Course Catalog

"This course is intended to introduce the Public Assistance Grants Management staff to the Express Pay System Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Policy and Process manual. The Express Pay System Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Policy and Process manual outlines the standard processes which are to be followed. By outlining standardized processes, this SOP Policy and Process manual will allow for consistency amongst the Grants Management staff in completing Express Pay Systems.

"This course provides participants an understanding of how to complete an Expense Review pertaining to Contract Work. This course reviews the required documentation for these types of Expense Reviews, items to be aware of and cautious of when reviewing these types to Expense Reviews, common errors made, and the steps which should be followed in order to complete an expense review for this summary type. The course includes a working exercise, at which time examples are worked through so as to enable hands-on training and facilitate further discussion. Pre-requisite for this course is ""Intro to Expense Review.""

This course is one part of a five part course series that collectively were formerly taught as one course named ""Expense Review"" and also ""Beginner Expense Review."" ""Expense Review"" and ""Beginner Expense Review"" do satisfy this course requirement but each of the courses should be taken separately if renewing for course credit. The five courses are as follows: Intro to Expense Review, Expense Review: Rented Equipment & Materials, Expense Review Force Account Labor & Force Account Equipment, Expense Review: Contract Work, and Expense Review: Miscellaneous Items.

This course was also formerly named ""Construction/Contract Management."" ""Construction/Contract Management"" does satisfy this course requirement.

"This course provides participants an understanding of how to complete an Expense Review pertaining to Force Account Labor (FAL) and Force Account Equipment (FAE). This course reviews the required documentation for these types of Expense Reviews, items to be aware of and cautious of when reviewing these types of Expense Reviews, common errors made, and the steps which should be followed in order to complete an Expense Review for these summary types. The course includes a working exercise, at which time examples are worked through so as to enable hands-on training and facilitate further discussion. Pre-requisite for this course is ""Intro to Expense Review.""

This course is one part of a five part course series that collectively were formerly taught as one course named ""Expense Review"" and also ""Beginner Expense Review."" ""Expense Review"" and ""Beginner Expense Review"" do satisfy this course requirement but each of the courses should be taken separately if renewing for course credit. The five courses are as follows: Intro to Expense Review, Expense Review: Rented Equipment & Materials, Expense Review Force Account Labor & Force Account Equipment, Expense Review: Contract Work, and Expense Review: Miscellaneous Items.

This course was also formerly named ""Expense Review FAL/FAE."" ""Expense Review FAL/FAE"" does satisfy this course requirement.

"This course provides participants an overall review of all summary types, the definition of each, the documentation needed for each, what a Program Specialist should look for and review on each, as well as other miscellaneous topics surrounding Expense Reviews. This course if primarily a review course of the information learned in the four prior Expense Review courses. It also provides an introduction into the concept of the cost line items of a Project Worksheet (PW) and the associated tracking performed by the Program Specialist (PS) within the Cost Estimate Tracking (CET). Pre-requisites for this course are ""Intro to Expense Review,"" ""Expense Review: Rented Equipment & Materials,"" ""Expense Review: Force Account Labor & Force Account Equipment,"" and ""Expense Review: Contract Work.""

This course is one part of a five part course series that collectively were formerly taught as one course named ""Expense Review"" and also ""Beginner Expense Review."" ""Expense Review"" and ""Beginner Expense Review"" do satisfy this course requirement but each of the courses should be taken separately if renewing for course credit. The five courses are as follows: ""Intro to Expense Review,"" ""Expense Review: Rented Equipment & Materials,"" ""Expense Review Force Account Labor & Force Account Equipment,"" ""Expense Review: Contract Work,"" ""and Expense Review: Miscellaneous Items.""

"This course provides participants an understanding of how to complete an Expense Review pertaining to Rented Equipment and Material work types. This course reviews the required documentation for these types of Expense Reviews, items to be aware of and cautious of when reviewing these types of Expense Reviews, common errors made, and the steps which should be followed in order to complete an expense review for these summary types. The course includes a working exercise, at which time examples are worked through so as to enable hands-on training and facilitate further discussion. Pre-requisite for this course is ""Intro to Expense Review.""

This course is one part of a five part course series that collectively were formerly taught as one course named ""Expense Review"" and also ""Beginner Expense Review."" ""Expense Review"" and ""Beginner Expense Review"" do satisfy this course requirement but each of the courses should be taken separately if renewing for course credit. The five courses are as follows: ""Intro to Expense Review,"" ""Expense Review: Rented Equipment & Materials,"" ""Expense Review Force Account Labor & Force Account Equipment,"" ""Expense Review: Contract Work,"" and ""Expense Review: Miscellaneous Items.""

"This course provides participants a general overview of the provisions of the Code of Governmental Ethics as it applies to public servants- elected officials, public employees and members of Boards and Commissions. This course must be completed each calendar year."

Annual training.

This course teaches basic fundamentals of navigation in Excel 2016. Topics covered include: Creating a new workbook, inserting or deleting a worksheet, move or copy worksheets or worksheet data, using tools in the ribbon, formatting cells, adding rows and columns, sorting columns, freezing page views, filtering data, basic formulas, printing a worksheet or workbook, etc.

This course will enable users to format, organize, and calculate data in a spreadsheet. It will also empower participants with key skills to create and edit worksheets, implement formulas and functions, and sort and filter detailed data. This course will begin with the basic fundamentals and, by the end of the course, the participant will be utilizing complex pivot tables, charts, and conditional formatting. Manuals and training exercises will be provided for the participant to keep after the course is completed.

This course will enable users to format, organize, and calculate data in a spreadsheet. It will also empower participants with key skills to create and edit worksheets, implement formulas and functions, and sort and filter detailed data. This course will begin with the basic fundamentals and, by the end of the course, the participant will be utilizing complex pivot tables, charts, and conditional formatting. Manuals and training exercises will be provided for the participant to keep after the course is completed.

"This course provides participants with information regarding common types of fraud, things to be cautious of when reviewing an Applicant's documentation, and how to identify potential evidence of fraud. Also discussed is the role of the Program Specialist in escalating concerns of possible fraud."

Course provide overview of successful allowability throughout the grant cycle of pre-award, awarding and post-award from FEMA.