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National Audio Conference:
Improving Program Performance and Accountability Through Cooperative Audit Resolution.
Date/Time:
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
2:00 - 3:50
Location:
Office of the State Comptroller, 110 State St, Albany, NY
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Department of Transportation, 50 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY
Note:
An ID such as a driver license is required for entry into either building. Please arrive early to allow time to check in.
Speaker(s):
John Childs, MPA
Charles Laster
Rich Rasa, CGFM
Helena Sims
CPE's:
2 Credits
Cost:
FREE for AGA Members
$15 for Non-Members
DESCRIPTION:
During this audio conference, you will learn about a proven process to prevent and resolve audit and oversight findings. AGA recently released the Cooperative Audit Resolution and Oversight Initiative (CAROI) Guide. The guide explains how to use the CAROI process to identify the underlying cause of findings and to chart a course for program improvement.
Learn how Pennsylvania used the process in the mid-1990s to resolve more than 100 audit findings, including some that were already in litigation. CAROI focuses on improving communication and on developing a sense of trust among government officials, rather than depending on an impersonal letter-writing process. It can be implemented during any phase of the grants cycle and can be initiated by officials at any level of government. It includes government officials from many disciplines, including program officials, financial managers, legal staff and other officials who are knowledgeable about a specific program. This session will review the CAROI process and explain how the tools provided in AGA's guide can be used to improve program performance and accountability. The guide is available online at http://www.agacgfm.org/intergovernmental/downloads/CAROI.pdf
To share their expertise in applying CAROI concepts are John Childs, MPA, Chief Financial Officer, Ohio Department of Education; Charles Laster, Deputy Director of School Support and Technology Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education; Rich Rasa, CGFM, DirectorofState and Local Advisory and Assistance, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Education Department; and Helena Sims, Director of Intergovernmental Relations for the AGA. Please join us for two hours of lively discussion about this important and timely topic. In addition to the speakers' commentary, there will be approximately 20 minutes for Q & A so that the participants can ask the speaker questions and share their own experiences.
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National Audio Conference:
Was It Fraud or Just Poor Audit Quality?
Register Here
Date/Time:
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
2:00 - 3:50 pm
Location:
Office of the State Comptroller, 110 State St, Albany, NY
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Department of Transportation, 50 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY
Note:
An ID such as a driver license is required for entry into either building. Please arrive early to allow time to check in.
Speaker(s):
David L. Cotton, CGFM, CPA, CFE
CPE's:
2 Credits
Cost:
FREE for AGA Members
$15 for Non-Members
Description:This session describes a state agency's quality review of a not-for-profit organization's A-133 audit. The case study describes the organization audited, its federally- and state-funded programs, and the CPA firm retained to do the audit. Various anomalies in the financial statements alerted state officials to potential problems, and a detailed quality review followed. Find out how the entity turned hundreds of thousands of dollars in bank overdrafts into hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash on its balance sheet. Explore other "creative" ways to deal with fixed assets, accounts receivable and related-party transactions. Were the auditors just sloppy, ignorant or negligent? Or were they active participants in producing fraudulent financial statements? You be the judge.
To share his practical experience in auditing and investigating fraud, waste and abuse is David L. Cotton, CFE, CGFM, CPA, Chairman, Cotton & Company LLP. The firm was founded in 1981 and has a practice concentration in assisting federal and state government agencies, inspectors general and government grantees and contractors with a variety of government program-related assurance and advisory services. Cotton & Company has performed grant and contract, indirect cost rate, financial statement, financial related and performance audits for more than two dozen federal inspectors general (including the Government Accountability Office, Department of State, the Department of Justice, Department of Education, Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Homeland Security).
Please join us for two hours of lively discussion about this important and timely topic. In addition to the speaker's commentary, there will be approximately 20 minutes for Q & A so that the participants can ask the speaker questions and share their own experiences. |
Step Out- A Walk to Fight Diabetes
Date:
Saturday, October 2ndWhere:Cook Park, ColonieTime: Registration begins at 8:30 AM; Walk starts at 10:00 AM
Please join the New York Capital Chapter in our third annual Step Out to fight diabetes. The day will kick off with music and inspiring stories of those who fight diabetes every day. Health information, youth activities, snacks, sponsor and vendor tents and American Diabetes Association materials will be available on location. After an exciting warm up, together we will take an invigorating 3-mile walk through an autumn landscape at Cook Park in Colonie. CLICK HERE to register to become a sponsored walker or sponsor one of your fellow AGA members.
Please help us support our goal of raising at least $500 for the American Diabetes Association's research to find a cure to fight this terrible disease. All your contributions are fully tax deductible!!! Thank you very much for your consideration!!
If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Shelly Taleporos by email or call 518-457-0504. |
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Get a Member Campaign
You chose AGA as your professional Association-now help your colleagues do the same!
The "What Drives You?" Member-Get-A-Member Campaign is AGA's new membership recruitment and rewards program running from May 1, 2010 until April 30, 2011. With great new incentives members are recruiting colleagues by sharing the value of their association membership. AGA's "What Drives You?" campaign is intended to DRIVE networking, DRIVE professional development and DRIVE chapter participation.
Membership recruitment is the most important activity in every AGA chapter. Recruitment is how we advance the mission of the Association and ensure the future success of accountability professionals. Without new members, there will be no AGA. Every member is responsible for making membership recruitment a success.
Participation in the "What Drives You?" campaign is an easy way to contribute to the vibrant AGA community. A vital and growing AGA means greater awareness of the important work of financial managers in advancing government accountability. This year your Association encourages you to sponsor at least one colleague into AGA.
"What Drives You" to Recruit?
Many are DRIVEN by the opportunity to expand their network. Others are DRIVEN by the opportunity to help their chapter. Everyone is DRIVEN by the spectacular recruitment incentives. The more members you recruit, the more chances you have to win. This year, we asked our Emerging Leaders Focus Group to come up with new incentives to add to the great prizes offered by the Member-Get-A-Member program. They responded by beefing up the individual prizes and expanding the chapter incentives to include AGA sponsor pins, AGA Dollars, complimentary membership dues, conference registrations, American Express gift cards and lodging at the 2011 Professional Development Conference & Exposition in Atlanta.
Read more about the "What Drives You?" Member-Get-A-Member Campaign. |
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