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Auditing Grants

Course Category Grants

September 08, 2025

1:00 p.m.

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On-Site

This course will be delivered on-site in CNMI.

Registration is open to insular government professionals.

Course Description

Understand the full grants management process, the current regulatory requirements (OMB Revised 2022 Guidance) governing grants and the role of auditors in developing strategies for assessing compliance and performance. Learn to develop audit objectives and procedures to identify issues and recommendations for constructive feedback, corrective action and accountability. Learn the stages of effective grants management from award, monitoring, audit and close-out. Become skillful at implementing strategies for auditing, application of cost principles performance measurement and reporting through each of the grant stages by applying those strategies in case studies

What You Will Learn

Upon the completion of this course, you will be able to:

Explain the full grants management process and current regulatory requirements governing grants.
Identify the role of auditors in providing guidance and feedback to grants managers.
Describe the role of auditors in providing audit recommendations, assistance and other constructive feedback to grants managers.
Identify options for audit objectives and procedures that are achievable and will provide timely, useful information.
Identify issues beyond compliance that need to be audited

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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Course Dates and Times

Day 1
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September 08, 2025 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Day 2
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September 09, 2025 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

CPEs - 12 Credit Hours

On-Site, CNMI

TBD, CNMI

Instructor

Bob Adachi

Oakland, CA

Bob Adachi graduated from the University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business and has worked with the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency Office of the Inspector General.

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