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Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud

Course CategoryAudit

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On-Site

This course will be delivered on-site in Palau.

Registration for this course is invitation-only. Please email us for additional details.

Course Description

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides $1.2 trillion in federal spending over the next five years mostly in grants and contracts to states and local governments for Public Transit, Railways, Power Grids Electric Vehicles. Electric buses, Ferries, Airports, Waterways, Climate change, Broadband Internet, Environmental Protection, Drinking Water, and Transportation Safety. This program of fast-moving money, with untested controls provides vast opportunities for fraud and waste. Auditors, investigators, special agents, grants, and contract managers at all levels of government will need to be especially vigilant of possible schemes and red flag indicators of fraud that robs the public of funds and performance

 

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Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the basics of IIJA, the agencies, the projects, and the spending
  • Understand Auditors' responsibilities for fraud awareness and detection
  • Assessing the risks, controls, and environment for fraud
  • Be aware of fraud schemes and indicators that are common to federally funded projects
  • Understand the federal civil and criminal statutes that fraud schemes violate.
  • Reinforce knowledge of schemes through sampling of prosecuted infrastructure cases

Who Should Attend

APIPA conference sessions are intended for island government accountability professionals.  Audit, budget, finance, accounting, and related management and staff members will find interest and value in this presentation.

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For all on-site training in the insular areas, the Graduate School USA's Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI) works closely with local training hosts to ensure that participants, instructors, and training support staff enjoy a safe learning experience. Please note the following:

  • Full details of PITI-VITI's health and safety guidelines are available here.
  • Local health and safety guidelines for the government of Palau, which will be hosting this training, is available at http://www.palauhealth.org/.
  • Please contact PITI-VITI Admin at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

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August 30, 2024

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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CPEs - 4 Credit Hours

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On-Site, Palau

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Republic of Palau, Palau

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Michael Binder

Michael Binder

Washington, DC

Michael, Gradudate School USA Instructor, is the fomer Director of the Graduate School USA, Government Audit Training Institute. Hes has served over forty two years in federal audit staff, management and executive positions in GAO, the Inspector General community and as Acting Inspector General of the National Endowment for the Arts. Michael has a BBA and MBA in Finance and Economics from the George Washington University, attended Harvard University, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the Federal Executive Institute. He is a Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and a former national officer of the Association of Government Accountants.

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