Training budget cut? Yellowbook-CPE has a variety of fun-to-read courses so that you can earn your hours without the expense of travel. Click here to learn more! Most of my career has been in government, and I have the privilege of working for a variety of governments – federal and local. The stories I hear […]
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GASB Resources from Terry Patton
Terry Patton, Bill Allen, Leita Hart-Fanta… 24 hours of Single Audit bliss Maybe I exaggerate… Click here to learn more about the Single Audit Series. Terry Patton is a featured speaker on the Single Audit Series tour this summer. When it comes to the GASB, he is the man! He helped write GASB 34, 45, […]
Confessions of a Recovering Auditor OR Does He Win or Lose? Yes, He Does!
Need your Yellow Book hours and can’t afford to travel? Try Yellowbook-cpe.com. By Bruce Truitt Confidence – Variation – Precision… And, welcome back from the Corporate Sector, dear reader. Missed you, we have. We trust that the holidaze offered ample opportunity to sink to new heights of non-productivity and rise to new depths of sloth. […]
Those Pesky Preconceived Ideas
Do you need your Yellow Book hours? Yellowbook-CPE has a variety of enjoyable but relevant courses for you to choose from. See Yellowbook-cpe.com for more information. By Sefton Boyars, CPA, CGFM The Independence Standard of the Yellow Book cites a number of potential personal impairments, including “preconceived ideas toward individuals, groups, organizations, or objectives of […]
Assessing Risk in the Government Environment
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Austin, TX October 29, 2009 Click here By Sefton Boyars, CPA, CGFM In conducting audits, we should always be alert to the potential of serious criticism. Failing to follow up on a sensitive area could not only cause us to miss a finding, but might also result in major damage to our […]
Confessions of a Recovering Auditor OR Ye Shall Know the Formula, and the Formula Shall Set Ye Free!
24 HOURS OF GOV’T TOPICS California Education Foundation San Diego, CA August 17-19 Yellow Book Interpreted Planning a Yellow Book Audit Building Persuasive Audit Reports in Compliance with Yellow Book Requirements By Bruce Truitt Welcome back, Dear Reader. Our first installment in these tales of woe and intrigue (q.v., “Is Statistics a Criminal Act?”) ended […]
Is Statistics a Criminal Act? OR Remember X? That Letter You Learned to Hate in College?
Bruce is the latest expert presenter to be added to AuditSkills. If you are looking for auditing training, look to us. By Bruce Truitt I am pushing 60. Recovering auditor. Working on my addictions to criteria, findings, and paper. Still play amateur baseball and professional rock ‘n’ roll. No idea what I want to be […]
Disseminator
I am a sharer, a disseminator, and a bug-like genetic slave to my professional function as a teacher and an author. Think of me as a little bee, flitting from flower to flower, spreading delicate yellow pollen… Wait! If you have ever met me in person, that image won’t work. No one has ever called […]
Common audit challenges
I am a disseminator of audit wisdom. Think of me as a little bee, flitting from flower to flower, spreading delicate yellow pollen. Wait! If you have ever met me in person, that image doesn’t work! No one has ever called me little unless it was in reference to my brain capacity. Physically, I am more […]