Artificial intelligence unexpectedly catapulted into the mainstream over the last year — primarily with the explosion of large-language, generative AI models. Now, AI is set to revolutionize government operations and services in ways that no technology before it has. The U.S. government is at a critical point where it’s competing to set the tone for how AI will be used responsibly, safely and ethically across the globe while also l...

The missions of the federal government are vast and complex. Agency leaders are increasingly pulled away from those missions to focus on administrative responsibilities managing the workforce, tracking budgets and providing back-office service But with modern cloud-delivered HR and finance applications, that burden can be eliminated, allowing leaders to reinvest time and resources back into high-value, mission-oriented work. At the Workday Fed...

Welcome to AGA's 2022 Internal Control & Fraud Prevention Training! The Internal Control & Fraud Prevention Training focuses on management’s responsibility for ensuring good systems of internal control, and the role of accountability professionals to minimize the risk of fraud, waste and abuse. Leaders in government and private industry discuss the latest discovery techniques, lessons learned and how governments are cooperating t...

Federal agencies have made unprecedented investments to modernize systems and improve services for American citizens. But there's a major looming issue keeping CIOs, CTOs and other technology leaders up at night: the workforce.To help agencies recruit, retain and reskill top tech talent, the White House has committed to developing a 21st century workforce, introducing new hiring authorities and talent development initiatives.FedScoop will brin...

The Shared Services Summit (SSS) will bring together more than 400 individuals from across the federal CxO community (acquisition, financial, HR, IT and performance) to address common opportunities and challenges in sustaining progress in shared-services implementation.

Getting to that next phase of your career is HARD. In order to move up, you will either need to interview for a brand-new job, or advocate with your manager for a promotion. So, what exactly are the steps to get from where you are now to where you want to be? Join GovLoop, NextGen and your government peers after work on Tuesday, April 30 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. for an interactive, in-person GovUp at the GovLoop office in downtown Washington, D.C....

A Practical Approach to ERM "Effective risk management allows an organization to have the confidence to take risks." View latest COSO annoucements. The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has unveiled an update to its Enterprise Risk Management - Integrated Framework and is seeking public comment of the proposal, from June 15 through Sept. 30. The update, Enterprise Risk Management - Aligning Risk with Strat...

Continuous monitoring and auditing involves performing control and risk assessments on a frequent basis, if not virtually in real-time. As technology has improved there has been an increased adoption of continuous auditing as a vital monitoring tool. This seminar walks through the process of continuous auditing from start to finish, and prepares you to create your own customized continuous audit program. This comprehensive seminar provides uni...

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...

One of the goals of an internal audit project is to improve an organization's overall ability to function effectively. The 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...