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Overview

OPM's Center for Leadership Capacity Services and American University are co-sponsoring this important new seminar for the regulatory community.

This seminar provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the dynamics of the regulatory process and is intended for individuals in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors who work with regulation.  Distinctively organized around key points of decision and the linkages between critical stages in the overall regulatory process, the seminar addresses the legal, political, and administrative dimensions of each significant decision point and stage, with special emphasis how regulatory outputs and outcomes are determined.

Seminar faculty include current officials of the executive and legislative branches of the federal government; former government officials now currently employed in efforts to influence regulation;  executives in business and nonprofit organizations; and prominent academics.  All are recognized leaders in their fields and highly effective instructors.

The combination of expert presentations with a seminar format maximizes the opportunities for interaction and exchanges both among the participants and between the participants and the expert faculty.   Over the course of three and one-half days, participants will gain insights about the origins, justifications, and criticisms of regulation, the development of rules by government agencies, the transformation of rules into operating regulatory programs, and the effects of rules, including the responses of regulated parties and beneficiaries of regulation. This approach to learning about the regulatory process ensures that seminar participants leave the course better able to manage their responsibilities with a comprehensive understanding of how the various pieces of the regulatory puzzle fit together.

How Will You Benefit

• Learn the reasons why regulation is so pervasive in the American system, the resultant criticisms of regulation as an instrument of government and the most influential proposals for reforming the regulatory process
• Understand the legislative origins of regulation and the major characteristics of regulatory statutes 
• Develop a sophisticated and practical understanding of how regulations are developed and implemented by agencies of government
• Understand the various devices and techniques available to agencies to monitor and assist affected parties in compliance
• Learn the means used by the most sophisticated and effective interest groups to influence the contents of regulations
• Learn how to leverage the experiences of programs that emphasize collaboration, cooperation and consensual approaches in the relationship between government and the private and nonprofit sectors
• Consider the various enforcement strategies available to regulatory agencies and learn about  the rights and process options available to individuals, firms, and organizations who dispute enforcement actions by the government

Who Should Attend

Experienced public managers, policy analysts and technical specialists or other senior program staff who are involved in the development, implementation and enforcement of regulation, and individuals in the private or nonprofit sectors who work to influence the content of regulations or manage compliance.

Schedule

• Jun 15 - 18, ‘09 @ Washington, DC/Facility TBD
  $2,650.00
  Starts 9:00 am on first day and end 4:00 pm on last day

Note

Competencies Emphasized

Length

4 days.

Location

• Washington, DC/Facility TBD,