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Federal Acquisition & Contracting Training
GGS delivers acquisition training, consulting and learning systems for the Department of Defense, federal civilian agencies, and state governments. We specialize in providing senior-level acquisition/contracting experts to deliver training in innovative formats. We guarantee our acquisition/contracting training to be current, relevant, and learner-centered. As a result, over 80 percent of our business is from return clients and referrals.
GGS’s acquisition and contract management discipline manages external partners and legal relationships that are mission-critical. These courses are designed to educate acquisition managers on the context, processes, and analytical systems needed to succeed in complex contracts. GGS provides an innovative, interactive education experience that includes premier reference sources, senior-level acquisition experts, current case studies, and applied reasoning activities.
Please contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 to order any classroom course for delivery in your location.
Target Audience
- Acquisition managers
- Engineers or technical managers in complex programs
- Government and industry counterparts in acquisition systems
- Contracting, legal and financial specialists
- Requirements generators
GGS's Acquisition & Contracting Courses
Course Description
FAR Fundamentals (FCN 190) is the resident capstone FAC-C Level I contracting course for federal civilian agency contracting personnel. It is a federal civilian agency adaption of Defense Acquisition University’s CON 090 course. For FAC-C purposes, this course can be taken as an alternative to CON 090, FAR Fundamentals.
FAR Fundamentals Course provides foundational knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) System. Students will be immersed in the FAR throughout this course and emerge knowledgeable of the government contracting process; the FAR and FAR supplement structure; FAR Parts 1-53; and will be able to locate and understand FAR regulations, guidance, provisions, and clauses. Students will navigate the online FAR as they wrestle with realistic scenario-based contracting problems. This training course is designed for personnel new to federal contracting workforce who are seeking FAC-C Level I training and non-contracting personnel who play a role in the acquisition process and require this course for certification.
Course Length: 10 Class Days CLPs: 80 hours | Cost: Call | |
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Target Audience
This course is designed for New hires to the Contracting Career Field (Civilian OCC Series 1102), active military personnel and those who seek certification in the contracting field. This course must be completed by employees in the Contracting Career Field (Civilian OCC Series 1102) within the first 24 months of employment. This does not extend or alter the requirement to meet certification requirements within 24 months of assignment to an acquisition position or change in position requirements.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828)750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Professional Acquisition and Contracting Training Series courses.
Course Description
Given an acquisition scenario, the student will determine the contract formation and management principles, as well as the acquisition regulations, applicable to the DoD.
Course Concept
The first module of the course will be focused on familiarizing the student with using the FAR; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS); DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI); and DoD Class Deviations, and developing critical skills necessary to locate, interpret, and apply rules. Subsequent modules will focus on the fundamentals of contract formation and management principles, to include the practical application of the FAR/DFARS/DFARS PGI/DoD class deviations to real-world scenarios.
Evaluation (How performance will be assessed)
1. Students will be evaluated on the basis of their performance on exams and graded exercises. Students must achieve a final grade of 80% to pass. A breakdown of the evaluation scheme is provided below:
Assignment | Points |
Exam 1 | 100 |
Exam 2 | 100 |
Exam 3 | 60 |
Options Exercise | 22 |
Module 5 Capstone | 98 |
Group Briefing | 20 |
TOTAL | 400 |
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DAU Classroom Brief | Deviations from the FAR/DFARS | Putting it all Together | Morning: EXAM #1 | |
Intro to CON 091 | Interpreting the FAR | Practice Exercises | Afternoon: Begin Module 2 | |
FAR, DFARS, & DFARS PGI Basics, Org. & Arrangement | Applicability of Rules | Contract Formation Principles | ||
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Uniform Contract Format Sections A-G | Morning Scavenger Hunt | Scavenger Hunt | Morning: EXAM #2 | Contract Admin Overview |
Contract Types | Afternoon: Begin Module 4 | Government Property | ||
Uniform Contract Format Sections H-M | Selecting a Contract Type | Contract Initiation | Indefinite-Delivery Contracts | |
Small Business Subcontracting Limitations | Agreements | |||
SAP | Contractor Performance Info | |||
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EXAM #3 | Scavenger Hunt | Contract Closeout | Performance Issue Group Briefings (Graded Exercise) | |
Late Morning: Begin Module 5 | Contract Changes (cont.) | Module 5 Capstone (Graded Exercise) | ||
Modifications | Options (Graded Exercise) | |||
Contract Changes | Contract Termination | Contract Performance Issues |
Course Length: 13 Class Days CLPs: 104 hours | Cost: Call | |
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Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Professional Acquisition and Contracting Training Series courses. |
Course Description
Fundamentals of Cost and Price Analysis (CON 170) is a resident Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level I contracting course for newly hired GS-1102 contracting personnel. This course provides foundational knowledge of contract cost and price analysis. Specifically, the course provides training in applying quantitative tools to accomplish cost and price analysis in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), the DFARS Procedures, Guidance and Information (PGI), and the Contract Pricing Reference Guide (CPRG).
