Government Administrative Management
The Institute offers a program designed to improve the efficiency and advance the careers of administrative assistants and office support personnel in government offices. Courses present the latest office management skills, including demonstrating leadership and personal effectiveness, managing conflict and projects, planning events, utilizing office technology and creating a personal development plan.

Project Management
Project management, performance measures, risk assessment, earned value, IT capital plans, contract management, strategy and planning.the list goes on and on! From the recent wave of management reforms sweeping across the federal government and almost every state capital government project management mandates are on the rise. And now the use of Earned Value Management, a fundamental project management tool, is mandated under federal policy.

Human Capital Management
Government agencies require the right people, in the right job, with the right skills, at the right time, under the right compensation and evaluation arrangement. That’s a lot of rights to get right. That’s why the Institute off ers the only HR certification designed exclusively for government managers. Courses address human capital planning, succession planning, employee performance evaluation and other key HR management issues vital to making government agencies “employers of choice” rather than “employers of last resort.”

Contracting and Acquisition
In response to new requirements for performance-based contracting, competitive sourcing and earned value management in government acquisition, the Institute offers a training program designed exclusively for government contracting staff and those wanting to move into this field. Attendees will emerge from courses able to integrate performance measures into government contracts, craft performance-based “Statements of Work” and “Statements of Objective,” engage in strategic “Solutions Development” using the acquisition process, and evaluate sourcing alternatives using cost and performance standards.

Information Technology
The Institute’s most popular training program assists government managers in measuring and reporting the results of their programs. Through this comprehensive training program, you will master strategic planning, performance measurement, performance budgeting and program evaluation techniques. Designed with the latest government performance mandates in mind, you will emerge from courses armed with the skills to plan, measure, evaluate and budget...for results in government.

Performance Management
The Institute’s most popular training program assists government managers in
measuring and reporting the results of their programs. Th rough this comprehensive
training program, you will master strategic planning, performance measurement, performance budgeting and program evaluation techniques. Designed with the latest government performance mandates in mind, you will emerge from courses armed with the skills to plan, measure, evaluate and budget...for results in government.

Social Services Management
Federal, state, and local social service programs (both run by government and partners of government) face some of the most difficult management challenges. The Institute offers a management training program designed exclusively for social service and public health program managers. Courses address a comprehensive set of issues including performance measures for social service and public health programs, performance-based contracting, measuring and reporting “hard-to-measure” outcomes, grants management and auditing, case management techniques (across program areas), workforce development tools and techniques and forging and management community partnerships.

Financial Management
Government programs are under increasing pressure to become transparent with their finances: from tracking funds to reporting full cost of services. The Institute’s financial management courses address the latest financial management standards in government, including accelerated financial reporting, improving internal controls, auditing program finances, integrating budget and performance and implementing activity-based costing.