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Pacific Northwest Intergovernmental Audit Forum
Spring 2008 Conference
March 19-21, 2008
 Holiday Inn Downtown/Convention Center
Portland, Oregon
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Executive Committee Members
Pacific Northwest Intergovernmental Audit Forum

Agenda




 

 

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Combating Fraud and Abuse in the Federal Medicaid Program:  An Update on the Medicaid Integrity Group
Steven Gatzemeier
Deputy Director (West), Division of Field Operation,
Medicaid Integrity Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
San Francisco, CA


Federal Efforts to Reduce Aviation and Congestion and Delay
Paul Aussendorf, Assistant Director
Physical Infrastructure Team
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Seattle, WA


Maria Wallace, Analyst
Physical Infrastructure Team
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Seattle, WA


Technical Sessions - Noteworthy Audits from Around the Region

Tax Preference Performance Reviews
Ruta Fanning, Legislative Auditor, Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee, State of Washington, Olympia, WA

Federal Loan Program Audits:  Developing Audit Scope and Identifying Unique Risks
Terry Storms, Auditor, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce, Seattle, WA

Auditing Indigent Public Defense Services

Virginia Garcia, Assistant City Auditor, Office of the Seattle City Auditor, Seattle, WA

Multnomah County:  Auditing Tax Abatement Programs
Mark Ulanowicz, Principal Auditor, Multnomah County, Portland, OR

Thursday, March 20, 2008

SCOREŠ Some ICEŠ - Forensic Accounting in the Public Sector
Darrell D. Dorrell, CPA/ABV, CVA, ASA, CMA, DABFA,
Principal, Financial Forensics, Lake Oswego, OR


A Methodology Update on Focus Groups, Expert Panels and Other Small Group Methods
Luann Moy, Assistant Director, Applied Research and Methods, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C.

Accountable Government:  How Portland's Ombudsman, Independent Police Review and Audit Service Division's Work Together
Gary Blackmer, City Auditor, Portland, OR

Ken Gavette, Principal Management Auditor, Audit Services Division, Office of the City Auditor, Portland, OR

Kari Guy, Management Auditor, Audit Services Division, Office of the City Auditor, Portland, OR

Drummond Kahn, Director, Audit Services Division, Office of the City Auditor, Portland, OR

Michael Mills, Ombudsman, Office of the City Auditor, Portland, OR

Leslie Stevens, Director, Independent Police Review Division, Office of the City Auditor, Portland, OR

The Washington State Auditor's Office Report on the Port of Seattle
David L. Cotton, CPA, CFE, CGFM
Managing Partner, Cotton & Company LLP
Alexandria, VA


Patti M. Jones, PMP, PSP
President, CDR Consultants
Carlsbad, CA


Linda Long, CPA, CGAP, and CGFM, Director of Performance Audit, Washington State Auditors Office, Olympia, WA

Auditing Wireless Networks
Neal Weatherspoon, IT Audit Manager, Oregon State Auditors Office, Salem, OR

Friday, March 21, 2008

Managing the Report-Writing Process in Your Organization:  Tips from the Writer-Editor's Perspective
Richard Mills, Writer-Editor of Inspector General, Office of Audit Services, U.S. Health and Human Services, Region IX, San Francisco, CA

Anatomy of a Fraud
David L. Cotton, CPA, CFE, CGFM
Managing Partner, Cotton & Company LLP
Alexandria, VA