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        "A published schedule across the federal AI curriculum, entry to advanced",
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      "heading": "AI for every federal function, not just HR and audit",
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          "level": "Government package",
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          "meta": "20 hours",
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          "level": "Government package",
          "name": "Government Leadership AI Bootcamp",
          "covers": "For managers and executives: AI governance and oversight, AI for government leadership, AI in performance management, and AI ethics.",
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          "meta": "18 hours",
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          "level": "Government package",
          "name": "AI Fundamentals for Government Employees Bootcamp",
          "covers": "The shortest way in: AI fundamentals for government employees, Parts I and II, for a whole team at once.",
          "meta": "8 hours",
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        {
          "level": "Technical certificate",
          "name": "Data Science & AI Certificate",
          "covers": "A multi-course path through data science and machine learning that builds applied AI skills for analysts and technical staff.",
          "meta": "114 hours",
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        {
          "level": "Technical certificate",
          "name": "Generative AI Certificate",
          "covers": "A stacked program on generative AI tools, prompting, and safe workplace use for the government workforce.",
          "meta": "78 hours",
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      "heading": "AI packages built for government",
      "body": "Stacked packages that take a team from AI fundamentals to applied work in their own function, each built for government and delivered live online or self-paced. Broader technical certificates follow."
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          "label": "Email the group training team",
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      "heading": "An established federal training institution",
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          "q": "What's new in your federal AI training?",
          "a": "Our curriculum is refreshed to current federal law, policy, and practice; we added new AI courses for the federal workforce; courses now run in a modern learning portal, and self-paced courses add an always-available AI coach; and self-paced online options let a learner start anytime and still take the live class for free within a year."
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      "area": "AI Foundations and Prompting",
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        {
          "label": "AI Fundamentals for Government Employees Part II",
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        {
          "label": "AI & Data Literacy for the Government Workforce Course",
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          "label": "AI Prompt Engineering for Government Workforce Course",
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          "label": "Advanced Prompt Design & Reasoning Strategies for Government Professionals Course",
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          "label": "Think Smarter About AI: Critical Thinking Skills for Government Employees Course",
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      "area": "AI Governance, Ethics and Oversight",
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          "label": "AI Ethics for Government Employees Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI Governance & Oversight Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI Change Management in Government Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI Safety & Guardrails Engineering for Government Systems (Advanced) (Self-Paced)",
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      "area": "AI for Leadership and Management",
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          "label": "AI for Government Leadership and Management Course",
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        },
        {
          "label": "AI for Employee Performance Management in Government Course",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-in-federal-performance-management"
        },
        {
          "label": "Government Leadership AI Bootcamp",
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          "label": "AI for Federal HR Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Federal HR Classification Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Federal Employee Relations Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Federal Employee Benefits",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Federal Employee Retirement",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-for-federal-employee-retirement"
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        {
          "label": "AI for Federal HR Bootcamp",
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    {
      "area": "AI for Budget and Financial Management",
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          "label": "AI for Federal Budget Formulation and Execution Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Federal Cost Estimation and Analysis Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Federal Travel and Charge Card Management Course",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-for-federal-travel-and-charge-card-management-course"
        },
        {
          "label": "AI for Federal Grants Management Course",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-for-federal-grants-management-course"
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      "area": "AI for Audit and Financial Oversight",
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          "label": "AI Applications and Challenges for Auditors Course",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-applications-and-challenges-for-auditors"
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        {
          "label": "AI for Federal Financial Reporting and Audit Readiness Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Federal Payments and Improper Payment Prevention Course",
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    {
      "area": "AI for Acquisition, Contracting and Supply Chain",
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      "courses": [
        {
          "label": "AI for Federal Acquisition & Contracting Course",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-for-federal-acquisition-contracting-course"
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        {
          "label": "AI in Government Asset Management",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-in-government-asset-management"
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        {
          "label": "AI For Global Supply Chain Risk & Geopolitics",
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      "area": "AI for Communications and Public Affairs",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Government Writing & Briefings (Self-Paced)",
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        {
          "label": "Using AI to Prepare for Difficult Conversations Course",
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    {
      "area": "AI for Everyday Productivity",
      "note": "Copilot, Claude, and Gemini skills that pay off in the tools employees already use",
      "courses": [
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          "label": "AI Productivity with Microsoft 365 Copilot for Government Agencies",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Workplace Productivity with Microsoft Copilot Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI for the Workplace with Claude Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI for the Workplace with Gemini Course",
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        {
          "label": "AI Automation (No-Code/Low-Code) for Government Agencies (Self-Paced)",
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    {
      "area": "AI Agents and Automation",
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          "label": "AI Agents for Government Workflows Course",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-agents-for-government-workflows"
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        {
          "label": "Building Agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio for Government Agencies (Intermediate)",
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        {
          "label": "AI Agent Development for Government Workflows (Intermediate) (Self-Paced)",
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        {
          "label": "Multi-Agent Systems for Government Workflows (Advanced) (Self-Paced)",
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        {
          "label": "Building Your First MCP Server and Client Course",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/building-your-first-mcp-server-and-client-course"
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    {
      "area": "AI Engineering and Application Development",
      "note": "For technical teams standing up secure, production-ready AI systems inside the agency",
      "courses": [
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          "label": "Building AI Solutions for Government: Technical Foundations (Intermediate) (Self-Paced)",
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        {
          "label": "Building AI-Powered Applications for Government Use (Advanced) (Self-Paced)",
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        {
          "label": "Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) & Knowledge Systems for Government Agencies (Advanced) (Self-Paced)",
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        {
          "label": "AI Coding Bootcamp with Claude Code",
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      "area": "AI for Data and Analytics",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Data Analytics Course",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-data-analytics"
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        {
          "label": "AI for Excel Course",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/ai-for-excel"
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        {
          "label": "Data Storytelling with Excel Course",
          "href": "https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/data-storytelling-with-excel-course"
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        {
          "label": "Python Machine Learning Bootcamp",
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      "area": "AI for State and Local Government",
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          "label": "AI Policy & Governance for State & Local Government (Self-Paced)",
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        {
          "label": "AI for Law Enforcement & Public Safety Course",
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