NOVAGA Activities

Fraud Waste and Abuse

All-day training event - March 19, 2008

This event will enhance and update Federal Financial Management professionals on key fraud indicators and historical precedents as well as the latest trends / topics on Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in the Government sector.

• Fraud: The Devils in the Data, David R. Hancox, CGFM, Director of State Audits, Office of the State Comptroller, State of New York
• Threats of Organizational Fraud: Are Your Defenses In Place?, Edward E. Bishop, Jr., Senior Manager, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Slides
• Fraud and Internal Control Issues in Contracting, Sharon Woods, Acting Director Defense Criminal Investigative Service, DOD Office of the Inspector General, Slides
• Challenges in Establishing Accountability in Emerging Governments - Iraq: A Case Study, Deane Williams, Program Director, Inspections and Evaluation Directorate, DOD Office of the Inspector General
• The War Against Waste, Fraud, & Abuse, Thomas Gimble, Principal Deputy Inspector General, Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General
• Using COBIT for Stronger Internal Controls and Better Governance to Mitigate Risks Including Fraud, John Lainhart, Past International President of ISACA and ITGI and current member of the IT Governance Committee, Slides
• Fighting Disaster Fraud: Lessons Learned From the Field, Matt A. Jadacki, Deputy Inspector General, Emergency Management Oversight Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General, Slides
• Panel Discussion: "Fraud Stories and Lessons Learned"
• • Bruce Causseaux, Senior Contracting and Procurement Fraud Specialist, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations, Government Accountability Office
  • Chris McGrath, Faculty Advisor for Finance and Forensic Accounting, Georgetown University, Slides
  • Richard Woodford, Executive Assistant to the Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Department of Labor, Office of the Inspector General
    

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