The course begins with an in-depth review of the Market Research process, and provides instruction to help students understand and analyze contractor pricing strategies. Students will learn to accomplish Cost-Volume-Profit analysis, calculate contribution margin estimates, and develop cost estimating relationships in order to accomplish an effective price analysis pursuant to FAR Subpart 15.4. The course provides an overview regarding the regulations and processes regarding the use of cost analysis, and for requiring certified cost and pricing data. Finally, after learning the basic elements of price and cost analysis, students will build and defend a pre-negotiation objective, including a minimum and maximum pricing objective with a Weighted Guidelines assessment. Students are also provided in-depth instruction on contract financing techniques, including the development and administration of progress payments based on cost and performance based payments. Students will become proficient with the use of the PBP Analysis Tool.
Course Length: 8 Class Days CLPs: 76 hours | Cost: Call | |
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Target Audience
New hires to the Contracting Career Field (Civilian OCC Series 1102).
- Required: CON 090, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Fundamentals (Only required if assigned to the Contracting Career Field); CON 127, Contract Management; CLC 057, Performance Based Payments and Value of Cash Flow CLC 058, Introduction to Contract Pricing
Recommended: CLC 024,Basic Math Refresher
Pre-course Assignments:
The course “welcome message” will provide students with a “math refresher” book and self-assessment test. The purpose of these materials is to enable students to refresh their basic math skills and take a self-test before attending the course. The welcome message will encourage students to take the self-assessment, and consider deferring their attendance in the course if they have difficulty with the math refresher material.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Professional Acquisition and Contracting Training Series courses.
Course Description
Intermediate Cost and Price Analysis continues to build upon the fundamental contract pricing principles covered in the Level I Contracting curriculum, Contract Pricing Reference Guide, and DOD Policy. The course is divided into three segments addressing contract pricing issues from a Pre-Award, Negotiation Preparation-Award, and Post-Award perspective. In the course, the students will be introduced to quantitative techniques and tools used to quantify and facilitate decision making in determining a fair and reasonable price. Students will apply various cost analysis techniques and quantitative tools to analyze a contractor’s cost proposal and to develop a government negotiation range and objective. The course is designed to prepare students for follow on DAWIA Level II certification courses, serve as a gateway into more advanced targeted contract pricing courses, and give the students some practical tools in pricing government contracts. The ultimate objective of the course is to help students become better business advisors in developing contract arrangements that are in the best interest of the government.
Course Length: 10 Class Days CLPs: 80 hours | Cost: Call | |
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Target Audience
Contracting series GS1102 and military equivalents with authority to award or administer contracts above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold
Prerequisites
- CON 170, Fundamentals of Cost and Price Analysis; CLC 056, Analyzing Contract Costs Introduction to Contract Pricing. CLC 024, Basic Math Tutorial and a basic proficiency in Excel are recommended.
