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wgt image of Intermediate Performance Auditing and Conducting Performance Audits 02 Dec 2024 - 06 Dec 2024

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Intermediate Performance Auditing and Conducting Performance Audits

Intermediate Performance Auditing Gain the knowledge and skills necessary for a seasoned audit professional performing or supervising complex performance audits. Learn key concepts and decision processes for successfully executing each phase of a performance audit: survey, planning, field work and reporting.

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wgt image of Auditing Performance Outcomes 09 Dec 2024 - 13 Dec 2024

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Auditing Performance Outcomes

Gain the skills of advanced program performance assessment and evaluation methodology for determining impact (benefit) attributable to agency program operations, investments, and changes. Learn to identify and validate cause and effect relationships in determining the outcome results of a program initiative or change. 

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wgt image of Developing and Presenting Audit Findings 10 Feb 2025 - 11 Feb 2025

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Developing and Presenting Audit Findings

A key challenge in reporting the results of performance audits is to formulate the report message from the audit data. An additional challenge is to then compile and sequence the audit facts to support that message. Using alternative methods, gain hands-on practice in marshaling the evidence from your audit into findings that answer the audit objectives and present the details in an understanding and convincing manner. Using case exercises, learn to develop findings for compliance, process and control, accomplishment, and impact audits. Students will present a finding developed during an integrated case study.

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wgt image of Writing Audit Reports by Objectives  12 Feb 2025 - 13 Feb 2025

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Writing Audit Reports by Objectives 

A key challenge in reporting the results of performance audits is to formulate the report message from the audit data. An additional challenge is to then compile and sequence the audit facts to support that message. Using alternative methods, gain hands-on practice in marshaling the evidence from your audit into findings that answer the audit objectives and present the details in an understanding and convincing manner. Using case exercises, learn to develop findings for compliance, process and control, accomplishment, and impact audits. Students will present a finding developed during an integrated case study.

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wgt image of Contract and Procurement Fraud 03 Mar 2025 - 04 Mar 2025

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Contract and Procurement Fraud

The possibility of fraud in government procurement presents a constant risk. Learn to recognize the indicators of procurement fraud in different government contracts and grants. Develop audit strategies to identify and quantify the extent of fraud in specific government contract and grants management and operations. Focus on identifying the indicators of fraud, as well as criminal, civil, administrative and contractual actions in response to fraud. Explore fraud issues related to the growing government involvement in e-commerce.

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wgt image of Coaching Audit Staff for High Performance 04 Mar 2025 - 04 Mar 2025

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Coaching Audit Staff for High Performance

A high performing audit organization needs skilled, committed, and motivated staff/team members that have a strong sense of organizational purpose and self-direction. Great audit managers and leaders need to put staff in a position to succeed while constantly learning, improving and growing. This course will help managers and leaders get the most out their audit staff resources for growth, development, and performance though personal coaching, setting expectations, giving, and getting feedback. This course can be taken alone, or as progressive follow-on to other GATI management/leadership courses

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wgt image of Effective Audit Resolution 05 Mar 2025 - 05 Mar 2025

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Effective Audit Resolution

Audit resolution, follow-up, implementation, and reporting is a responsibility shared by the audit organization, the auditee organization follow-up coordinator and action officials. This responsibility is described in a variety of laws and OMB Circulars to provide a basis for accountability of the audited entities in responding to audit recommendations, reaching resolution and implementing the agreed upon corrective actions to reduce the risk of loss, improve operational performance and financial integrity in all levels of government.    

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wgt image of Effective Audit Resolution, Follow up and Implementation 05 Mar 2025 - 05 Mar 2025

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Effective Audit Resolution, Follow up and Implementation

Audit resolution, follow-up, implementation, and reporting is a responsibility shared by the audit organization, the auditee organization follow-up coordinator and action officials. This responsibility is described in a variety of laws and OMB Circulars to provide a basis for accountability of the audited entities in responding to audit recommendations, reaching resolution and implementing the agreed upon corrective actions to reduce the risk of loss, improve operational performance and financial integrity in all levels of government. This course will explore the statutes, guidance and standards for audit recommendations, resolution, follow-up progress, monitoring and reporting. It will also define the roles and responsibilities of the audit organization and those designated to perform follow-up, implementation and congressional reporting and budget submission functions. This course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management.

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wgt image of Clear Writing Through Critical Thinking 06 Mar 2025 - 06 Mar 2025

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Clear Writing Through Critical Thinking

Think more clearly by improving your writing. Write more clearly by improving your thinking. Understand critical thinking and learn strategies for deeper and deeper levels of thinking. Improve your thought process at each stage of the writing process. Create logical and persuasive arguments and recognize and remove faulty logic. Sharpen your problem-solving skills and enhance group success. Write plainly as mandated by the Federal Plain Writing Act of 2011 and empower your career with critical thinking and clear writing.

