\nUnderstand the legal issues related to government contracts, the rules that apply and how the facts determine the outcome of the case. Read and discuss actual cases that illustrate the contract issues covered.\n\nConsider the legal issues related to appropriations, authority, the Christian Doctrine, intellectual property, sealed bidding, simplified acquisitions, competitive negotiation, late bids or proposals, responsibility, unfair competitive advantage, conflicts of interest, the set aside Rule of Two, the Severin Doctrine, constructive changes, terminations, suspensions of work, differing site conditions, contract fraud, ethical considerations and unfair competitive advantage.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nAll acquisition professionals including Contracting Officers, Project/Program Managers, and CORs, and other administrative and legal personnel involved with government contracts.", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13099,7 +13099,7 @@ "price": 869, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Enhance your performance as a federal supervisor by understanding your role, responsibilities, and obligations in recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce and in addressing and preventing discrimination, retaliation and all forms of harassment. Learn what you need to know to be able to meet your EEO-related performance standards.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nFederal supervisors, managers and team leaders, including military personnel who supervise civilian employees.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nFederal supervisors, managers and team leaders, including military personnel who supervise civilian employees.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13134,8 +13134,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1699, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "The Project Schedule, Cost & Resources course applies various estimating methods to successfully develop a project schedule and a project budget. Participants practice the critical path method and earned value analysis among other tools. The course also examines how to manage resources, particularly project stakeholders, to execute a project within given time and cost constraints.\r\n\r\nIn this highly interactive course, participants will learn how to develop a project schedule and determine a critical path; develop resource and cost estimates; use earned value management calculations for cost forecasting; evaluate project changes; identify key factors for managing a project team.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nIt is important to complete the following before registering for this course: PGMT7007D - Project Management Essentials (or predecessor PGMT7005D Project Management), or PMI certification", + "course_description": "The Project Schedule, Cost & Resources course applies various estimating methods to successfully develop a project schedule and a project budget. Participants practice the critical path method and earned value analysis among other tools. The course also examines how to manage resources, particularly project stakeholders, to execute a project within given time and cost constraints.\n\nIn this highly interactive course, participants will learn how to develop a project schedule and determine a critical path; develop resource and cost estimates; use earned value management calculations for cost forecasting; evaluate project changes; identify key factors for managing a project team.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nIt is important to complete the following before registering for this course: PGMT7007D - Project Management Essentials (or predecessor PGMT7005D Project Management), or PMI certification", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13152,8 +13152,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1699, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Our Project Scope, Quality & Risk Management course examines the relationships between goal-setting, project scope and project quality, while experientially guiding participants to identify and manage project risks throughout the lifecycle of the project.\r\n\r\nIn this highly interactive course, participants will learn how to collect and write project requirements, organize and manage project scope and quality against measurable goals, as well as continually identify, analyze and respond to project risks.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nIt is important to complete the following before registering for this course: PGMT7007D - Project Management Essentials (or predecessor PGMT7005D Project Management), or PMI certification.", + "course_description": "Our Project Scope, Quality & Risk Management course examines the relationships between goal-setting, project scope and project quality, while experientially guiding participants to identify and manage project risks throughout the lifecycle of the project.\n\nIn this highly interactive course, participants will learn how to collect and write project requirements, organize and manage project scope and quality against measurable goals, as well as continually identify, analyze and respond to project risks.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nIt is important to complete the following before registering for this course: PGMT7007D - Project Management Essentials (or predecessor PGMT7005D Project Management), or PMI certification.", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13170,7 +13170,7 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 849, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Communicating and working effectively with project stakeholders can be one of the most challenging aspects of managing projects. The Project Stakeholder & Communications Management course focuses on tools for effective communications planning, including how to analyze and respond to stakeholder needs. The course introduces the concept of interest-based negotiation (IBN) and outlines an IBN process for achieving and maintaining stakeholder agreement as the project progresses.\r\n\r\nIn this highly interactive course, participants will learn how to identify and analyze stakeholders; evaluate stakeholder needs; develop a communications plan; and employ interest-based negotiation strategies.", + "course_description": "Communicating and working effectively with project stakeholders can be one of the most challenging aspects of managing projects. The Project Stakeholder & Communications Management course focuses on tools for effective communications planning, including how to analyze and respond to stakeholder needs. The course introduces the concept of interest-based negotiation (IBN) and outlines an IBN process for achieving and maintaining stakeholder agreement as the project progresses.