Pre-course Assignments
- Excel, and applications incorporating Excel functions, will be used extensively in CON270. As a self-assessment of your Excel skills, you will be asked to open the Proposal Modeling Practice document and create a spreadsheet with the problem solution. Afterwards, you will be asked to compare your spreadsheet to the Excel file that demonstrates one approach to the problem.
- If you are new to Excel, or if you are unfamiliar with the formatting, cell references, and formulas used in the enclosed solution, then you will be asked to select the following hyperlink to access a Microsoft Excel tutorial on creating workbooks. There is an additional link within the tutorial to access separate training on cell references and formulas. There will be graded assessments in the course requiring the use of Excel.
- The exercise (Pre-Course Proposal Modeling Practice.docx) will hopefully encourage you to develop at least a basic level of Excel familiarity and thereby reduce some of the burden on instructors having to remediate students in the classroom.
- Details will be provided 30 days prior to the class start date.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Professional Acquisition and Contracting Training Series courses. |
Course Description
This course builds on the foundation established through the Level I curriculum and the course prerequisites. The primary focus is on the acquisition of services under FAR Part 15 procedures, with an emphasis on performance-based acquisitions (PBA) for services, contract types, contract incentives, source selection, and contract administration. Students will learn the fundamentals of a performance based service acquisition — from acquisition planning to contract closeout through a realistic case study. The course takes students through the solicitation process using the mandatory DoD Source Selection Procedures. Students will prepare contractual documents, and develop and deliver high-level source selection briefings with recommendations for contract award.
Course Length: 10 Class Days CLPs: 97 hours | Cost: Call | |
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Target Audience
This course is designed for Level I certified contracting personnel with at least 2 years of contracting experience in the Contracting Career Field (Civilian OCC Series 1102) seeking Level II certification.
Prerequisites
ACQ 101, Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management CLC 051, Managing Government Property in the Possession of Contractors CLC 056, Analyzing Contract Costs CLC 057, Performance Based Payments and Value of Cash Flow CON 200, Business Decisions for Contracting CON 216,Legal Considerations in Contracting CON 270, Intermediate Cost and Price Analysis HBS 428, Negotiating
Pre-course Assignments
Students must complete all electronic assignments prior to attending this course. These assignments represent 18 percent of the student’s grade. Details will be provided 30 days prior to the class start date.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Professional Acquisition and Contracting Training Series courses. |
Course Description
In this case-based course, students apply Contracting concepts and techniques learned in prerequisite courses to meet customer supply requirements and resolve complex Contracting issues. Special emphasis is placed on applying legal concepts from CON 216, intermediate pricing concepts from CON 270, and negotiation techniques from HBS 428. Students experience the full spectrum of Contracting processes and issues by following a supply requirement through all phases of the acquisition life cycle, from acquisition planning through contract close-out. Research, analysis, and communication skills are honed through development and presentation of a critical thinking project requiring in-depth focus on one area of Contracting. Negotiation skills are sharpened through active student participation in two simulated contract negotiations.
Course Length: 10 Class Days CLPs: 96 hours | Cost: Call | |
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Target Audience
This course is designed for Intermediate-level contracting personnel who are Level I certified in Contracting and have a minimum of 2 years of contracting experience.
Prerequisites:
ACQ 101, Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management CLC 051, Managing Government Property in the Possession of Contractors CLC 056, Analyzing Contract Costs CLC 057, Performance Based Payments and Value of Cash Flow CON 200, Business Decisions for Contracting CON 216,Legal Considerations in Contracting CON 270, Intermediate Cost and Price Analysis HBS 428, Negotiating.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Professional Acquisition and Contracting Training Series courses. |
Course Description
This course provides the contracting professional the training necessary for the Level III Contracting certification course. Through realistic scenario-based learning, students work individually and in teams to practice developing sound business solutions as a valued strategic and expert business advisor. Students will learn to analyze complex contracting situations with emphasis on critical thinking, problem solving, research, and risk reduction. Student course work is designed to contribute to real solutions on real acquisition problems to senior leadership and local supervisors.
