On this special dualcast with AFERM, we speak with Dave Cotton about the upcoming update to the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission/Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Fraud Risk Management Guide (FRMG) originally published in 2016.

Episode 72: Fraud Risk Management Guide

Episode 72: Fraud Risk Management Guide Update

On this episode we speak with David Harvey and Dr. Dorothy "Dot" Potter about the CFO Academy graduate program at the National Defense University (NDU). This program and others are free to employees at the DoD and available at an affordable price to every

Episode 75: National Defense University

On this episode we talk to Tina Kim, Deputy Comptroller, Division of State Government Accountability, New York State Comptroller, about their Smart Audit initiative! It seeks to integrate advanced analytics with high performing teams.

Episode 78: Smart Audit

On this episode we talk with Robin Gilliam from FASAB about their Climate-Related Financial Reporting project, upcoming guidance for agencies and climate-related risk management. A FASAB board meeting on the subject is coming up December 14, 2021. For more info on the project, Robin's contact info and a site to submit technical inquiries, following this link: https://fasab.gov/projects/active-projects/climate-impact-and-risk-reporting/

Episode 79: Climate-Related Financial Reporting

On this episode we talk with Jeff Steinhoff, the author of the AGA research paper Embracing the Future of Government Payments - Federal and State Agencies Continue to Reduce Paper Checks published in September 2021. Ronda Kent from Visa also joins us as we dive into the paper and discuss where we are today and the future of eliminating paper payments!

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Episode 80: The Future of Government Payments

On this episode we chat with Michelle Yanok from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service and the Mid-Ohio Valley Chapter about recruiting the next generation of accountability professionals!

Episode 87: Recruiting the Next Generation

On this episode we chat with George Scott from FASAB about the new Land standard, including how it will change reporting on different types of land and the implementation schedule for the standard.

Episode 106: SFFAS 59

On this episode we chat with Captain William Arritt at the US Coast Guard about their transition to a new financial system - the Financial Systems Modernization Solution (FSMS), their Incident Command established to mitigate risk and lessons learned!

Episode 108: US Coast Guard's Transition to FSMS

On this show, we chat with Kathleen Cooper from the State of Washington, State Auditor's Office (SAO). SAO has created innovative visualizations for their audit reports and has great ideas to share with the AGA community to increase readership and impact!

See some great examples at the following links:

ACFR Summary:
https://sao.wa.gov/summary-infographic-of-washingtons-2021-annual-comprehensive-financial-report/
 
SWSA Summary:
https://sao.wa.gov/summary-infographic-of-the-2020-state-of-washington-single-audit/
 
SAO Annual Report:
https://sao.wa.gov/annual-report-how-sao-advanced-the-mission-of-good-government-in-2021/

Episode 109: Audit Report Visualizations

On this episode we chat with Wendy Morris, Partner from BDO, about leadership in government financial management, finding the right work-life fit, and advice for women to succeed in the profession!

Episode 112: International Women's Day

On this episode we chat with Tom Coleman from River North about government procurement, procurement innovation, small business initiatives and technology.

Episode 113: Procurement

Today we talk to Michael Facini from FI Consulting. He wrote an AGA Journal article about the Small Business Administration's implementation of compliance automation. Listen in to find out more!

Episode 115: Compliance Automation

On this episode former PRAC Executive Director, Bob Westbrooks, talks about his new book Left Holding the Bag: A Watchdog's Account of How Washington Fumbled its COVID Test. The book is out now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C81KGNV1?ref_=ast_author_ofdp

Episode 116: Left Holding the Bag

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On this episode we speak with the creator of AGA's NextWave Federal Finance Leadership Program, Demek Adams, as well as Executive Sponsors Erica Gaddy, George Tomchik and George Jenkins. Learn more about the program here: AGA - NextWave Federal Finance Leadership Program (agacgfm.org)

Episode 118: AGA NextWave

Episode 118: AGA's NextWave Program

On this episode, Paul chats with Bobbi-Jo Pankaj, Bert Nuehring and Dan Featherly about the 2023 AGA-AFERM ERM Workshop and the accompanying report that was just published. Here's a copy of the report: AGA 2023 ERM Workshop Summary by AGA - Flipsnack

Episode 119: 2023 AGA AFERM ERM Workshop

Episode 119: 2023 AGA-AFERM ERM Workshop

On this episode, we chat with Kerry Canfield from CGI, about the FM QSMO from a vendor perspective. CGI is one of the first vendors on the FM QSMO marketplace offering the Momentum financial system.

