Yellow Book Update – March 2026

Description

$275 (per person) includes an online webinar for 4 hours of CPE credit

The Government Auditing Standards, or Yellow Book, provide a framework to guide government auditors to do high-quality audit work with competence.

This dynamic 4-hour webinar takes participants on a journey through the Yellow Book, including its powerful impact on the quality and credibility of government and performance audits. We will explore the 2024 standards changes released by the GAO and the related implementation timeframe.

We’ll also uncover why audit standards matter and dive into the core sections of the Yellow Book, exploring the real-world relevance of ethics, independence, and professional judgment.

Participants will dig into the most significant 2024 updates, especially in quality management, engagement quality reviews, and peer review, to understand how these changes elevate government auditing.

The course also brings fieldwork standards to life, walking through the essential steps of planning, conducting, supervising, documenting, and ultimately crafting effective audit reports. A hands-on exercise challenges participants to uncover why these topics matter.

We wrap up with a forward-looking overview of the 2024 revisions, leaving attendees informed, energized, and ready to apply these standards with confidence.

Learning Objectives:

• Define the major topics covered by GAO’s Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book) and explain how they shape high-quality audit work
• Identify the key Yellow Book requirements applying specifically to performance audits and explore how they strengthen audit credibility and impact
• Review the 2024 Yellow Book updates and recognize how these changes elevate expectations for audit professionals

Program Level: Basic
Field of Study: Auditing (Governmental)
Who Should Attend: Auditors
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation Required: None
Instructional Method: Webinar (Group Internet Based)
CPE Credit Hours: 4

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Central

Webinar Leader:

Corrie Stokes, CIA CGAP CFE

Corrie Stokes spent 10 years as the City Auditor in Austin, Texas, retiring in December 2025. In total, she spent 26 years as an auditor for the City, auditing and investigating most areas of City operations. Corrie has delivered trainings and presentations on auditing standards, audit fundamentals, fraud consideration, and various audit analysis tools. Corrie is a self-professed nerd, and is particularly nerdy about auditing, maps, local history, and craft beer.

Corrie served as a member of the Comptroller General’s Domestic Working Group and Yellow Book Advisory Council, was president of the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA), chaired ALGA’s peer review committee, and was on the executive committee of the Southwest Intergovernmental Audit Forum. She is a Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Government Auditing Professional, and Certified Fraud Examiner. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Trinity University and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas.

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