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Join us for our 2022 Florida State and Local Government Training Academy! This event offers learning opportunities in an intensive, full-day in-person event. You’ll gain knowledge and insight to help you navigate the complex accounting and financial reporting issues facing many local governments.
At the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Recall the GASB Pronouncement Update
- Describe the GASB 87 lease standard
- Identify the latest cybersecurity threat developments
- Identify the major changes to the single audit because of Uniform Guidance and discuss how auditees were affected
- Identify current trends in the labor market
- Identify the latest updates to the pandemic related funding impacting state and local governments
- List and describe the common fraud schemes
Who should attend
This session is designed for accounting or financial managers, controllers, accounting and reporting staff, grant program managers, and other financial decision makers in state and local governments.
Schedule and session descriptions
Registration and breakfast.
Welcome and housekeeping items.
Presenters: Lance Schmidt, Managing Principal of Office and Chris Kessler, Principal
Recommended CPE: 1 credit Accounting (Governmental)
In this session, participants will learn about the implications of the recent activity of the GASB and the impacts to local government financial reporting.
Presenter: John TerLouw, BizOps Chief Financial Officer
Recommended CPE: 1 credit Accounting (Governmental)
This session will provide a brief overview of the GASB lease standard, including journal entries and financial statement presentation. Additionally, it will cover how financial statement preparers can help make lease schedules complete and accurate, including how to determine whether a contract contains a lease, and how to determine the lease term. We’ll also review some effective approaches in assessing and implementing the new standard.
10-minute break
Presenter: Julie Fowler, Signing Director
Recommended CPE: 1 credit Auditing (Governmental)
This session provides an overview of single audits, including a review of major program determination, grant management and compliance, internal controls, testing processes, and common single audit findings.
Presenter: Randall Romes, Principal
Recommended CPE: 1 credit Information Technology
We will discuss the latest threat developments and talk about critical dependencies and risks in outsourced service provider relationships.
Learn where organizations can focus valuable risk mitigation resources and how to develop and refine a framework of knowledge to plan future security efforts.
Enjoy lunch and network with friends in the industry.
Presenter: Kristin Labbe, BizOps Chief Financial Officer
Recommended CPE: 1 credit Finance
This session will cover current trends in the labor market and assist participants in assessing their current finance and administrative functions to help plan for the future.
Presenters: Lance Schmidt, Managing Principal of Office and Chris Kessler, Principal
Recommended CPE: 1 credit Specialized Knowledge
This session will cover the latest guidance available from the U.S. Department of the Treasury on Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds and how to implement grant management common practices. We will discuss eligible uses of these funds, including public sector revenue loss; responding to negative economic impacts; public health; premium pay for essential workers; water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure; administrative costs; and capital expenditures. We will also discuss common pitfalls in compliance and the most frequently asked questions.
10-minute break
Presenter: Sean Walker, Principal
Recommended CPE: 1.5 credits Auditing (Governmental)
This session will include a discussion of fraud trends, prevention practices, and detection techniques. Additionally, we will discuss the application of internal audits to help prevent and detect fraud.
Closing thoughts.
Location
May 18, Estero, FL — Embassy Suites
Directions
10450 Corkscrew Commons Drive
Estero, FL 33928
May 19, Lakeland, FL — Florida Polytechnic University (IST Building) Classroom 1067/1068C
Directions
4700 Research Way
Lakeland, FL 33805
Use Parking Lot 4 to park
Fee
The fee for this event is $50.00 per person, payable through Paypal.
- Estero attendees, please click here to pay via PayPal.
- Lakeland attendees, please click here to pay via PayPal.
Please register by May 10, 2022.