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Course Details: Appropriations Law Refresher

Gain a succinct update on the GAO’s Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (the Red Book). This course utilizes approximately 25 specific “purpose categories,” 45 comptroller general decisions, and 17 Anti-Deficiency Act violations for instruction, illustration, and reinforcement of discussed principles and prohibitions.

Prerequisites:

Attendees should have taken a full-length (3 or 4 days) appropriations/fiscal law class within the past three years.

Learning Objectives

This course covers:

  • Availability of funds: purpose, time and amount 
  • Proper obligation of contracts and interagency transactions
  • Identification of accountable officers
  • Liability and relief of liability of accountable officers

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