Are your audit leadership skills working to get the job done? This in-person event is focused on helping attendees in mastering the skills necessary to efficiently lead audit teams. This course provides new leaders with the tools needed to effectively lead audit teams, while exploring the life cycle of an audit from an audit leader's perspective. "This course is not just for auditors or new audit leaders, it is for anyone who wants an understa...

Audits in the world of government contracting are a matter of when, not if. Accounting system surveys, pre-award and post-award audits and incurred cost audits, are just a few among many that government contractors will face. The key to successfully passing an audit is understanding compliance, knowing the basics of the audit process, written policies and procedures, adequate internal controls, and regular testing. This course will focus on th...

Program management is one of the most demanding jobs in the Federal government – coordinating multiple projects across a program, all while keeping a sharp eye on overall cost, schedule and performance. A change in one project ripples across the entire program. The pandemic has further complicated this already difficult set of responsibilities, by forcing team members to work remotely and straining communications with industry partners f...

The Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) have entered a new age of warfighting, where battlefields exist in the digital realm as much as the physical one. This makes moving to the cloud a mission imperative, but the resulting multi-cloud and hybrid landscape can lead to immense operational complexity. Managing that complexity is critical to the success of IT modernization projects both currently underway and contemplated...

As the country shifts from pandemic response to pandemic recovery, the federal government is planning to preserve many of its flexible work practices initially triggered in 2020 by the sudden, urgent need to shelter in place while keeping agencies functioning. The past year has allowed organizations to test – at scale – massive cybersecurity initiatives to allow agency employees to continue working uninterrupted from homes far outs...

The GovCon Accounting Summit is a virtual learning experience for government contract accounting professionals. Join us for three days of educational sessions. You’ll have an opportunity to learn from industry leading accountants, attorneys, and consultants on a variety of government contract accounting topics and see some of the latest software tools in action during live demonstrations. Register by June 1st to take advantage of early-b...

AGA’s Professional Development Training (PDT) brings together a broad audience of more than 2,000 federal, state and local government financial professionals, including federal, state and local government CFOs, inspectors general, accountants, auditors as well as financial professionals from the private sector. PDT offers educational sessions over three days of training. Participants can earn up to 21 hours of NASBA-approved continuing p...

Customer and employee experience (CX) is becoming increasingly important to organizations across the government. Both customers and employees see and participate in technological advances promoted by the private sector, and want to see government make use of the same kinds of tools. A robust digital system to track data from citizens, partners and employees is critical in this modern era, as the federal government moves more and more resources...

Small businesses often lack the financial resources to staff their accounting departments with the expertise necessary to fuel strategic growth. Companies need a unique skillset to achieve and maintain accounting compliance in government contracts and many local CPAs lack this expertise. That's where outsourced accounting and automated bookkeeping comes into play, especially for government contractors. Working with a firm that can configure th...

DESCRIPTION As women navigate the path of higher management positions, they are challenged to proactively manage their growth and development to prepare for the leadership roles they desire. ACT-IAC is planning a forum that will bring together a diverse mix of successful women leaders, who will provide an understanding of the steps they have taken to climb the corporate ladder to a successful leadership position. It is the intent of this forum...