Course Length: 8 Class Days CLPs: 85 hours | Cost: Call | |
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Methodology:
Lecture; Guest speaker presentations; Team discussions and facilitation; Group presentations; Exercises
Target Audience
This course is designed for Intermediate-level contracting personnel who are Level I certified in Contracting and have a minimum of 2 years of contracting experience.
Prerequisites:
ACQ 101, Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management CLC 051, Managing Government Property in the Possession of Contractors CLC 056, Analyzing Contract Costs CLC 057, Performance Based Payments and Value of Cash Flow CON 200, Business Decisions for Contracting CON 216,Legal Considerations in Contracting CON 270, Intermediate Cost and Price Analysis HBS 428, Negotiating.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Professional Acquisition and Contracting Training Series courses. |
Course Description
ThisThis certified DAU-equivalent course is specifically designed for Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs) who are responsible for assuring that contractors are performing the technical portion of their job. COR 222 will provide CORs the breadth of knowledge required to perform their role, including knowledge related to COR roles and responsibilities, as well as fundamentals of contracting regulations, types, phases, and other elements; awareness of ethical, legal, and cultural factors that impact COR responsibilities; and information necessary to effectively evaluate situations, apply knowledge gained, and make correct decisions to carry out COR responsibilities and scenarios found in the contract planning, contract formation and contract administration phases.
Course Length: 5 Class Days CLPs: 40 hours | Cost: Call | |
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Methodology:
Limited lecture/facilitated discussion; Research FAR and web sources; Reading assignments; Interactive activities; Case studies; Exercises; Homework** assignments
**The method of instruction used in FCN 190 is based on the Thayer method. The Thayer method is unique in that it requires students to teach themselves the material prior to class (as homework) and the instructor’s role is to explain the material in class if there are any questions. Further, students are held accountable for their learning by being assessed on a daily basis.
Target Audience
This course is designed for anyone currently serving as or training to become a Contracting Officer’s Representative.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Professional Acquisition and Contracting Training Series courses. |
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Human Capital Management Training
GGS delivers human capital management training, consulting, and learning systems for the Department of Defense, federal civilian agencies, and private industry. We specialize in providing mentoring and coaching experts to deliver training in innovative and highly interactive formats. We guarantee our training to be current, relevant, and learner-centered. Our products are highly customized to the changing culture of the client. As a result, over 90 percent of our business is from return clients and referrals.
GGS’s human capital management training discipline addresses directly the succession planning crisis looming in long-established enterprises today. These courses are designed to provide senior and junior executives alike with the tools necessary to distribute current and archived knowledge throughout the organization. GGS accomplishes this through an innovative, interactive education experience that includes state-of-the-art concepts and methods of knowledge management and organizational development.
Please contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 to order any classroom course for delivery in your location.
Target Audience
This curriculum has been specifically targeted for personnel who are on the project manager career development track. In addition, the project management foundation it provides is also a valuable resource for the following personnel:
- Executive personnel concerned with legacy and succession planning
- All personnel desiring enhanced access to career paths reflecting leadership development
- Engineers or technical managers with an interest in the human capital pressures
- Government and industry counterparts in human capital
GGS's Skills Enhancement Training
Course Purpose
Any conversation that causes us to plan, rehearse, lose sleep, develop another plan, and so on, has the potential to be difficult. A bad situation can go to worse in no time. No matter how competent we are in our jobs, we all have conversations that cause anxiety and frustration and consume valuable time and energy. This workshop will prepare participants to be more effective in their work and personal relationships.
Background
Whatever your job requires, you likely have to communicate with others. Most of the time, communications between colleagues, mentors, supervisors, and customers are routine. Occasionally difficult issues come to the surface that complicate projects and departments. It is when those challenging communications arise that each employee wants to be confident in his or her own communication, conflict management and negotiation skills.
Target Audience
All personnel.
Course Length – 1 Day Classroom Hours: 8 hours or .8 CEUs | Cost: CALL | ||
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Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Skills Enhancement training courses. |
Course Purpose
Target Audience
All personnel with public speaking responsibilities.
