PNIAF Spring Meeting 2013 – Portland, Oregon

Agenda

• Wednesday, March 6
  10:30a      Principals’ Meeting 
  12:15p      Registration 
   1:00p       Program Begins
    5:00p      Reception at Hotel 
  
  
• Thursday, March 7
   7:15a       Continental Breakfast 
   8:00a       Program Begins
  12:00n      Lunch Buffet 
   5:00p       Program Ends
  
  
• Friday, March 8
   7:15a       Continental Breakfast 
   8:00a       Program Begins
  12:10p      Program Ends   

• Final Agenda
• Speaker Biographies

Speaker Presentations and Handouts:

March 6, 2013:

• Developing a Body of Audit Work: Jeffrey Larson
  Senior Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Airports Audit: Christopher Jones, Senior Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office, and John Stambaugh, Senior Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Methodology Designs: Cell Phone Audit  Nicole Dewees,
  Performance Auditor, Multnomah County Auditor’s Office, and Judith DeVilliers, Principal Auditor, Multnomah County Auditor’s Office
• Methodology Designs:  Surveys:
  • Portland’s Community Survey: Bob MacKay, Management Auditor, City of Portland Auditor’s Office, and Jennifer Scott, Senior Management Auditor, City of Portland Auditor’s Office
  • Survey Methodology: Heather MacLeod, Assistant Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office, and Katherine Killebrew, Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office

March 7, 2013:

• Governance, Wicked Issues, and the Evolving Role of Performance Auditing
  J. Christopher Mihm, Managing Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office
  •  Where Young People Go to retire? Amenities, Opportunity, and Migration of the Young and College-Educated
    Jason R. Jurjevich, Ph.D.,Assistant Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning/Acting Director, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Population Research Center, Portland State University
  •  The Strengths of Using Multiple Audit Methodologies: Case Study of Washington State Ferries’ Vessel Construction Program
    Steve Harkreader, Ph.d., Methodologist, Performance Audit, Washington State Auditor’s Office, and Susan Hoffman, Principal, Performance Audit, Washington State Auditor’s Office  
    • Report – Leading Practices and Timeline
    • Report – Results Page
• Evaluating IT Projects
  Tina Rogers, Capital Projects Oversight Manager, King County Auditor’s Office, and Ben Thompson, Principal Management Auditor, King County Auditor’s Office
• Performance Management: Auditors Adding Value
  Tina Rogers, Capital Projects Oversight Manager, King County Auditor’s Office, and Ben Thompson, Principal Management Auditor, King County Auditor’s Office

March 8, 2013:

• Effectiveness of Advertising on Lottery Sales
  Peter Heineccius, Research Analyst, Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee, Washington State Legislature
• A Day in The Life – Key recent events for BC’s Auditor General
  John Doyle, Auditor General of British Columbia, Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia, and Malcolm Gaston, CMA, CPFA, Assistant Auditor General of British Columbia, Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia
• Health and Human Service Caseload Forecasting
  Shanda Miller, Principal Auditor, Secretary of State Audits Division, State of Oregon, and Ian Green, Staff Auditor, Secretary of State Audits Division, State of Oregon
• Meeting Oregon’s Workforce Training Needs and Education Goals
  Erin Fifield, Staff Auditor, Secretary of State Audits Division, State of Oregon, and Nicole Pexton, Staff Auditor, Secretary of State Audits Division, State of Oregon