Can you really do that? Lessons Learned from the Federal Government Peer External Quality Assessment Pilot
Independent external assessment of the internal audit function is part of a strong internal audit quality assurance and improvement program, required by the Institute of... Read More
Auditor as an Agent of Change
This presentation is based on the results of my dissertation research project that examined how some common audit practices and activities can conflict with an... Read More
Questions Government Auditors Should Ask But Rarely Do
While the business of government is increasingly complex and characterized by change, change has not come to a lot of government internal audit functions. New... Read More
Keeping a Grip on Your Organization: How do You Know What You Don’t Know?
This session is focused on good governance for leaders of public sector organizations. There are significant risks emerging to almost all public sector organizations, including increased... Read More
Governance in the Public Sector – Enabling Transformation
The public sector across Canada is under increased pressure and public scrutiny to demonstrate that policies and decisions are made in an open and transparent... Read More
Auditing Oversight in Public Sector Organizations
We live in an age of intense and continuously heightened vigilance regarding the activities of public sector organizations. The pressures, risks and challenges facing the... Read More
Paperless Government: What Internal Audit Needs to Know
Government organizations are “going paperless” to keep pace with our advancing digital world and to promote more efficient operations. Digitization projects, and projects involving digitization... Read More
A Simple Guy’s Dream to Change the World, One Audit at a Time
The profession’s profile took a distinct turn with corporate and federal government scandals around the new millennium. Internal audit has embraced the challenges of the day,... Read More