CJ TSA Workshop Resources (July 2023)
Congressional Justifications Workshop for TSA
Agenda
Speakers Bios
( Zoom Link )
July 18, 2023 (Day 1)
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and Introduction
9:30 – 10:30 Knowing Your Audience, I: Understanding Congress
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Knowing Your Audience, II: Understanding the Appropriators
General Provisions Bill Language
General Provisions Report Language
11:45 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 13:45 How to Read Congressional Appropriations Documents
(and How They Relate to the CJ Writing Process)
13:45 – 14:00 Break
14:00 – 16:00 How to Think Like an Appropriator
Note: Participants break up into groups to review CJs and develop “questions for the record” and present
Group 1: NPS FY23
Group 2: FEMA FY23
Group 3: DHS S&T FY23
Group 4: CDC FY23
Group 5: ATF FY23
July 19, 2023 (Day 2)
9:00 – 10:15 OMB’s Role in the CJ process
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:00 Groups Receive CJ Writing Assignments
Group 1: TSA Change 1 and 3
Group 2: TSA Change 13
Group 3: TSA Canine
Group 4: Checkpoint Support
Group 5: EART and AIT
11:00 – 12:00 Groups Review CJ Documents and Rewrite CJ Portion
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 Presentations and Discussion
Note: Groups present their rewritten CJs
14:30 – 14:45 Break
14:45 – 15:45 How Do Authorizers Use CJs
15:45 – 16:00 Lessons Learned: The CJs Process and Understanding Staff
Evaluation Form Submission
Resources: Guidelines for CBJs