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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 - 3:50pm
Location:
Office of the State Comptroller, 110 State St, Albany, NY
or
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, CFECPE'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. |
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Serving a Meal for the Capital City Rescue Mission
Date/Time:
November 5, 2010
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location:
259 South Pearl St
Albany, NY 12202
The AGA New York Capital Chapter will assist the Capital City Rescue Mission in preparing and serving a meal for downtown Albany's homeless. The Rescue Mission provides three hot meals a day as well as shelter to homeless and needy families. The mission always needs volunteers to provide this valuable service to the Capital District. The mission provides the food, while we are there to primarily serve it. Please contact Thalia Melendez at tmelendez@osc.state.ny.us if you would like to join us in serving this meal or if you have any questions. Thank you for your help!! |
National Audio Conference:
Achieving Transparency - The Next Step to Integrating Your Data Register Here
Date/Time:
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
2:00 - 3:50pm
Location:
Office of the State Comptroller, 110 State St, Albany, NY
or
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 Cofer Phyllis Eriksen, CISA Don Geiger
CPE's:
2 Credits
Cost:
FREE for AGA Members
$15 for Non-Members
Description:
AGA, in conjunction with the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT) and the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA), is pleased to announce a new and increasingly important topic to our audio conference schedule-the challenges of data integration.
Don Geiger, acting deputy chief financial officer and acting director, Office of Financial Management at the U.S. Department of the Interior, will share lessons being learned as the agency supports the replacement and integration of its financial management systems, moving from legacy systems to an enterprise solution. He will discuss: general planning considerations; implementation considerations; contingency plans; how to gain an understanding of the impact this type of change will have to current work flows; and how to ascertain the integrity of the data being moved between systems.
Integrating data internally is not the only data integration issue facing the government accounting community. David Cofer, information technology specialist in the Data Mining and Analysis Staff Office of Mission Systems, Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will discuss: issues related to integrating data being sent in from outside agencies; consolidating the differing data elements so that a cohesive view of the information can be produced; and the actual techniques he uses to bring divergent data sets together while ensuring data integrity.
Sheila Hammond, CGFM, and Phyllis Eriksen, CISA, from IDEA�/Audimation Services, Inc., will facilitate the discussion.
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 speakers questions and share their own experiences.
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Annual Fraud Seminar
Register Here
Date/Time:
November 22-23, 2010
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 7:30 - 8:15am
Seminar: 8:15 - 4:15pm each day
Location:
Holiday Inn, Wolf Road, Colonie, NY
CPE's:
7 per day
Cost:
One day: $150 for AGA/IIA/ACFE Members
$75 for fully retired AGA/ACFE/IIA members
and full time students
$225 for others
Two days:$225 for AGA/IIA/ACFE Members
$125 for fully retired AGA/ACFE/IIA members
and full time student
$300 for others
$25 DISCOUNT IF
PAYMENT IS RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 15TH
Event Details:
Join us for this information packed two-day fraud seminar. You can choose to attend one or both days, and we offer a $25 discount if you register and pay by November 15th.
You will not want to miss this year's fraud seminar! You can earn 7 or 14 continuing professional education credits hours by attending one or two days, respectively.
This year's seminar will feature many prominent speakers presenting on the many aspects of fraud, including such topics as health care, financial statements, money laundering and procurement.
We will also be raffling off many prizes with all proceeds to be donated Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York.
Monday November 22, 2010
Dept of Justice, Speaker TBD, Topic TBD
Susan Landauer, CPA (Procurement Fraud)
Richard Hurley, Ph.D., University of Connecticut (Financial Statement Fraud)
William Mosher, NYS Police, Lubrinco (Money Laundering)
Tuesday November 23, 2010
Ken Dietz, US Department of Justice
Jim Pescetti, Special Investigations Unit, MVP Health Care (Health Care Fraud)
Samuel Spitzberg, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (Health Care Fraud)
William Gilbert, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (Health Care Fraud)
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Member Items
 The Chapter is looking for "Member Items" to be published in the newsletter.
Please contact Roger Mazula by email if there have been important events in your life, or in the lives of your colleagues, so we can publish the information in the Chapter's newsletter.
Things to consider include, but are not limited to: retirements, promotions, certifications, marriages, births, etc.
Retiring soon? We hope that you continue your AGA membership. Remember, AGA has a reduced fee for fully retired members! |
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