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Island Governments Address Audit and Workforce Challenges at IGFOA 2024 Winter Meeting
19 December 2024
Monique
Audit Course
New Yellow Book Standards on Quality Management: What You Need to Know
January 22, 2025
Michael Bingham
Virtual
Regional
Government Auditing Standards will require audit offices to implement quality management for audits beginning on or after 12/15/25. Many APIPA members have questions about the new requirements and how the new standards will apply to their offices as they conduct performance audits under the new standards. This session will cover the 2024 Standards and the new requirements on quality management and how they apply to audit offices.
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Developing and Presenting Audit Findings
February 11 - 12, 2025
Drummond Kahn
In-Person
American Samoa A key challenge in reporting the results of performance audits is to formulate the report message from the audit data. An additional challenge is to then compile and sequence the audit facts to support that message. Using alternative methods, gain hands-on practice in marshaling the evidence from your audit into findings that answer the audit objectives and present the details in an understanding and convincing manner. Using case exercises, learn to develop findings for compliance, process and control, accomplishment, and impact audits. Students will present a finding developed during an integrated case study.
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Writing Audit Reports by Objectives
February 13 - 14, 2025
Drummond Kahn
In-Person
American Samoa Accepted practice in performance auditing is to begin an audit with objectives based on user needs and to develop a report that answers those objectives. This course is grounded on the concept that using audit objectives as the logical, integrated basis from planning through reporting helps you organize your message and write reports that succinctly communicate the audit results. In practice exercises, write audit objectives that, when answered, will tell audit results as a story. In a case exercise, use a report conference to reach agreement on the message before writing; organize the report message to answer the audit objectives, and; write a finding synopsis.
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Audit Course
Contract and Procurement Fraud
March 03 - 04, 2025
Drummond Kahn
In-Person
CNMI The possibility of fraud in government procurement presents a constant risk. Learn to recognize the indicators of procurement fraud in different government contracts and grants. Develop audit strategies to identify and quantify the extent of fraud in specific government contract and grants management and operations. Focus on identifying the indicators of fraud, as well as criminal, civil, administrative and contractual actions in response to fraud. Explore fraud issues related to the growing government involvement in e-commerce.
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Audit Course
Coaching Audit Staff for High Performance
March 04, 2025
Michael Binder
In-Person
CNMI A high performing audit organization needs skilled, committed, and motivated staff/team members that have a strong sense of organizational purpose and self-direction. Great audit managers and leaders need to put staff in a position to succeed while constantly learning, improving and growing. This course will help managers and leaders get the most out their audit staff resources for growth, development, and performance though personal coaching, setting expectations, giving, and getting feedback. This course can be taken alone, or as progressive follow-on to other GATI management/leadership courses
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