This document provides information about an upcoming training event on internal controls and risk management strategies. The training will take place over two days in Arlington, VA and provide up to 12 CPE credits. Attendees will learn how to strengthen performance, minimize risks, combat fraud, correct weaknesses, and implement ongoing monitoring processes. The training will also discuss certification options and provide information on logistics, registration, and hotel accommodations.

1. INTERNAL
CONTROLS
August 12 13, 2010
12−13,
Arlington, VA
& RISK
MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES
Learn How To Reduce Program Fraud And Risk
STRENGTHEN Performance and Accountability Objectives by Mitigating
High-Potential Risks
Discover how to minimize risks that arise from both internal and external sources
OBTAIN Organizational Results with Relevant and Up to Date Control Activities
Learn to modify your internal controls as new technology and operational shifts occur
COMBAT Fraud with Innovative Control Testing
Identify successful techniques to monitor your control management framework
CORRECT Material Weaknesses with a Pro-Active Action Plan
Develop critical steps to correct non-functioning controls
Earn up to 12 CPE Credits! Enhance Operational and Financial Efficiency
In Association with: with a Strategic Internal Control System
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2. Should
Attend
• Financial Managers
• Financial Analysts
1 Internal Controls and Risk Management Strategies
August 12, 2010
9:00
The Foundation of Internal Controls: Definitions, Concepts and
Historical Mandates
• CFOs • Evaluate the five standards for internal controls and define basic definitions
• Identify the essential characteristics of a solid control system
• Budget Analysts
• Review critical government management standards as they apply to fraud prevention
• Budget Officers and internal controls
• Program • Examine the relationship between fraud deterrence and internal controls
Managers
Create the Foundation for a Strong Control System and Gain
• Project Managers Management Buy-In
• Risk Analysts • Understand how control activities link to your overall performance efforts
• Examine the role of management in developing and maintaining effective control systems
• Controllers
• Establish which control framework is right for your organization
• Administrators
• Learn to produce a control environment that encourages high-quality control reviews
• Ensure that your entire team participates with maintaining an effective control process
12:00
Lunch Break
1:00
Identify and Assess the Risks of Internal Control and Determine the
Causes of Weakness
• Ensure that your team fully understands the organizational objectives in order to
properly identify latent risks
• Outline what critical questions must be answered in order to assess harmful risks
• Identify risks and relationships inside and outside the organization
Interactive Application Session: Conduct a Risk Assessment
• Identify high risk/high vulnerability issues
• Analyze the likelihood of the risks occurring
• Determine how the risks should be managed and minimized
4:00
Day 1 Training Adjourns
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Internal Controls and Risk Management Strategies
August 13, 2010
9:00
Identify Control Activities Required to Address Potential Risks
Top 5
Reasons to
1. Successfully
organize your
• Study the types of controls that may better suit a specific need organization’s
• Address personnel staff to ensure complete follow through with identified activities internal control
process
• Ensure effective communication is in place so that the controls are properly placed
2. Evaluate control
Correct Material Weaknesses in Internal Control-Over systems and identify
Financial Reporting vulnerabilities
• Establish systems to ensure that a corrective action is implemented for all
3. Determine the
material weaknesses
cause of control
• Learn how to monitor, correct and record deficiencies in your organization
weaknesses
• Determine if new controls or improvements on existing controls are necessary
4. Examine the role
of management in
12:00
Lunch Break developing and
maintaining effective
1:00 internal controls
Implement Ongoing Monitoring Processes
5. Learn to best
• Implement periodic reviews, reconciliations or comparisons of data into daily routines customize your
• Discover how to build a strong foundation for monitoring your internal controls control activities
• Discern which monitoring processes best fit your organizational needs
Communicate the Results Produced with Your Assessments
• Determine who is the audience or key stakeholders interested in your findings
• Learn how to create reports that everyone in your organization can utilize
and understand
• Outline elements that are most effective in internal control reports
4:00
Training Course Adjourns
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4. Internal Controls and Risk Management Strategies
Certification
Become a Certified Government Performance Manager
To ensure professional success, you must continually expand your skills and education. The bar has been raised
in government agencies and organizations and many government managers are now required to receive formal
certification to stay up to date on the latest trends, best practices and mandates. To address these needs, the Institute
offers a Certificate in Government Performance Management. Completing a certification program is easy. Just attend
three “core” courses and an additional three “elective” courses you select based on topics that meet your agency’s
unique needs. Upon successful completion, you will emerge from the Institute’s certification program with a thorough
understanding of all course concepts—and poised to apply what you learned in a real and practical way.
Advance Your Career Meet New Certification Customize a Program
Education and professional certification Requirements to Fit Your Needs
are becoming necessary for promotion
To hold a position as a performance Working with Institute training
and requirements for coveted
manager in government you must managers, you can select courses
positions. In the Certified Government
demonstrate compliance with new skills that will have direct application and
Performance Manager program, you
sets required by OMB and Congress. impact to your work.
will acquire the skills and tools to make
Receiving your certificate is one key
you the lead performance management
way to demonstrate your skills.
resource for your organization.
For more information about certification, please contact Chris Hicks at 202-739-9548 or email him at
Chris.Hicks@PerformanceInstitute.org
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5. Internal Controls and Risk Management Strategies
In-House Training
One of the more popular vehicles for accessing the Institute’s educational offerings is the delivery of on-site trainings and
management facilitations. Bringing a training or facilitation in-house gives you the opportunity to customize a program
that addresses your exact challenges and provides a more personal learning experience, while virtually eliminating travel
expenses. Whether you require training for your department or for an organization-wide initiative, the advanced learning
methods employed by The Performance Institute will create an intimate training atmosphere that maximizes knowledge transfer
to enhance the talent within your organization.
