Federal property management training that follows the asset from acquisition to disposal

Taught by federal property, logistics, and supply chain practitioners, and delivered your way: onsite, live online, or self-paced.

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Trusted across the federal government

Since 1921
training the federal workforce
500,000+
government employees trained
125+
federal agencies served
200+
federally experienced instructors
400+
courses and certificates
All levels
across the property management curriculum
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Three ways to train your team

Every format draws on the same practitioner-built federal personal property management curriculum and instructors who have done the work. Choose what fits your headcount, timeline, and budget, or combine them.

  • Private group training: we bring property accountability, inventory control, and disposal courses to your agency and its warehouses
  • Open enrollment: send custodial officers and property staff to scheduled classes, live online or in Washington, DC, or the 16-day certificate
  • Self-paced eLearning: cover the asset life cycle and supply chain fundamentals between inventory and disposal cycles
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Private group training

Bringing property management onsite means working from your own accountable property records: the custodial officer assignments you actually make, your open inventory discrepancies, your warehouse and receiving practices, and the excess sitting on your floor awaiting disposal.

  • Any course or certificate in our personal property management catalog, delivered onsite, live online, or blended
  • A new course built to your specification when nothing off-the-shelf fits
  • Scheduled around your calendar, for a cohort of any size
  • Rostering, progress, and completion reporting for the whole group
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Open enrollment

Property accountability rarely fills a classroom on its own. Send the one custodial officer or inventory lead who needs the life cycle course, and put them alongside property staff from other agencies working the same warehousing and disposal problems.

  • A published schedule across the federal personal property management curriculum, entry to advanced
  • Live online, or in person at 1050 Connecticut Ave NW in Washington, DC
  • No minimum headcount and no setup: register and go
  • The same instructors and materials as our private cohorts
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Self-paced eLearning

Self-paced study suits the wider supply chain and AI subjects best: principles of supply chain management, how goods move through global trade networks, and AI in government asset management, studied around warehouse and inventory duties.

  • Finish a self-paced property course, then take that instructor-led class free within a year
  • Enroll one custodial officer or a whole property office, with completion tracking throughout
  • Practice accountability, custody, and excess disposal decisions with knowledge checks, not slides to read
  • An always-available AI coach grounded in the life-cycle property management material
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A curriculum built around the federal property lifecycle

These courses take property and asset managers through the whole process instead of isolated procedures, from establishing accountability and controlling inventory to warehousing, disposal, and the supply chain that moves it all. Each course is built for federal requirements and can be delivered to your team onsite, live online, or self-paced.

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Property Accountability and the Asset Lifecycle

The core of federal personal property management: establishing accountability, controlling inventory, and managing custody as assets move through their lifecycle.
Property Accountability: The Life Cycle Course Planning, Managing and Controlling a Personal Property Inventory Course Property Management for Custodial Officers Course

Warehousing, Operations, and Disposal

The tail end of the property lifecycle: receiving, storing, and moving assets, then disposing of excess in line with federal requirements, all grounded in supply chain fundamentals.
Warehousing, Operations, and Disposal Course Principles of Supply Chain Management Course

Supply Chain Strategy and Global Trade

Broader context for property and logistics teams on how goods move through global supply chains and trade networks before they ever reach a government warehouse.
Global Supply Chain Strategy Bootcamp Inside Global Trade: From Shipping Routes to Store Shelves Course

AI for Asset and Supply Chain Management

Applying AI to the property and logistics mission, from government asset management to forecasting and supply chain risk.
AI in Government Asset Management How AI Is Transforming Global Supply Chain Management Course AI For Global Supply Chain Risk & Geopolitics

Certificate programs

There is one certificate here, the Personal Property Management Certificate Program, 16 days covering the life cycle from accountability and inventory through warehousing and disposal. It is a single track, not a foundational to advanced ladder.

Certificate

Personal Property Management Certificate Program

Life-cycle federal property management from accountability and inventory through warehousing and disposal

16 days
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Vetted procurement, right from the GSA Schedule

Graduate School USA is a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract holder, allowing federal agencies and other qualifying organizations to confidently purchase our services.

  • GSA MAS contract 47QRAA24D004K, SINs 611430 (professional training) and 541611 (management/administrative consulting)
  • Held as American Public Training LLC d/b/a Graduate School USA; UEI LA83MCFN1ST3; CAGE 99AA0
  • We work with your training office on the paperwork, whether a Schedule order, purchase order, or an SF-182.
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An established federal training institution

Graduate School USA's federal personal property management curriculum is designed and taught in-house by practitioners who have managed federal property and assets, not licensed from a generic library.

  • Founded 1921 as the USDA Graduate School; 500,000+ government employees trained across 125+ agencies
  • ACCET-accredited (ACCET is a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accreditor)
  • Center for Leadership and Management runs ECQ-aligned executive development, including the Executive Potential Program since 1995
  • 200+ federally experienced subject-matter experts across 400+ courses and certificates
  • Available on an active GSA MAS Schedule (SINs 611430 and 541611)

Questions agencies ask

The answers training officers and program directors ask for most, in one place.

How does my agency buy training from Graduate School USA?
Graduate School USA holds GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract 47QRAA24D004K (SINs 611430 and 541611), so you can place a pre-priced order directly under FAR Subpart 8.4 without running an open-market procurement. We accept the SF-182, Schedule orders, government purchase orders, and purchase cards for micro-purchases.
Can we pay with an SF-182?
Yes. We accept the SF-182, purchase orders, and GSA Schedule orders under contract 47QRAA24D004K, and our group training team works with your training office on the paperwork.
What is the difference between private group training and open enrollment?
Open enrollment classes are scheduled public sessions anyone can register for, taken live online or at our Washington, DC campus at 1050 Connecticut Ave NW. Private group training delivers a course for your agency's own cohort, tailored to your mission and delivered onsite, live online, or blended.
Can employees train self-paced, and still take the live class later?
Yes. Our self-paced online courses let a learner start anytime and work at their own pace, and when you buy the self-paced course the learner may also attend the live instructor-led course for free within one year.
Can courses be tailored to our agency?
Yes. We tailor existing courses to reflect your agency's mission, policies, and real cases, and we can develop new courses for unique requirements, all delivered under GSA contract 47QRAA24D004K.
Can training be delivered virtually or in person?
Both. Courses are offered as live virtual instruction or in-person onsite at your facility or at our Washington, DC location, and some programs blend live sessions with self-paced work.
What if an employee needs to repeat a class?
We offer one free retake of a class within one year, so a first attempt is never wasted if someone is reassigned, deployed, or needs a refresher before applying the material.
What's new in your personal property management training?
Our curriculum is refreshed to current tools, standards, and practice; we added new AI courses for the government 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.
Is this built for accountable property officers, or for the custodial officers who hold the property day to day?
Yes. Property Accountability: The Life Cycle Course and Planning, Managing and Controlling a Personal Property Inventory Course address accountability and inventory control, while Property Management for Custodial Officers Course is written for the people holding the property day to day. The Personal Property Management Certificate Program covers the same ground end to end, from accountability and inventory through warehousing and disposal.
How much of this catalog is federal property specific, and how much is general supply chain?
Two of the four functional areas are federal property work: property accountability and the asset lifecycle, and warehousing, operations, and disposal. The other two widen the lens, with supply chain strategy and global trade, and AI applied to government asset management, forecasting, and supply chain risk. Choose the first two if your mandate is accountable property records.

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