Total Credits: 16 including 3 Auditing- Technical, 1 Behavioral Ethics - Non-technical, 1 Business Law - Technical, 3.5 Accounting (Governmental) - Technical, 2.5 Auditing (Governmental) - Technical, 5 Specialized Knowledge - Technical
CPAs in state and local governments face a unique and rapidly-changing set of challenges.
FICPA's State & Local Government Accounting Conference provides training (in-person or via online simulcast) to help them navigate the ethical and practical demands of public services.
Attendees will also have the chance to network with other CPAs and professionals in the field.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
8:00 - 8:10 am - Introductions & Opening Remarks
8:10 - 9:50 am - GASB Update, (2AA); Lisa R. Parker, CPA
9:50 - 10:05 am - Break
10:05 - 10:55 am - GASB and OPEB - The New Standards, (1AA); Christopher M. Davis, CFST, CPA, MBA, and Matthew Geerdes, CPA
10:55 - 11:45 am - Artifical Inteligence and Machine Learning for Accounting and Finance, (1AA); John Tate, and Val Orekhov
11:45 am - 12:35 pm - From Rumblings to Reality: One City's (Prescient) Story of Building an Ethics Board, (1AA); Julie Meadows-Keefe
12:35 - 1:25 pm - Lunch Break
1:25 - 2:15 pm - Emerging A&A Issues in Government Accounting & Auditing, (1AA); Lynda M. Dennis, Ph.D., CPA, CGFO
2:15 - 3:05 pm - Legal Issues and Employment Law, (1TB); Laura Donaldson, Esq.
3:05 - 3:20 pm - Break
3:20 - 4:10 pm - Update on Activites of the AICPA's Auditing Standards Board, (1AA); M. Chad Singletary, CPA,CGMA
4:10 - 5:00 pm - Allowable Investments for Government, (1AA); Daniel Johnson
Friday, August 17, 2018
7:55 - 8:00 am - Opening Remarks
8:00 - 8:50 am - Auditor General Update (1AA); Derek H. Noonan, CPA, MBA
8:50 - 9:40 am - Panel Discussion - 2018 Legislative Session Update for Local Government CPAs; (1TB); Justin A. Thames, DPL, and Laura Youmans
9:40 - 9:55 am - Break
9:55 - 10:45 am - Communications and Technical Mistakes CAFR / Peer Review; (1AA);
10:45 - 11:35 am - Yellow Book Update and Federal Single Audit; (1AA); Yvonne M. Clayborne, CPA, CAM
11:35 am - 12:35 pm - Lunch Break
12:35 - 1:25 pm - Cybersecurity 101: What You Need to Know (1AA); Leslie C. Kirsch, CISA, CFE, CIDA
1:25 - 3:05 pm - Interviews and Detecting Deception: A Review of 5 Different Interview Methods and the Research Behind Them, (2AA); Michael B. Hood
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After serving 25 years as a Special Agent in the FBI, Michael “Bret” Hood became the director of 21st Century Learning & Consulting, LLC upon his retirement in 2016. During his tenure with the FBI, Bret worked many complex financial crime, money laundering, corruption and major cases such as the 9/11 terrorist attack, the HealthSouth fraud and the Maricopa Investments case.
Since 2000, Bret has traveled the world teaching public and private sector employees how to develop anti-fraud, anti-bribery, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering programs. Bret is a master facilitator who has the unique ability to get participants involved in deep conversations while applying the lessons learned to their own personal and work situations. Bret has been a presenter at the ACFE’s Global Fraud conference for the last three years and has worked with local and regional ACFE chapters in Columbus, Ohio, Kansas City, MO, New Haven, CT, and Albany, NY. In addition, Bret has done multiple presentations for CPA groups including the Florida Institute of CPAs where he has instructed at their major trade show for years. Bret has published articles in both Fraud Magazine and ACAMS Today. Bret has a great interest in the psychology, patterns, methods and motives of offenders in an attempt to understand why good people end up doing bad things.
Bret is a federal-court certified expert in money laundering and financial crimes. Bret is also the author of the critically acclaimed book, Eat More Ice Cream: A Succinct Leadership Lesson for Each Week of the Year. Currently, Bret serves as an instructor, investigative consultant, and as an expert witness for 21st Century Learning & Consulting LLC.
Lynda M. Dennis, CPA, PhD received her PhD in Public Affairs and her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Central Florida and her under graduate degree in accounting and finance from the University of West Florida. She is a Florida CPA and Certified Government Finance Officer. Lynda is a full-time Lecturer in the Kenneth Dixon School of Accounting at the University of Central Florida. Additionally, Lynda is a contract CPE discussion leader and course developer in the areas of accounting and reporting for governmental and not-for-profit organizations.
Her experience includes serving in a financial capacity, including chief financial officer, in governmental and not-for-profit organizations primarily in Florida. Her experience also includes working as an auditor for local and Big 4 firms with an emphasis in the insurance, government and not-for-profit sectors.
Lynda actively participates in committee and other volunteer work for the AICPA and FICPA and is a frequent speaker at governmental and not-for-profit accounting conferences. She has also previously published a number of CPE courses as well as a book on strategy implementation (both for governmental and not-for-profit organizations).
Justin Thames joined the FICPA in June 2011 as the Governmental Affairs Manager and was promoted to Director of Governmental Affairs in July 2015. In this role, Justin is responsible for leading the Governmental Affairs Department in regulatory and lobbying activities including; developing creative strategies to accomplish the legislative and regulatory objectives, meeting with state legislators and advocating on behalf of the profession in public hearings. Justin also administers the activities and issues of the Florida CPA Political Action Committee, Inc. program, and is responsible for PAC fundraising, interviewing candidates running for the state legislature, and making recommendations to PAC Trustees on which candidates to support.
He is a graduate of Leadership Florida Connect Program, a member of the Florida Association of Professional Lobbyist and has received his Designated Professional Lobbyist (DPL) designation. Prior to joining the FICPA, Justin was employed by the League of Southeastern Credit Unions as the Grassroots and Political Action Coordinator. After briefly attending the University of Mississippi, Justin returned to Florida where he graduated from Florida State University in 2006.
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