As the leading provider of Audit, Compliance and COSO 2013 CPE training, Corporate Compliance Seminars has reviewed the best practices currently available in the SOX Compliance community. We have focused this CPE seminar on the What - When - Where - Why - How to Test. We cover how to assess the effectiveness of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting all the way down to the individual business process controls. This eight-hour CPE course wi...

A Practical Approach to Internal Controls The Green Book sets the standards for an effective internal control system for federal agencies and is a crucial safeguard over public resources. State, local, and quasi-governmental entities, as well as not-for-profit organizations, may adopt the new Green Book standards as a framework for an internal control system. This four hour CPE seminar provides an overview of the principles-based Green Book an...

"Effective risk management allows an organization to have the confidence to take risks." Risk management is a continuous, forward-looking process that is an important part of managing an organization, a technology project or other project. Risk management should address issues that could endanger the achievement of critical business or project objectives. However, there are a number of consequences if there is not a proper strategy for identif...

One of the goals of an internal audit project is to improve an organization's overall ability to function effectively. This goal is accomplished through the identification of control weaknesses, potential process improvements, and positive change opportunities. Audit workpapers facilitate this process by enabling auditors to document work performed from the planning stage to the final closing meeting. Workpaper objectives include: Document the...

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has finished updating the "Internal Control Integrated Framework (ICIF) in 2013. This training seminar covers the best practices for establishing and sustaining internal control for any organization including public companies under Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). This one-day seminar includes sustaining SOX compliance and the latest guidance from the SEC, PCAOB, COSO and COBIT....

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New dates: 7/27-7/29/2020 World Congress is the National Contract Management Association's largest training and networking event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and academia. Join more than 2,000 fellow participants for networking and trainin...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 7/28/2020 The Inaugural Tampa Cyber Security Summit connects C-Suite & Senior Executives responsible for protecting their companies’ critical infrastructures with innovative solution providers and renowned information security experts. Full Day Admission includes a Catered Breakfast, Lunch & Cocktail Recepti...

Agencies are reevaluating their technology needs during this pandemic time. They are taking a critical look at software license optimization in order to reduce spending and minimize growing risk. Hear how this thought-leader are proactively determining compliance risks and reducing the time required to support an audit. This webinar will discuss how federal agencies are handling the COVID-19 response and their path to move forward. How are age...

On February 13, shortly before the Covid pandemic, a USPTO executive team met with industry to discuss IT opportunities and challenges. CIO Jamie Holcombe and several colleagues shared their vision and anticipated journey, and invited industry to help address challenges in modernizing USPTO’s IT for its important mission. Mr. Holcombe and his team will share a six month update on progress made, and plans for the future. The team will she...

As the largest bureau in the Department of Commerce, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) executes just over $3B annually in contracts and financial assistance grants to support of NOAA’s missions. AGO has two major strategic sourcing acquisition programs, the NOAA Mission Information Technology Services (NMITS) contract program for IT services and the Professional, Scientif...