CJ Workshop Resources
Congressional Justifications Workshop
Agenda
( Zoom Link )
July 13, 2022
9:15 – 9:45 Welcome and Introduction
9:45 – 10:45 Knowing Your Audience, I: Understanding Congress
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Knowing Your Audience, II: Understanding the Appropriators
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 How to Read Congressional Appropriations Documents
14:00 – 14:15 Break
14:15 – 15:30 OMB’s Role in the CJs Process
July 14, 2022
9:00 – 10:30 How to Think Like an Appropriator
Note: Participants break up into groups to review CJs and develop “requests for information” and present
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Request for Information (RFI) and Reprogramming
11:45 – 12:45 Groups Review CJs Documents and Rewrite CJs Portion
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45- 15:15 Presentations and Discussion
Note: Groups present their rewritten CJs
15:15 – 15:45 Lessons Learned: The CJs Process and Understanding Staff