The Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University

The Government Affairs Institute (GAI) has been conducting courses on Capitol Hill since 1965. The Institutes mission is to provide education and training about congressional processes, organization, and practices, and about selected legislative policy issues. By better understanding the functions and organization of Congress, executive branch personnel and others with a direct interest in federal programs can more effectively plan, manage, and budget for those programs, and better represent those programs before Congress. All GAI courses are planned, designed, and conducted by the Institutes senior fellows, who also conduct dozens of on-site classes each year in the Washington DC area and around the country. The Senior Staff of the Government Affairs Institute consists of individuals strongly committed to teaching, with academic backgrounds in political science, public administration, history, and economics. Most have taught extensively at the university level, and all are exper...