Customization
We realize that not all obstacles can be overcome by applying an “off-the-shelf” solution. While many training providers will
offer you some variation of their standard training, The Performance Institute’s subject matter experts will work with you and your
team to examine your programs and determine your exact areas of need. The identification of real life examples will create
a learning atmosphere that resonates with participants while at the same time providing immediate return on your training
investment. Using interactive exercises that employ actual projects or scenarios from your organization, instructors can address
specific challenges and align the curriculum of each session to your objectives. While the majority of on-site trainings are
focused on smaller groups, the Performance Institute also has the ability to accommodate organization-wide training initiatives.
Utilizing multiple instructors, the Institute has the capacity to deliver courses to groups of up to 300 participants per day.
Areas of Expertise
On-site delivery of single courses, certification programs and entire packages of specialized courses are available in
the following areas:
• Strategic Planning • Workforce Management • Program Evaluation
• Performance Measurement • Performance-Based Budgeting • Administrative Management
• Project Management • Performance-Based Contracting • Leadership and Change
• Lean Six Sigma • Performance Reporting
For more information about in-house training options available to you, please contact Jennifer Mueller at
202-739-9619 or email her at Jennifer.Mueller@PerformanceInstitute.org.
Exhibiting Sponsorship
As a conference and training provider, The Performance Institute is an expert in bringing together leaders to share and
discuss best practices and innovations. We connect decision-makers with respected solution providers. The Institute
offers four different pre-designed sponsorship packages:
• Event Co-Sponsor • Session Sponsor • Luncheon Sponsor • Exhibit Booth Sponsor
To learn more about exhibiting and sponsorship at Internal Controls and Risk Management Strategies, please
contact Meredith Mason at 202-739-9707 or email her at Meredith.Mason@PerformanceInstitute.org
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6. Internal Controls and Risk Management Strategies
Logistics & Registration
Venue and Hotel CPE Credit
Internal Controls and Risk Management Strategies will Delivery Method: Group-live
be hosted at The Performance Institute’s Training Center in Program Level: Basic
Arlington, VA, just one block east of the Courthouse stop Prerequisites: None
on the Orange Line of the D.C. Metro. A public parking Advanced Preparation: None
garage is located inside of the building for $10/day. CPE Credits: 12
Continental breakfast and refreshments will be provided for
delegates on each day. The Performance Institute is registered with the National Association
of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing
professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.
The Performance Institute Training Center State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of
1515 North Courthouse Rd., Suite 600 individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding sponsors may be
Arlington, VA 22201 addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue
877-992-9521 North, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org.
A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Quality Assurance
Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott at the prevailing The Performance Institute strives to provide you with the most productive
rate of $170. This rate is based on the Government and effective educational experience possible. If after completing the
Per Diem and is subject to change. Please call the hotel course you feel there is some way we can improve, please write your
directly and reference code “Internal Controls and Risk comments on the evaluation form provided upon your arrival. Should
Management Strategies Training Course” when making you feel dissatisfied with your learning experience and wish to request a
credit or refund, please submit it in writing no later than 10 business days
reservations to get the discounted rate. The hotel is
after the end of the training to:
conveniently located three blocks from the Rosslyn Metro
station. Please ask the hotel about a complimentary shuttle The Performance Institute: Quality Assurance
that is also available for your convenience. 805 15th Street, NW, 3rd Floor.
Washington, DC 20005
Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott
We will evaluate individual complaints in a context of collective
1533 Clarendon Blvd. comments from the event.
Arlington, VA 22209 Note: As speakers are confirmed six months before the event, some
Phone: 703-528-2222 speaker changes or topic changes may occur in the program. The
Phone: 1-800-321-2211 Performance Institute is not responsible for speaker changes, but will work
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If for any reason The Performance Institute decides to cancel this
Tuition & Group Discounts conference, The Performance Institute accepts no responsibility for
covering airfare, hotel or other costs incurred by registrants, including
The tuition rate for Internal Controls and Risk delegates, sponsors and guests.
Management Strategies is as follows:
Offerings Early Bird Rate* Regular Rate
Conference $769 $869
* For the Early Bird Rate, Register by June 23, 2010.
For more information on group discounts for Internal
Controls and Risk Management Strategies please
contact Chris Hicks at 202-739-9548 or email him at
Chris.Hicks@PerformanceInstitute.org
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8. Ab
About
The Performance Institute
Called “the leading think tank in performance measurement for government” on OMB’s
ExpectMore.gov, The Performance Institute has been a leader in Performance Management
training and policy since the 2000 administration transition. As part of the Government
Performance Coalition, a group of good government organizations, the Institute worked in
2000 to deliver recommendations to the then new administration on what would become the
President’s Management Agenda.
In 2010, the Institute is leading Innovations in Government: From Transition to Transformation,
or InnoGOV.org, a collection of forums, research and recommendations to bring insight
and transformation to the federal government. The goal of InnoGOV.org is to centralize the
importance of performance, accountability and transparency in government and to disseminate
the leading best practices to government managers.
The Performance Institute has published several research reports regarding performance
management initiatives and trains over 10,000 government managers per year on
performance-based topics. Dedicated to improving citizen services and taxpayer transparency,
the Institute uses a best-practices foundation to deliver the most effective and tested
methodologies for improving performance.
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