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Basic Investigations

Course Category Audit

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

This seminar will include a discussion of the components of a fraud investigation program, how to identify fraud, and what to do when you find it. We will discuss developing policy, clarifying your authority and budget, identifying staff and support. We will then discuss how to find fraud, by learning how to assess organizational vulnerability to fraud, how to build sources, how to be proactive, and give an overview of fraud schemes and what investigations of those schemes might look like in the wild. We will include classroom exercises and actual case discussion.

What You Will Learn

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office Special Agent in Charge (SAC) for Infrastructure Coordination David House will discuss Basic of Investigations.

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

David House

Denver, CO

David House serves as the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) for Infrastructure Coordination for the Department of Interior’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). SAC House has served in a variety of roles with the OIG – he was the Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Northern Region in St. Paul, MN; was Deputy Director for the Recovery Oversight Office; was a senior case agent in Hawaii, and was the Special Agent in Charge for the Central Region in Denver, CO. He served for several years as a Special Agent in Charge for the General Services Administration OIG in San Francisco, CA and before that, served as a US Army CID Agent for 12 years.

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