\n\nIn this highly interactive course, participants will learn how to identify and analyze stakeholders; evaluate stakeholder needs; develop a communications plan; and employ interest-based negotiation strategies.", "additional_course_information": "", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", @@ -13189,7 +13189,7 @@ "price": 749, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This course is intended for two audiences: beginners seeking to qualify for a Level I Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Certification; and those needing a refresher course. Participants will earn 8 Continuous Learning Points to either earn their Level I certification or maintain their current certification. Regardless of your situation, this course will familiarize you with the key concepts and processes to enable you to perform the tasks required of a COR. (See below for an explanation of COR training requirements.)", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nThis course is intended for personnel who need to obtain a FAC-COR Level I Certification, or current COR Certification holders of any level in need of refresher training.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nThis course is intended for personnel who need to obtain a FAC-COR Level I Certification, or current COR Certification holders of any level in need of refresher training.", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13206,7 +13206,7 @@ "price": 749, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "This one-day course is designed to give you an introduction to Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) used by the federal government (Defense and Civilian agencies) to attract new sources to address research and development goals and objectives. After a brief review of the history and scope of OTA use, we’ll focus on their growing significance in current federal spending. Key roles and responsibilities will be examined as well as OTA program management models used today. Program execution will touch upon OTA planning, solicitation, evaluation, and selection. We will use a sample OTA to examine key features and clauses, then conclude with a review of common OTA myths and lessons learned.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend:\r\nAll acquisition personnel including Contracting Officers, Contract Specialists, program and project managers and staff, and employees engaged in financial management and auditing.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend:\nAll acquisition personnel including Contracting Officers, Contract Specialists, program and project managers and staff, and employees engaged in financial management and auditing.", "course_duration_num": 1, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13223,7 +13223,7 @@ "price": 1499, "learning_modality": "Virtual", "course_description": "Learn the basics of simplified acquisition procedures, necessary for those involved in making some of the millions of purchases of essential products and services required by federal agencies. Learn how to perform better by using the latest electronic enhancements in the acquisition process. Learn about GSA schedules and other sources of supply that will make your job easier.", - "additional_course_information": "Related Certificate Program:\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Personal Property Management\r\nWho Should Attend?\r\n\r\nAll federal employees making purchases of products and services within the simplified acquisition thresholds as well as other purchases from required sources of supply and existing contracts, such as GSA schedules.", + "additional_course_information": "Related Certificate Program:\n\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Personal Property Management\nWho Should Attend?\n\nAll federal employees making purchases of products and services within the simplified acquisition thresholds as well as other purchases from required sources of supply and existing contracts, such as GSA schedules.", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13256,8 +13256,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1249, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Don't just show the numbers. Let us prepare you to communicate the story behind the data. Data storytelling is an emerging field that is frequently associated with analytics and data science. It offers a structured approach to communicate data findings in a way that significantly improves audience understanding. Participants in this hands-on workshop analyze data, construct narratives and design visuals that help decision makers connect the dots.\r\n\r\nThis course follows the Designing an Analytical Study course in the Program and Management Analysis Certificate Program.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nPrerequisites: It is important to complete the following two courses before registering for this course - Data Analysis Using Descriptive Statistics (PGMT8200) and Designing an Analytical Study (PGMT8005)", + "course_description": "Don't just show the numbers. Let us prepare you to communicate the story behind the data. Data storytelling is an emerging field that is frequently associated with analytics and data science. It offers a structured approach to communicate data findings in a way that significantly improves audience understanding. Participants in this hands-on workshop analyze data, construct narratives and design visuals that help decision makers connect the dots.\n\nThis course follows the Designing an Analytical Study course in the Program and Management Analysis Certificate Program.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nPrerequisites: It is important to complete the following two courses before registering for this course - Data Analysis Using Descriptive Statistics (PGMT8200) and Designing an Analytical Study (PGMT8005)", "course_duration_num": 2, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13292,8 +13292,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1629, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Evaluation identifies, discovers, generates and displays information about an organization's program effectiveness. The information shows what the organization produces, how those products affect society and how much the effect is worth. Budget hearings before Congress, as well as OMB, often require information generated by evaluations. Legislation commonly requires formal evaluation of some type as a condition for a program's existence or funding. Learn to describe programs, identify information useful in evaluation, collect reliable data and analyze it effectively.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis.", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nEmployees who are new to the field of program evaluation or those who need to review the basics of program evaluation.", + "course_description": "Evaluation identifies, discovers, generates and displays information about an organization's program effectiveness. The information shows what the organization produces, how those products affect society and how much the effect is worth. Budget hearings before Congress, as well as OMB, often require information generated by evaluations. Legislation commonly requires formal evaluation of some type as a condition for a program's existence or funding. Learn to describe programs, identify information useful in evaluation, collect reliable data and analyze it effectively.