Course Length – 1 Day Classroom Hours: 8 hours or .8 CEUs | Cost: CALL | ||
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Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Skills Enhancement training courses. |
Course Purpose
Today’s fast pace and high rate of change require different skills for survival and success. Higher stress levels require better handling abilities. Mentoring relationships are particularly essential in times like these. Expertise in a particular field plays a lesser role, while internal qualities like resilience, initiative, optimism, and adaptability are taking on new value. The purpose of this course is to acquaint the participants with the principles of emotional intelligence, help them to assess their own abilities, and guide them to heightened awareness of ways to grow in these abilities.
Background
The rules are changing. Success used to be measured by what we knew, or how smart we were. But today it’s how we handle ourselves and our relationships. These are the thoughts of Daniel Goleman, Harvard researcher and author of the best-selling book, Emotional Intelligence, published by Bantam in the late 90’s. Contrasted with the traditional Intelligence Quotient (IQ) emotional intelligence is largely learned and continues to develop as we go through life, learning from our experiences.
Target Audience
All personnel
Course Length – 1 Day Classroom Hours: 8 hours or .8 CEUs | Cost: CALL | ||
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Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Skills Enhancement training courses. |
GGS's Federal Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy Courses
Course Description
Federal benefits are complicated. This Early-Career Seminar for New Employees informs attendees about the complex array of benefits available to them as Federal employees and the choices they need to make to best leverage them within the context of their overall financial and retirement plan.
Course Objectives
After attending this seminar, attendees will understand when they eligible to retire, what their retirement benefits are likely to be (FERS, Social Security, and TSP), the importance of the TSP toward their retirement and be equipped with sound investment strategies for best leveraging what TSP has to offer. They will understand the choices they will need to make regarding survivor benefits, their health (FEHB) and life insurance (FEGLI) coverages, and their TSP funds, and how their Federal employee benefits fit within the overall construct of a financial plan.
Course Overview
This seminar for new and returning employees includes lessons addressing the Federal retirement and benefits programs and how these benefits fit within the overall frame work of a personal financial plan. The seminar will specifically focus on Federal retirement benefits and how they can be affected by the financial decisions attendees are making now and in the future.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Federal Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy courses. |
Course Description
The Mid-Career Retirement Planning Seminar (for Federal employees with 10-15 years of service) takes a decidedly financial planning approach to inform attendees about the complex array of benefits available to them as Federal employees and the choices they need to make to best leverage them within the context of their overall financial and retirement plan. Special attention is paid to developing good financial and retirement goals and using sound investment strategies for best leverage their TSP.
Course Objectives
After attending this seminar, attendees will know how set retirement savings goals, when they are eligible to retire, which provisions of retirement law affect the computation of their retirement benefits, and how much those benefits are likely to be (FERS, Social Security, and TSP). They will have a sense of the choices they will need to make regarding survivor benefits, their health (FEHB) and life insurance (FEGLI) coverages, and their TSP funds. Finally, they will understand how their Federal employee benefits fit within the overall construct of a financial plan.
Course Overview
The mid-career seminar for FERS employees is a fast-moving information loaded session that opens with lessons on investment and retirement planning, and the TSP. It moves from there to the history of the Federal retirement programs, what constitutes credible service for retirement purposes, eligibility for retirement, and the computation of FERS annuities and survivor benefits. It thoroughly covers Social Security, Estate Planning and concludes with an important lesson on how the best leverage Federal benefits going forward. The seminar will focus on Federal retirement benefits and how they can be affected by the financial decisions attendees are making now and in the future.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Federal Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy courses. |
Course Description
Working careers have changed in America in that many people no longer pursue a single career working in the same business or for a single employer. Many people now have a work life comprised of several careers in a range of businesses, working for numerous employers, of which Federal service will be a portion. Understanding Federal benefits in this new environment and the implications of leaving Federal service before their normal retirement age are now issues many workers must address. This seminar for Separating or Early-Out Employees explores the decisions employees need to make as they consider leaving Federal service, or accepting early retirement offers, or experiencing discontinued service retirement.
