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Federal Audit Executive Council
Training Conference Agenda
The Future of Accountability
September 8 & 9, 2011
Lincoln Hall Auditorium
Fort McNair (NDU) WDC 20319

Click for Printable Agenda (as of 09/07/11)

September 8

Day 1

8:30am

Opening Remarks (15 minutes)
Dr. Brett M. Baker, FAEC Chair

8:45am

Inspectors General Panel (<80 minutes)
Jon Rymer, IG, FDIC
Gregory Friedman, DOE
John Seeba, FTC
Philip Heneghan, USITC
Becky Batts, PBGC

10:05am

Break (25 minutes)

10:30am

Hiring and Retaining a High Quality Workforce (60 minutes)
  Mark Bell's Slides in powerpoint (.pptx) format
  Mark Bell's Slides in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
  Tim McManus' Slides in powerpoint (.ppt) format
  Tim McManus' Slides in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Tim McManus, VP, Education and Outreach, Partnership
  for Public Service
Mark Bell, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audits, DHS

11:30am

Networking Lunch (90 minutes)

12:30am

Optional Session; US Army Oral History Project (<30 minutes)
  Synopsis of Presentation in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Robert M. Mages, US Army Center for Military History,
  Fort McNair

1:00pm

Where are They Now? The Movement of Key Audiences to New Media (50 mins)
  Slides in powerpoint (.ppt) format
  Slides in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Chuck Young, Managing Director, Public Affairs,
  Government Accountability Office

1:50pm

Break (10 minutes)

2:00pm

Congressional Q&A (<50 minutes)
Rep Darrell Issa, Chair, House Oversight and Government
  Reform Committee

2:50pm

Break (10 minutes)

3:00pm

CIGIE Audit and IE Academy (50 minutes)
  Slides in powerpoint (.pptx) format
  Slides in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Beth Hoffman León, Director

September 9

Day 2

8:30am

Yellow Book 2011 (50 minutes)
  Slides in powerpoint (.ppt) format
  Slides in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Marcia Buchanan, Assistant Director, Government
  Auditing Standards, GAO

9:30am

Technology for a Cutting Edge Audit Office (50 minutes)
  Slides in powerpoint (.pptx) format
  Slides in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Louise McGlathery, Acting Assistant Inspector General for
  Management, DHS
Robert Duffy, Chief Information Officer OIG, Department
  of Homeland Security

10:20am

Break (20 minutes)

10:40am

Breakout Sessions (50 minutes)
IT Committee
  Synopsis in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Andy Patchan, AIGA, Federal Reserve Board

Audit Committee
  Slides in powerpoint (.pptx) format
  Slides in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Gil Harden, AIGA USDA
John Needham, AIGA, SBA

11:30am

Networking Lunch (90 minutes)

12:00pm

Optional Session (<50 minutes)
9-11 Remembered: Building from Ground Zero
  (NOVA program, 2006)

1:00pm

Breakout Sessions (50 minutes)
Contracting Committee: Matrix Audit Work
  Slides in powerpoint (.pptx) format
  Slides in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Terry Letko, Program Director, Department of Transportation
  "Why Contract Closeout?" in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format

Financial Statement Committee
  FASAB update slides in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Domenic Savini, Assistant Director, FASAB
Joel Grover, DAIG/A for Financial Management and IT Audits,
  Dept of Treasury
Greg Spencer, Director for Financial Statement Audits,
  Department of Education

1:50pm

Break (10 minutes)

2:00pm

Use of Metrics in an Audit Organization (50 minutes)
  Slides in powerpoint (.pptx) format
  Slides in adobe acrobat(.pdf) format
Benjamin Piccolo, Deputy Auditor General, U.S. Army
  Audit Agency
Sid Schwartz, Director, Center for Design, Methods, and
   Analysis Applied Research and Methods Team, GAO

2:50pm

Break (10 minutes)

3:00pm

Cloud computing in the Federal Sector (50 minutes)
  Slides in powperpoint (.pptx) format
  Slides in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format
Sabrina Segal, Counsel to the IG, US International
  Trade Commission
  Cloud Computing - Questions to Ask in adobe acrobat (.pdf) format

3:50pm

Closing Remarks
Dr. Brett M. Baker, FAEC Chair, AIGA, NSF


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