Audit
Beth Schubert is the Director of the Special Drinking Water Projects Directorate in the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General. Her directorate focuses on the oversight of approximately $24 Billion in funding provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the removal of lead service lines and the reduction of emerging contaminants in drinking water. She has 21 years of federal auditing experience including approximately 12 years working with the U.S. Insular Islands.
Beth started her federal career as an intern with the Office of Natural Resource Revenue before moving to the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General in 2008. In 2010, she accepted a 2-year assignment located in Honolulu, Hawaii which is where her interest and passion in the Pacific Islands began. She became the DOI OIG’s first Insular Area Capacity Building program coordinator where she planned and coordinated training and assistance to the U.S. Insular Islands Offices of the Public Auditors. She has provided training and assistance to auditors in the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as well as the Freely Associated States of the Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia and its four states; Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Chuuk.
Beth holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Colorado-Denver, as well as master’s degree policy management from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Her bachelor’s degree is in business administration with a specialization in finance from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She is a certified fraud examiner.
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
CNMI (GMT+10)
Other
This two-hour session will convene an expert panel of auditors to consider past audit work on U.S. COVID spending, the current opportunities and challenges for COVID auditing, and the future of COVID audits in the region. Island auditors will find the program both timely and important in supporting their accountability mission.
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Palau (GMT+9)
Palau
Human health and the environment are important considerations no matter where you live. Governments are increasing their focus on environmental concerns which can lead to an increase in funding in environmental programs, the creation of new programs, or expanded responsibilities in existing programs.
1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Hawaii (GMT-10)
Other
Explaining Audit Results to Policy-makers
In this session, participants will learn theories and practice tools to present audit and finance results to policy-makers. They are busy, they have many tasks, and we can explain complex topics to them clearly. From Greek theories on communication to presenting with clear information and context, we'll cover time-tested tools that will help you get to the basic message sooner and inform governing groups about the important results of our audit and finance work.
Love Triangle - Audit Risk, Internal Control, and Sampling
Audit risk, internal control, and sampling are key components to any audit. It is important not only to understand each of those aspects, but also to understand how they relate to each other. We will examine the various components of audit risk and internal control and how those may impact sampling.
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Hawaii (GMT-10)
Other
Audit organizations world wide have been affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Even if you are not conducting a COVID-19 specific audit, auditors conducting audit work during the pandemic, or whose scope of work falls within the period of the pandemic, may face obstacles that can increase their audit risk including the unavailability of key staff, the inability to access key information, and the inability to follow established controls.
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
CNMI (GMT+10)
Other