• Schedule at a Glance

• PowerPoint Presentations

• Technical Committee

• Agenda/Education Sessions

• Speaker Biographies

FOS: FIN
Audience: All

AGA Hall of Fame speaker David Walker discusses the government accountability business from his perspective as head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Moderator: Relmond P. Van Daniker, DBA, CPA, Executive Director, AGA

OMB says “Grants improve the quality of life.” This year the Federal Government spent more than $450 billion in grants to help state and local governments, as well as others, finance programs that cover most areas of domestic public spending. A panel of Federal Inspectors General will highlight problems they uncovered that kept the public from receiving intended benefits when they discuss Grants Gone Wrong!

John P. Higgins, Jr., CGFM, CISA, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Education

Christine C. Boesz, Ph.D., Inspector General, National Science Foundation

Moderator: Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Energy

FOS: FIN
Audience: All

Danielle Knighten, MBA, Ethics Audit and Compliance Specialist, City of San Diego

Ron Maxwell, CIA, CFE, Chief Internal Auditor, City of Tulsa

Linda Steele, CFE, CGFM, Controller, City of Mobile

Leslie Ward, CIA, CGAP, City Auditor, City of Atlanta

Moderator: Dave Slovin, Vice President, The Network, Inc.

FOS: AUD
Audience: All

The most effective defenses to curtail fraud are analytics and data mining solutions that can identify poorly designed processes, fraudulent activity and hidden relationships within enormous volumes of data. Bert Little, Ph.D., Associate Vice President of Research and Professor, Tarleton State University, and Rick Ingraham, Senior SAS Healthcare Strategist, will share best practices for applying these techniques to combat fraud.

Richard Ingraham, Sr. Healthcare Industry Strategist, Health & Life Sciences, SAS

FOS: SKA
Audience: All

The Automation of Internal Controls offers the perfect setting for financial executives involved with SOX or A-123 regulatory compliance to interact and learn from industry leaders, experts and government agencies. The session will provide attendees a unique opportunity to learn from industry experts on solutions that can streamline your automation process.

In 2006, improving sustainability of the underlying business and accounting processes and integrating the compliance efforts enterprise-wide is imperative in order for State and Local Governments and Federal agencies reduce compliance costs and continue to nourish sound corporate governance and improved internal controls reporting and auditing. This session will allow executives to learn SOX and A-123 internal controls best practices from peers, which will empower them to lead their agencies toward solid corporate governance beyond SOX and A-123 compliance.

B. Kathy Skipper, MA, Chief, Management Analysis and Policy Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Carrie Hug, CGFM, CPA, Chief, Financial Standards and Grants Branch, U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Moderator: Chris Capdevila, Co-Founder and CEO, Logical Apps

FOS: AUD
Audience: All

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FOS: AUDG
Audience: All

Find out what Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is all about. Hear why your agency should consider implementing ERM, how to get the process started, and where other organizations are in the process. See for yourself how an ERM framework can be used as a strategic business tool to enable your organization to more effectively manage risk.

Stan Dore, Enterprise Risk Management Group, U.S. Department of Education 

Thomas J. McCool, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Moderator: Denise Rabun, Partner, IBM Global Business Services

FOS: MAS
Audience: All

M107: Management Override of Controls Can Spell Disaster

Recent high-profile and well-publicized fraud cases and audit failures have one common, underlying characteristic—actions by senior management personnel to circumvent internal controls in order to cook the books. Management is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining a sound system of internal control. But, if management can override these controls, how do you assure that they do not do so? Who watches senior management to assure that they do not abuse their positions?

David L. Cotton, CGFM, CPA, CFE, Chairman, Cotton & Company LLP

Arthur A. Hayes, Jr., CGFM, CPA, MBA, JD, CFE, Director, Division of State Audit, Comptroller of the Treasury, State of Tennessee

FOS: AUD
Audience: All

M108: Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Costs Us All –Strategies to Reduce, Mitigate and Prevent Improper Payments and Fraud

 The growth of Medicaid and Medicare into two of the Federal government's and states' largest programs has justifiably drawn the attention of government officials, who are urgently seeking cost reducing solutions. This session will feature a lively panel discussion among qualified Federal, State governmental professionals who will look into the governmental fraud angle. The subject matter will be of great appeal to government financial management professionals interested in handling improper payments and fraud. Hear about the panelists' varied experiences in combating fraud at some of the largest government programs. The main thrust will be on management's responsibility for ensuring a good system of internal controls and the role of accountability professionals in minimizing the risk of fraud, waste and abuse.

Anthony R. Mangini, CPA, CFE, Assistant Medicaid Inspector General for Audit, State of New York

Brenda Thew, Esq, Deputy, CMS Program Integrity Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Moderator: Dennis Duquette, CGFM, Director, Deloitte

FOS: AUDG
Audience: All

M109: Working Together in Times of Crisis

Hurricane Katrina re-set the playing field for response efforts.  In the wake of this disaster, Congress allocated funds for immediate, as well as long term recovery and reconstruction, estimated to exceed $200 billion. Learn about the unique approach the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government have implemented to combat fraud, waste, and abuse as they work together in the aftermath of Katrina.

Matthew A. Jadacki, CGFM, CPA, Special Inspector General for Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Gregory Kutz, CGFM, CPA, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations, U.S. Government Accountability Office

David Dugas, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, U.S. Department of Justice

Moderator: Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

FOS: AUDG
Audience: All