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Course Details: Appropriations Law Refresher and Update

Experience a two-day thorough refresher and update on the GAO’s Principles of Federal Appropriations Law (the Red Book). This lecture course utilizes about 30 specific “purpose categories,” 50 comptroller general decisions, and 20 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:

  • Basic terminology and concepts of “budget authority” and appropriations law
  • Recent comptroller decisions relating to the purpose, time and amount of appropriations 
  • Recently reported Anti-Deficiency Act violations relating to improper use of appropriations 
  • Length, amount, and use of appropriations under a continuing resolution
  • Roles and responsibilities of accountable officers
  • Liability and relief of liability of accountable officers for losses of funds or improper payments

Questions?

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