To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Dates: 7/14-7/30/2020 Women in Tech Summit (WITS) is the tech conference for women working in technical and non-technical roles. WITS includes hands-on tech workshops, discussions about trending topics in tech, and information on thriving through tech career phases and facets. WITS connects women working on the business and tec...

Outdated technologies, piles of paperwork, lengthy business processes, frustrated stakeholders, difficult to use systems, and complex government mandates are just a few reasons motivating federal agencies to modernize. Many government processes have adapted to the underlying IT systems, and consequentially over time, become brittle and inefficient. Agencies are trying to not only modernize their IT systems but fundamentally redefine their busi...

As the leading provider of Audit, Compliance and COSO 2013 CPE training, Corporate Compliance Seminars has reviewed the best practices currently available in the SOX Compliance community. We have focused this CPE seminar on the What - When - Where - Why - How to Test. We cover how to assess the effectiveness of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting all the way down to the individual business process controls. This eight-hour CPE course wi...

A Practical Approach to Internal Controls The Green Book sets the standards for an effective internal control system for federal agencies and is a crucial safeguard over public resources. State, local, and quasi-governmental entities, as well as not-for-profit organizations, may adopt the new Green Book standards as a framework for an internal control system. This four hour CPE seminar provides an overview of the principles-based Green Book an...

"Effective risk management allows an organization to have the confidence to take risks." Risk management is a continuous, forward-looking process that is an important part of managing an organization, a technology project or other project. Risk management should address issues that could endanger the achievement of critical business or project objectives. However, there are a number of consequences if there is not a proper strategy for identif...

One of the goals of an internal audit project is to improve an organization's overall ability to function effectively. This goal is accomplished through the identification of control weaknesses, potential process improvements, and positive change opportunities. Audit workpapers facilitate this process by enabling auditors to document work performed from the planning stage to the final closing meeting. Workpaper objectives include: Document the...

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has finished updating the "Internal Control Integrated Framework (ICIF) in 2013. This training seminar covers the best practices for establishing and sustaining internal control for any organization including public companies under Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). This one-day seminar includes sustaining SOX compliance and the latest guidance from the SEC, PCAOB, COSO and COBIT....

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New dates: 7/27-7/29/2020 World Congress is the National Contract Management Association's largest training and networking event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and academia. Join more than 2,000 fellow participants for networking and trainin...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 7/28/2020 The Inaugural Tampa Cyber Security Summit connects C-Suite & Senior Executives responsible for protecting their companies’ critical infrastructures with innovative solution providers and renowned information security experts. Full Day Admission includes a Catered Breakfast, Lunch & Cocktail Recepti...

The National Board of Directors (NBOD) and I are pleased to announce the first Virtual Leadership Summit for government employees scheduled for July 20 – 24, 2020. This training is just for you; no per diem, no travel, just TRAINING at a low registration rate! Following increased and overwhelming concerns about the COVID-19 virus, FEW remains resolved that your safety is our priority and the best way to proceed during such an unprecedent...