Description
$150 (per person) includes an online webinar for 2 hours of CPE credit
The purpose of government auditing, and particularly performance auditing, is to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of government programs and agencies with the goal of making them work better for all residents.
Over time, this has shifted the focus of audits away from operational performance toward examining how well public sector organizations deliver intended outcomes.
As jurisdictions at all levels operate in an increasingly complex and volatile world, audits are becoming more ambitious and holistic to support organizational learning and promote positive results for communities. And auditors must become more involved in the political arena to be relevant and impactful.
Auditing for Impact offers a useful framework to support this type of audit work.
This webinar offers an introduction to Auditing for Impact: We will explore how auditors can use it to advance institutional and systemic change and inform the policy agenda, as well as help government organizations address new risks and pressures and restore resident confidence in their institutions.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the audit as a structural and institutional support to democracy
- Develop a theory of change to inform your work
- Determine key elements that are crucial to Auditing for Impact (including audit planning and career-ending pitfalls to avoid)
- Identify practical steps and dos and don’ts for audit professionals to pursue relevance and step up their involvement in the areas of policy and implementation (including identifying “lurking demons” and “fat rabbits”)
- Determine how audits can be leveraged to help restore citizen faith in government and facilitate organizational learning in public sector organizations
- Discern and guard against threats to auditor independence
Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Auditing (Governmental)
Who Should Attend: Government auditors at every level of experience
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation Required: Optional advanced reading:
- Government Performance Auditing in the U.S. and China: Lessons Drawn from a Comparative Review
- How Impactful Audits Can Help Make Local Government Work For Everyone
- Auditing reimagined: Looking beyond the public dollar
Instructional Method: Webinar (Group Internet Based)
CPE Credit Hours: 2
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Central
Webinar Leader:
Mark Funkhouser, MSW MBA PhD
Mark Funkhouser is a municipal finance and government performance expert who has spent decades in public service.
As the mayor of Kansas City during the Great Recession, Mark made the tough choices to put his city on the path to fiscal sustainability and focused on “smart with the money” policy approaches to make the city work for regular people. As the publisher of Governing magazine, Mark continued his commitment to good government through promoting innovation and peer learning across state and local jurisdictions.
In 2019, he founded Funkhouser & Associates, a consulting firm that supports the work of local governments and their partners through engagement, strategic planning, capacity development and fiscal analysis.
Mark is the founder of the International Center for Performance Auditing (ICPA) and a founding member of the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA). He previously spent 18 years with the Office of the City Auditor of Kansas City and 10 years with the Tennessee Division of State Audit. He has dedicated his career, research and writing to advancing the public sector performance auditing profession and strengthening its real-world impact.
Mark holds a master’s degree in social work from West Virginia University, an M.B.A. from Tennessee State University, and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in public administration and urban sociology from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
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