Course Objectives
After attending this seminar, attendees will understand the basic vesting and eligibility rules for FERS retirement benefits and the TSP, the implications of taking a refund of FERS contributions, moving their TSP funds to an outside retirement plan, and accepting an offer for early retirement or retiring under the discontinued service provisions of FERS.
Course Overview
This seminar for Separating or Early-Out Employees includes lessons addressing the Federal retirement and benefits programs and how these benefits fit within the overall framework of a personal financial plan. The seminar will specifically focus on Federal retirement benefits and how they can be affected by the financial decisions attendees are making now and in the future.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Federal Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy courses. |
Course Description
Retiring from a Federal career is a confusing time and can be a daunting task. Retirement in general is a significant transition for anyone. The Retirement Planning Seminar for CSRS, FERS or combined, is designed for employees nearing retirement (within 5 years) and informs attendees about the complex array of benefits they have earned, the choices they need to make as they retire, and how to best leverage them within the context of their overall financial and retirement plan.
Course Objectives
After attending this seminar, attendees will understand the basic financial planning concepts pertinent to retirement as a Federal employee. They will understand the overall Federal retirement process and know when they become eligible to retire, which provisions of retirement law affect the computation of their retirement benefits, how much those benefits are likely to be (CSRS or FERS, Social Security, and TSP), what choices they will need to make regarding survivor benefits, their health (FEHB) and life insurance (FEGLI) coverages, and their TSP funds.
Course Overview
This Retirement seminar, for either CSRS/CSRS Offset or FERS employees, begins by establishing the basic financial planning concepts necessary for a successful retirement, and reinforces these concepts in succeeding lessons on history and financing of the Federal retirement programs, eligibility requirements, and benefit computations. It also thoroughly covers survivor benefits, social security, and the Thrift Savings Plan, and well as all of the Federal employee insurance programs. Woven among and supporting these lessons are applicable modules on financial and retirement planning, investing and related topics. The seminar is also designed to effectively convey key points and answer questions on a wide range of topics that cover basic retirement eligibility and benefits, and touch on the emotional and psychological aspects of retirement. The seminar will focus on Federal retirement benefits and the impact of financial decisions on those benefits after retirement.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Federal Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy courses. |
Course Description
The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) is probably the most critical component of Federal retirement benefits today. This seminar provides employees with an in-depth understanding of the TSP as a retirement savings plan and its relationship to the other Federal retirement benefits to which employees have access.
Course Objectives
After attending this seminar, attendees will understand the importance of the TSP toward their retirement and be equipped with sound investment strategies for best leveraging what TSP has to offer. Finally, they will understand how their Federal employee benefits fit within the overall construct of a financial plan.
Course Overview
The Thrift Savings Plan Seminar involves a deep-dive into the five primary TSP funds, the Life-Cycle funds, and investment strategies that support building the TSP to the level necessary for a financially sound retirement.
Contact Joy Smith Stone, Training Coordinator, Gotham Government Services at jstone@gothamgovernment.com or (828) 750-5994 for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Federal Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy courses. |
Course Description
Financial Planning is a daunting task for most people. For Federal employees, financial planning is made more challenging by the complexity of their employee benefits. The Financial Planning for Federal Employees (or Federal Financial Literacy) seminar provides employees with a basic understanding of the principles of financial and retirement planning within the context of the OPM-led Federal Financial Literacy Initiative.
Course Objectives
After attending this seminar, attendees will understand the need for financial planning and how to create a financial plan. They will learn financial principles such as budgeting, saving and investing, credit and debt management, and estate and tax planning. They will understand the importance of the TSP toward their retirement and be equipped with sound investment strategies for best leveraging what TSP has to offer. Finally, they will understand how their Federal employee benefits fit within the overall construct of a financial plan.
Contact Joy Smith Stone at jstone@gothamgovernment.com for more information or to schedule this or any of GGS’s other Federal Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy courses. |