October 22nd Lunch n' Learn & Uniform Guidance & Grant Accounting

On Wednesday, October 22nd a combined monthly meeting, educational Lunch 'n Learn (LnL), and training webinar sponsored by the Des Moines Chapter of the AGA. Lunch (BYOL) begins at 11:30 am, followed by a brief business meeting. The LnL presentation begins at 12:00 pm followed by the webinar from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

Lunch ‘n Learn: “Fund Analysis Challenges/Lessons Learned” by Lori Conner, Fiscal Analyst for the Department of Management.

This webinar will focus on concepts of common communication tools and the art of data automation while keeping the audience aware of associated risks and concepts of sensible safeguards to ensure controls are working. Then, we'll briefly discuss risk mitigation techniques to help build digital resilience.

• Recognize key requirements of the Uniform Guidance – 2 CFR Part 200.
• Identify updates to the 2025 version of the Compliance Supplement
• Implement changes to the GAO Yellow Book and Green Book to improve reporting and internal controls
• Illustrate ways to perform risk assessments and monitoring of grantees

Key Takeaways:

• Changes to grant related guidance addressed for better understanding of impacts to your organization
• Understand implications of GAO government auditing standards and internal control guidelines
• Importance of evaluation of recipient risks and monitoring efforts to safeguard grants

Speakers:

Bert Nuehring, CPA, CGMA Moderator Partner Crowe

Michael Bingham, CPA, Assistant Director, Financial Management and Assurance (FMA) U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Tiffany Ridenbaugh, CPA, CFE, CGFM, Chief Deputy Auditor, for Auditor of State Keith Faber

CPE: One (1) CPE is offered for the lunch meeting and two (2) for the web conference. This meeting will be held in Grimes Building, Room B100, 400 E 14th St, Des Moines IA 50319.

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