Final Agenda - Intergovernmental Audit Forums

19 th Biennial Forum of Government Auditors
Innovations in Governmental Auditing
Final Agenda
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Registration
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Registration and Welcome Reception
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
7:00 am to 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am to 8:15 am
8:15 am to 9:05 am
9:05 am to 9:55 am
Opening Ceremonies
Luis Escalante, Jr., Executive Director
National Intergovernmental Audit Forum
Welcome and Keynote Presentation
Gene L. Dodaro
Comptroller General of the United States
Keynote Presentation: Strategic Foresight: Thriving in an Era of Major
Transformation; Gene L. Dodaro, Moderator
Admiral Thad W. Allen, Retired
9:55 am to 10:25 am Break
10:25 am to 11:45 am
11:45 am to 12:05 pm
12:05 pm to 12:15 pm
Panel Presentation: Information Technology: Cloud Computing Opportunities
and Challenges, Rebecca Anne Batts, Moderator
Dave McClure, GSA; Greg Wilshusen, GAO; Shawn Kingsberry, RATB
Panel Presentation: NIAF Federal, State, and Local Briefing
Carl Clinefelter, CIGIE; Ron Jones, Alabama; Jerry Heer, Milwaukee
County
NIAF’s David M. Walker Excellence in Government Performance & Accountability
Awards
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm to 3:10 pm
Panel Presentation: Data Mining: Innovative Approaches Using Crowd Sourcing
and Data Analytics; Brett Baker, Moderator
Carrie Hug, RATB; Brian Williams, D&B; Greg Kutz, GAO
3:10 pm to 3:40 pm Break
3:40 pm to 4:10 pm
4:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Keynote Presentation: Recovery Board Updates, Facing Forward;
Mary Mitchelson, Moderator
Kathleen S. Tighe
Chair, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
Presentation: Recovery Act Lessons Learned; Jay Poole, Moderator
Michael Grabell, Propublica
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Main Networking Reception, USPTO Atrium

7:00 am to 8:00 am Continental Breakfast
Thursday, June 28, 2012
8:00 am to 8:15 am
8:15 am to 8:45 am
8:45 am to 9:55 am
Day 2 Welcome and Information
Luis Escalante, Jr., Executive Director
National Intergovernmental Audit Forum
Keynote Address: Performance Reporting: Update on the Digital Accountability
and Transparency Act; Gene L. Dodaro, Moderator
Senator Mark R. Warner
Panel Presentation: Performance Reporting: Is Marrying Performance and
Spending Information Mission Impossible Gary Blackmer, Moderator
Shelley Metzenbaum, OMB; Norman Dong, OMB; Chris Mihm, GAO
9:55 am to 10:10 am Break
10:10 am to 11:00 am
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Panel Presentation: Professional Standards: Public and Private Sector
Perspectives on Financial Reporting, Jerry Heer, Moderator
Jim Dalkin, GAO; Keith Wilson, PCAOB
Panel Presentation: Efficiency Tools: Applying Lean Six Sigma and BPR to the
Engagement Process and Program Audits; Jorge Oseguera, Moderator
Monica L. Painter, IBM; David Fisher, GAO; Theresa M. Grafenstine, US
House of Representatives IG
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm Lunch
Concurrent Sessions
1:15 pm to 2:35 pm
Concurrent Session A (USPTO Auditorium – A)
Panel on Fiscal Sustainability: Update on the Pensions Challenge,
William G. Holland, Moderator
Barbara Bovbjerg, GAO; Ernie Almonte, Almonte Group, LLC; David
Sundstrom, Sonoma County
2:35 pm to 3:00 pm Break
Concurrent Session B (USPTO Auditorium – B)
Capacity Building Panel: Developing and Agile and Mobile Workforce in a
Borderless World, Auston Johnson, Moderator
Carolyn M. Taylor, GAO; Howard M. Williams, Jr., GAO; Danette
Campbell, USPTO; Thembekile Kimi Makwetu, AGSA,
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
4:00 pm to 4:50 pm
Panel Presentation: Communicating and Reporting for Impact in a Digital Age
Mark Funkhouser, Moderator
Jeff Stanger, Center for Digital Information; Chuck Young, GAO
Guardians of Public Trust: Challenges & Opportunities for Government Auditors;
Denise D. Hunter, Moderator
Richard Chambers, IIA
4:50 pm to 5:00 pm Wrap Up and Closing