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wgt image of Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud 06 Mar 2025 - 06 Mar 2025

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Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud

Selecting performance audits to conduct is like building a successful investment portfolio. Developing meaningful objectives helps ensure each audit efficiently and effectively achieves meaningful results. Together, selecting the right audits and clear objectives provide a return on investment that is highly valued, relevant and meaningful to the stakeholders it serves. Explore techniques and factors for selecting and planning audits based upon measurable factors of risk, materiality, public interest, and public benefit as valued by its many stakeholders. You will identify stakeholder interest and needs, future opportunities and external threats; apply a cost benefit approach using measures of outcome value to score proposals; and formulate compelling audit objectives leading to meaningful specific future-oriented recommendations of valu

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wgt image of Making Your Case for Fraud Prosecution 07 Mar 2025 - 07 Mar 2025

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Making Your Case for Fraud Prosecution

Fraud is a booming business today! As fraud schemes become more sophisticated and defense attorneys more proactive, task forces including auditors, investigators and prosecutors are often assembled to combat the fraud schemes. Learn the techniques that are unique to planning and implementing forensic audits and investigations. Identify how each team member contributes to the success of the task force. Learn the special rules and procedures that apply in obtaining evidence to substantiate and prosecute fraud. Analyze how forensic auditing and investigations blend to identify evidence for presentation and prosecutive action.

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wgt image of Selecting and Planning Audits for Return on Investment 07 Mar 2025 - 07 Mar 2025

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Selecting and Planning Audits for Return on Investment

Selecting performance audits to conduct is like building a successful investment portfolio. Developing meaningful objectives helps ensure each audit efficiently and effectively achieves meaningful results. Together, selecting the right audits and clear objectives provide a return on investment that is highly valued, relevant and meaningful to the stakeholders it serves. Explore techniques and factors for selecting and planning audits based upon measurable factors of risk, materiality, public interest, and public benefit as valued by its many stakeholders. You will identify stakeholder interest and needs, future opportunities and external threats; apply a cost benefit approach using measures of outcome value to score proposals; and formulate compelling audit objectives leading to meaningful specific future-oriented recommendations of value.

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wgt image of Quick Response Auditing 10 Mar 2025 - 10 Mar 2025

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Quick Response Auditing

Urgent questions and concerns require quick audit response while maintaining quality, focusing on user needs, and conforming to the Government Auditing Standards. Determine when it is appropriate and how to offer clients alternatives to classic “full scope” audit coverage, and how to establish an auditor-client relationship conducive to quick delivery of products. Learn how to tailor audit objectives, approaches and products to better meet immediate client needs. Drawing on multiple case studies, learn to write focused objectives with limited scope to facilitate quick field work, timely reporting, and meaningful results to satisfy the client or stakeholder needs.

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wgt image of Effective Audit Resolution, Follow up and Implementation  11 Mar 2025 - 11 Mar 2025

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Effective Audit Resolution, Follow up and Implementation 

Audit resolution, follow-up, implementation, and reporting is a responsibility shared by the audit organization, the auditee organization follow-up coordinator and action officials. This responsibility is described in a variety of laws and OMB Circulars to provide a basis for accountability of the audited entities in responding to audit recommendations, reaching resolution and implementing the agreed upon corrective actions to reduce the risk of loss, improve operational performance and financial integrity in all levels of government. This course will explore the statutes, guidance and standards for audit recommendations, resolution, follow-up progress, monitoring and reporting. It will also define the roles and responsibilities of the audit organization and those designated to perform follow-up, implementation and congressional reporting and budget submission functions. This course is part of the Master Certificate in Federal Financial Management

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wgt image of Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud 12 Mar 2025 - 12 Mar 2025

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Red Flags of Infrastructure Fraud

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides $1.2 trillion in federal spending over the next five years mostly in grants and contracts to states and local governments for public transit, railways, power grids, electric vehicles and buses, ferries, airports, waterways, climate change, broadband internet, environmental protection, drinking water, and transformation safety. This program of fast-moving money, with untested controls, provides vast opportunities for fraud and waste. Auditors, investigators, and grants and contract managers at all levels of government will need to be especially vigilant for possible schemes and red flag indicators of fraud that robs the public of funds and performance.  

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Photos from recent activities hosted by the Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI) in support of conferences, training and leadership development, are available below.