Brookings Executive Education
Program Series Inside Washington: Understanding Federal Decision-Making
Inside Washington: Understanding Federal Decision-Making
Learn what makes Washington tick in discussions with federal agency leaders, members of Congress, journalists, diplomats, and advocates—in addition to renowned experts from Brookings. This insider’s guide to policy-making exposes you to executive-branch thinking, regulatory pressures, and political influences on Congress that will help you better advance your agenda in Washington.
Take this program together with Inside Congress: Understanding Congressional Operations to get an extensive, firsthand guide to how government really works.
The agenda for Inside Washington is always highly topical. Continuing programs will be linked to major political and policy issues.
View a working agenda from our upcoming Inside Washington seminar scheduled for June 6-8, 2012.
Praise for this Program
“It’s been a long time since civics in eighth grade. Inside Washington gave me a broader understanding of not just the textbook way that Washington works but how it really works."
—Wade Walters, Social Security Administration
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"An experience you just don't get anywhere else. Brookings has clout."
—Barbara Kakiris, NASA
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