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Event Date: 03/03/2010
The War Against Fraud and Abuse: Are We Winning?
The Financial Management Advisory Council, The State Auditor's Office and AGA-Olympia are sponsoring an audio conference in the OB2 Auditorium on March 3, 2010 from 11:00am-12:50pm.
This will be provided FREE to all participants.
CPE: 2 Hours
AGA, in conjunction with the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers and the Association of Local Government Auditors is pleased to announce a new and increasingly important topic to our audio conference schedule—the answer to who is winning the war on fraud, waste and abuse.
Is it reasonable to expect auditors to find fraud? Since fraud is characterized by trickery, deceit and deception, and because auditors are very visible and have limited tools at their disposal, maybe it’s just too easy for the bad guys to fool the auditors. But, if not auditors, then who can organizations rely on to deter, prevent and detect fraud? Should it be management? Those charged with governance? How about the government? Maybe we need to add more auditing standards? This session will reveal the answer to winning the war on fraud, waste and abuse and introduce a recently published set of protocols that organizations committed to combating fraud can implement and follow.
To share his practical experience in auditing and investigating fraud, waste and abuse is David L. Cotton, CGFM, CPA, CFE, chairman, PRIVATE 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 plan to 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.
Location:
Office Building 2 (OB-2) Auditorium
1115 Washington Street SE
Olympia, WA 98504
A map to OB2 is available online at:
http://techmall.dis.wa.gov/images/maps/visio-ob2.pdf
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