\n\nThis course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis.", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nEmployees who are new to the field of program evaluation or those who need to review the basics of program evaluation.", "course_duration_num": 5, "course_duration_attribute": "Days", "filters": [ @@ -13306,7 +13306,7 @@ { "course_title": "Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud (AUDT8005)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud (AUDT8005) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/red-flags-of-infrastructure-fraud", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13338,7 +13338,7 @@ { "course_title": "Enterprise Risk Management for Auditors (AUDT8916)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Enterprise Risk Management for Auditors (AUDT8916) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/enterprise-risk-management-executive-seminar", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13374,7 +13374,7 @@ { "course_title": "Enterprise Risk Management Executive Seminar for Resource Managers (FINC8912)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Enterprise Risk Management: Executive Seminar for Resource Managers (FINC8912) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/enterprise-risk-management-executive-seminar-for-resource-managers", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13446,7 +13446,7 @@ { "course_title": "Strategic Spending Executive Seminar: Intelligent Funds Management in Challenging Times (FINC9005)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Enterprise Risk Management: Executive Seminar for Resource Managers (FINC8912) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/enterprise-risk-management-executive-seminar-for-resource-managers", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13499,7 +13499,7 @@ { "course_title": "What an Audit means to you: Working with the Auditors and Surviving an Audit (FINC8010)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "What an Audit Means to You: Working with the Auditors and Surviving an Audit (FINC8010) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/what-an-audit-means-to-you-working-with-the-auditors-and-surviving-an-audit", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13533,7 +13533,7 @@ { "course_title": "Contract and Procurement Fraud for Investigators (INVG8005)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Contract and Procurement Fraud for Investigators (INVG8005) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/contract-and-procurement-fraud-for-investigators", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13558,7 +13558,7 @@ { "course_title": "Detection and Prevention of Fraud for Investigators (INVG8000)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Detection and Prevention of Fraud for Investigators (INVG8000) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/detection-and-prevention-of-fraud-for-investigators", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13583,7 +13583,7 @@ { "course_title": "Investigating Bribes and Kickbacks (INVG8015)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Investigating Bribes and Kickbacks (INVG8015) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/investigating-bribes-and-kickbacks", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13606,7 +13606,7 @@ { "course_title": "Making your Case to Prosecute Fraud for Investigators (INVG8010)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Making Your Case to Prosecute Fraud for Investigators (INVG8010) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/making-your-case-to-prosecute-fraud-for-investigators", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13650,7 +13650,7 @@ { "course_title": "Counterintelligence for Information Security Assessment and Protection (INVG8020)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Counterintelligence for Information Security Assessment and Protection for Investigators (INVG8020) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/counterintelligence-for-information-security-assessment-and-protection-for-investigators", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 899, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13688,7 +13688,7 @@ { "course_title": "Data Analytics for Fraud Detection for Investigators (INVG8025)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Data Analytics for Fraud Detection for Investigators (INVG8025) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/data-analytics-for-fraud-detection-for-investigators", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13718,7 +13718,7 @@ { "course_title": "Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud for Investigators (INVG8030)", "training_providers": "Graduate School USA (GSUSA)", - "link": "Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud for Investigators (INVG8030) | Graduate School USA", + "link": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/red-flags-of-infrastructure-fraud-for-investigators", "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 579, "learning_modality": "Virtual", @@ -13763,8 +13763,8 @@ "course_credit_type": "CPE", "price": 1199, "learning_modality": "Virtual", - "course_description": "Master the skills necessary to build an accurate and defensible budget compliant with budget-related legislation and the strict standards of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Learn how to define outcomes and other performance measures, gather the data necessary to prepare a budget, identify the dollar resources needed to attain the performance outcomes, and present and defend your budget.\r\n\r\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).", - "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\r\n\r\nBudget analysts, financial management specialists and program managers who assist in the preparation of their organization's budget submission and compile cost data and other information to contribute to decisions about future program activities, funding and budget strategies. Participants should be familiar with budget principles as taught in Introduction to Federal Budgeting (BUDG7001A).\r\n\r\nThis course contains practical case exercises that can be completed using Microsoft Excel. If available, please bring a laptop containing Excel software to class with you. If you do not have access to a laptop, or you do not have a basic knowledge of Excel, the exercises can be completed using a hand calculator.", + "course_description": "Master the skills necessary to build an accurate and defensible budget compliant with budget-related legislation and the strict standards of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Learn how to define outcomes and other performance measures, gather the data necessary to prepare a budget, identify the dollar resources needed to attain the performance outcomes, and present and defend your budget.\n\nThis course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management (MCFFM).", + "additional_course_information": "Who Should Attend?\n\nBudget analysts, financial management specialists and program managers who assist in the preparation of their organization's budget submission and compile cost data and other information to contribute to decisions about future program activities, funding and budget strategies. 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