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Governmental Workshop
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Conference Schedule Meet the Speaker TUESDAY, NOV. 5 8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Fundamentals of Accounting for Government Contracts and Grants
10:35 a.m.
Networking Break
10:45 a.m.
Benford’s Law - A Valuable Audit Tool
11:35 a.m.
Lunch and Networking
12:35 p.m.
Doing the Right Thing Especially When it is Not Easy
2:15 p.m.
Networking Break
2:25 p.m.
Something Just Doesn’t Smell Right Down at the Sewer District
4:30 p.m.
Departure
David L. Cotton, CPA, CFE, CGFM served as Cotton & Company’s managing partner from the firm’s founding in 1981 until July 2006. In July 2006, with the election of two new managing partners, he became the firm’s first chairman. Dave served on the Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards from 2006 to 2009. The Advisory Council advises the United States Comptroller General on promulgation of Government Auditing Standards—GAO’s yellow book) . He served on the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Anti-Fraud Programs and Controls Task Force and co-authored Managing the Business Risk of Fraud; A Practical Guide. He served on the AICPA Anti-Fraud Task Force and co-authored Management Override: The Achilles Heel of Fraud Prevention. He is the past-chairman of the AICPA Federal Accounting and Auditing Subcommittee and has served on the AICPA Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee and the Government Technical Standards Subcommittee of the AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee. Dave served on the board of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA), and on the VSCPA Litigation Services Committee, Professional Ethics Committee, Quality Review Committee, and Governmental Accounting and Auditing Committee. He is a member of the Greater Washington Society of CPAs (GWSCPA) and currently serves on the GWSCPA Professional Ethics Committee. He is a member of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) and is past-advisory board chairman and past-president of the AGA Northern Virginia Chapter. He is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Dave has testified as an expert in governmental accounting and auditing issues and fraud issues before the United States Court of Federal Claims and other administrative and judicial bodies. He has spoken frequently on professional ethics and auditors’ fraud detection responsibilities under SAS 99, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit.
About This Event
LOCATION INFORMATION
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Program Details: Log onto www.scacpa. org/GW2013 for complete program details including session descriptions, speaker biographies and secure online registration.
Special Requests: Please contact us as soon as possible with special needs requests, CPE Team at (888) 5574814, ext. 110 or 112 or cpe@scacpa.org.
Conference Facility: Columbia Conference Center 169 Laurelhurst Ave., Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 772-9811
Confirmation: A confirmation will be sent via email or mail when your registration is processed. In the event your confirmation is not received, please contact our CPE Team at (888) 557-4814, ext. 110 or 112 or cpe@scacpa.org.
Questions, Modifications or Requests: SCACPA CPE Team members are available Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at (888) 557-4814, ext. 110 and 112, or cpe@ scacpa.org. Messages may be left 24 hours a day.
Hotel Accommodations: Hampton Inn on the Lake at Harbison 101 Woodcross Dr., Columbia, SC 29212 (803) 749-6999 Room rate: $79, Based on availability
Registration Modifications: Transfers made one week before event date will incur a $25 administrative fee. Cancellations received less than one week before the event forfeit the materials and entire registration fee. Substitutions are accepted up to the day of the event and are subject to fee adjustments based on membership status of substitute. No shows forfeit the materials and entire registration fee. Registrants receiving eMaterials are not eligible for a transfer or cancellation once eMaterials are posted online. Complete registration policy can be viewed online at www.scacpa.org/cpepolicies.
Firm Discount: Register five or more people from the same firm at the same time and receive a $15 discount per registrant. Conference Materials: Conference materials are available electronically as PDFs only, making them easily available to view on your personal tablet or e-reader. Download the materials in advance and enjoy the convenience of going paperless. Electronic materials will be available for download from the SCACPA website approximately three days before the conference. Visit www.scacpa.org/ ematerials to learn how to download, navigate and annotate your eMaterials.
Directions: Please log onto our website, www.scacpa.org/GW2013 for directions.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Event Code: 413013 CPE Credit: 8 hrs Fields of Study: Accounting & Auditing, Governmental Accounting, Governmental Auditing, Behavioral Ethics Method: Lecture Level: All Yellow Book: 5 hours
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