A Practical Approach to The Green Book Compliance 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 one-day CPE seminar provides an overview of the principles-based Green...

Governments collect massive amounts of data in the process of performing its basic functions. But until recently, that data—often unstructured—has been difficult to manage and mine. Register today to attend the Data & Analytics Summit: Leveraging Data to Improve Mission Effectiveness being held on May 15th in Washington, DC. Hear seasoned federal leaders from across government explore how cloud computing, AI, and other emerging...

Governments at all levels are being tasked to think outside the box to meet today's ever-growing list of challenges. From new legislation like the 21st Century IDEA Act, to NIST Cybersecurity Framework updates, to the new Cloud Smart policy, agencies are being asked to transform. But despite these mandates to modernize, many agencies are still struggling with common challenges like slow legacy systems, untrained personnel and outdated processe...

EPIC (Exploration, People, Inspiration, Collaboration) – The Future of Information Technology, is a half day event that will focus on the effective characteristics leaders need in shaping the future of the federal IT industry. This event will feature experienced practitioners serving as keynotes and panelists who have thrived through times of change taking their organizations to the next level by sharing their vision of the future. Speci...

Audit Reports can significantly lose their effectiveness if not written professionally with a purpose. Communication for the auditor is a fine art and, once perfected, can take on more importance than the audit itself. One of the primary responsibilities of the internal audit function is to communicate how an organization needs to change its behavior. Persuasive communication is thus an essential skill for all auditors. Each internal audit act...

Janelle Moore, CEO of Zen Federal LLC and Executive Director of the CPIC Forum is the Founder and Lead Producer of the first annual Federal Information Technology (FIT) Gov Summit, bringing together the Artifact Academy, CPIC Forum and educational partners to present a new concept in continuing professional education. FITGovSummit Tuition includes the annual CPIC Forum and training (CPIC2019) and includes full Artifact Academy session access t...

New cybersecurity risk regulations for all organizations are approaching faster than you might think. "Computers, software, programming and algorithms are all parts of a cybersecurity risk program, but it is the interaction with the "humans" that makes all the difference in the world." An effective cybersecurity risk program requires an organization to have everything from program policies to incident response plans to specific breach notifica...

Internal audits are an important requirement for effective corporate governance. The internal auditor is at the front line in evaluating management's internal control, assessing the accuracy of financial information, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. Learn how to perform these important duties and comply with the professional auditing standards. "Internal Audit 101" is the perfect CPE course to provide an introduction to inter...

10 Half-Day SessionsMay 13 - 16, 20 - 23, and 29 - 30, 2019PREPARING AI FOR ORGANIZATIONAL ADOPTIONThis comprehensive active exposure to the full Modeling Practice Framework™ provides leaders and practitioners with an integrated strategic and tactical orientation to predictive analytics, AI and machine learning. Participants will build an AI-driven operation in stages to experience the natural messiness of AI and predictive analytics....

Small group leadership is the key to the day to day effectiveness of the Internal Audit Department. This one-day CPE training seminar focuses on the skills that need to be exercised by the Audit Senior. As a follow-up to Audit 101, Audit 201 helps professionals in becoming Senior Auditors and leaders for their audit teams. New small audit team leader must supervise so that every project meets audit managements expectations. This CPE training s...