Episode 120: FM QSMO Vendor

On this episode, we chat with Robin Gilliam from FASAB about their proposal do replace SFFAS 15 which provides guidance for the MD&A portion of annual financial reports. We also discuss current status of other FASAB projects. To provide comments on the SFFAS 15 project follow the links below!Document for Comment Page - https://fasab.gov/board-activities/documents-for-comment/
On-line MD&A Survey Link – https://gaosurvey.gao.gov/jfe/form/SV_6thq8SVhOJtNtWuIf respondents have any issues with the online questions, please contact FASAB at fasab@fasab.gov or (202) 512-7350. For more information contact the project lead, Robin Gilliam at GilliamR@fasab.gov

Episode 121: FASAB SFFAS 15

Episode 121: FASAB’s Proposal

On this episode we chat with Colin Duncan from Deloitte about his new book, Stumbling into Success is Good: Having a Plan is Better. Colin recounts his story of coming to America from Jamaica and building a successful career in government accountability!

Episode 122: Colin Duncan

On this episode, we chat with the Boston Chapter's current President, Sarah Mongeau, and President-Elect, Yoko McCarthy, about their chapter's history and future!

Episode 123: Boston Chapter

123: AGA Boston Chapter

On this episode we chat with Bret Edwards from the FDIC and Caitlin Holmes from Guidehouse about the CFO Survey and Roundtable held at the last PDT.

Episode 124: CFO Survey

On this episode, we revisit with GAO's Innovation Lab Director, Taka Ariga, to discuss advances the lab has made since we first had him on the podcast back in 2020!

Episode 125: GAO Innovation Lab Revisited

Episode 125: GAO Innovation Lab, Revisited

On Episode 118 we talked to Executive Sponsors of the NextWave Program. This time we bring back Demek Adams and talk to three participants, Rehana Mohammed, Chidilim Okonkwo and Stephen Comer! Learn more about the program here: AGA - NextWave Federal Finance Leadership Program (agacgfm.org)

Episode 125: NextWave Part 2

Episode 126: AGA Nextwave Part 2

On this episode, we chat with Chuck Hallett who wrote an article in the AGA Journal about the crisis in the pipeline of accountants in both the commercial and government market.

Episode 127: Crisis in the Accountant Pipeline

On this episode we chat with Andrea Sampanis from the Grants QSMO, along with Shayna Thompson and Vasanth Ganesan from Guidehouse, about AGA's Grants Survey! Read the State of Federal Grants Management here:  AGA - The State of Federal Grants Management (agacgfm.org)

Episode 128: Grants Survey

Episode 128: AGA Grants Survey

On this episode we harken back to early COVID times. Brian Thai from DHS joins us to discuss an AGA Journal article he wrote about the user fee crisis that arose during those times at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other DHS components.

Episode 129: User Fee Crisis

Episode 129: DHS User Fee Crisis

On this episode we chat with one of the NLT 2024 student scholarship winners, Chandler Bumgarner, about his experience at the NLT and future plans for working in the government accountability profession!

Episode 130: NTL Scholar 2024

Episode 130: AGA NLT Scholar 2024

On this episode we chat with Malena Brookshire, CFO, Jill Graham, CRO, and Maelat Mathias, CHCO, of AmeriCorps about their hybrid/remote workforce pilot and plans for the workforce of the future!

Episode 131: AmeriCorps Workforce

Episode 131: AmeriCorps Workforce of the Future

On today's episode, we speak with the chairman of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) Scott Showalter and Roger von Elm from AGA's Financial Management Standards Board. We discuss the inner workings of FASAB, how standards are established and the review process.

AGA Podcast #15: FASAB

Episode 15: FASAB

On this episode, we speak with the chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), David Vaudt. We learn about the standard setting process, the makeup of the board and major projects underway in the state and local government accounting world. Learn more about GASB at their website: gasb.org.

Podcast #19 GASB

Episode 19: GASB

On today's podcast we chat with Dave Ballard from SAP Concur about what it takes to achieve successful collaboration between CFOs and CIOs. We also discuss some of the latest features of SAP Concur, including how they are integrating artificial technology into the application!

Episode 41: CFO CIO Collaboration

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