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Conference Meeting
Materials
For
Pacific Northwest
Intergovernmental Audit Forum
Spring 2005 Conference
March 16-18, 2005
Washington Athletic Club
Seattle, Washington |
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Participant Materials |
Speaker
Presentations |
Executive Committee Members
Agenda
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Wednesday,
March 16, 2005
An Update on the Whistleblower Act: A Case Study of the University of
Washington's $35 Million Dollar Settlement Related to Medical Overbilling
A Status Report on the Whistleblower Act
An Overview of Whistleblower Laws and Rights
Tom Carpenter, Director, Nuclear
Oversight Program, Government Accountability Project, Seattle, Washington
The Role of the Auditor: Lessons Learned
from the UW Medical Overbilling Case
Anna Greenhalgh, Auditor, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Los Angeles, California
Strategies for Writing Clear and Effective Audit
Reports
Stan Stenersen, SEnior Communications Analyst, U.S. Government
Accountability Office, Seattle, Washington
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Future Auditing Standards in the Wake of Sarbanes
Oxley: Implications for Government Audits
Gail Flister-Vallieres, Senior Auditor,
Financial Management and Assurance Issues, U.S. Government Accountability
Office, Washington, D.C.
Lessons Learned from Auditing the Indian Health Service and Various Grant
Programs
Jim Hargrove, Audit Manager, Office of the Inspector General, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Get
Organized: How Auditors Can Prevent Paper and Email Overload
Betsy Imholt, President, Time and Space Consulting,
Aurora, Oregon
Moving Forward on the Improper Payments Act:
Implications for States, Auditors, and Program Administrators and for
Welfare and Child Care Subsidy Programs
Gale Harris, Assistant Director, Education,
Workforce, and Income Security Issues, U.S. Government Accountability
Office, Washington, D.C.
Technical Session: Characteristics of a Good Audit
Presentation
Susan Cohen, City Auditor, Seattle, Washington
Friday, March 18, 2005
A
Workshop on Ethical Leadership, Ethical Decision-Making, and Building
Cultures of Trust in Your Audit Organization
Dr. Bill Grace, Founder, Center for Ethical Leadership, Seattle,
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