Austin Government CPE Day

Breakfast & Registration

• Explore the foundations and philosophies of ethics
• Understand the Texas State Board’s Rules of Professional Conduct and the core values of our profession
• Practice applying ethical judgment in making choices appropriate for the profession and the public
• Identify the components of fraud
• Determine improvement opportunities for protecting the brand

• Understand the current state of the Texas political economy
• Identify recent actions by the Texas Legislature that will impact public finance and management

Break Out

• Understand the compliance requirements for governance and ethics in governmental entities
• Understand the steps necessary to evaluate compliance and to utilize a maturity model to assess maturity within an organization  

• Identify fiduciary activities and determine appropriate reporting
• Apply the GASB lease standards and implementation guidance

•Discuss and assess the common IT issues that face public sector organizations.
•Understand the business and IT impact of IT failures and what you can do to respond or prevent the IT issues from impacting your organization.

• Rise accountant’s curiosity as it pertains to fraud by third-party vendors.
• Help increase accountant’s sense of what they know and don’t know about third-party fraud risks.
• Give accountants a better sense of what information they need or need to provide to help improve policies and procedures around third-parties.

•Gain a general knowledge of how organizational culture can impact effective outcomes
• Understand the concept of Emotional Intelligence and the benefits such knowledge has on organizational decision making