Upcoming Webinar: Oversight.gov/Resources on U.S. Government Policymaking

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026 

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (ET)

Webinar capacity: 100 attendees. Please only register if you are able to attend the live event. The recording will be available in the FDLP Academy Training Repository as soon as possible after the event.

Learning outcomes: Participants will learn the historical background of Federal Inspectors General laws, analyze the policy performance of Federal agency programs, and learn how to encourage library users to gain enhanced substantive understanding of Federal agency programs beyond media coverage.

Speaker: Bert Chapman, Government Information & Political Science Librarian, Professor of Library Science, Purdue University Library and School of Information Studies

This free event will be recorded.

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