Leading Insights Blog
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October 29th, 2024
Leading Insights: Integration of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Capabilities and Potential Challenges
This is a reprint of an article that appeared in the July 2024 AFERM Newsletter. Integration, as it relates to the maturity of agencies’ Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programs, has been a hot topic recently. According to the Chief Financial Officer’s (CFO) Council and Performance Improvement Council (PIC), Playbook: Enterprise Risk Management in the U.S. Federal Government (ERM Playbook), “Successful integration of ERM into agencies’ day to day decision-making and management practices enables agencies to leverage opportunities and avoid, mitigate, and transfer risk, resulting in more resilient, effective, and efficient programs.”
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March 6th, 2024
AGA 2023 Inspector General and State Auditor Survey Highlights Proactive Oversight Community
This is a reprint of an article that appeared in the Winter 2024 issue of the AGA Journal. It previews AGA’s 2023 IG and State Auditor Survey, which was sponsored by Kearney. The full Survey will publish in February 2024.
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February 15th, 2024
Obsolescence in Opportunity – How Accountants Can Make Transformative Organizational Impacts
The world’s business environments are constantly changing, and technology gives today’s accountants a chance to break free from the confines of their traditional roles. Tomorrow’s accountants could be beacons for transformative change, resulting in positive impact for their organization and clients.
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January 25th, 2024
ChatGPT: Potential Uses and Limitations in Conversational AI
The emergence of conversational AI has heralded a new era in human-computer interaction, transcending the boundaries of what was once thought possible.
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January 3rd, 2024
The Conundrum of Embracing the Future While Maintaining our Foundation
Innovation forces the workforce to grow and adapt, not only to meet changing legislation and emerging requirements, but also because leadership and accountants alike must take action to reskill current employees on applications and technologies to maintain relevancy. Innovation will continue to drive the future of the accountant’s position. Ultimately, the institutional and technical knowledge accountants hold will have to be harnessed to couple new technology appropriately and keep resources upskilled on day one.
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December 11th, 2023
The Fundamental Shift to a Data-centric Security Posture Through Zero Trust Architecture
With malicious actors becoming more sophisticated in exploiting various attack avenues, along with organizations adopting new technology to meet business needs, the attack surface has become exponentially larger. This makes it much more difficult to just defend organizational assets through a defense-in-depth approach.
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November 1st, 2023
Guardians of Progress: The Imperative Role of Human Oversight in AI Development
Human oversight over AI is necessary, including ethical dilemmas, accountability and responsibility concerns, and the complexities of navigating ambiguous scenarios. This oversight promotes an upscaling of existing job markets into supervisory and higher-level roles as AI continues to expand.
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October 18th, 2023
Revolutionizing Conversations: ChatGPT’s Potential Uses and Limitations in Conversational AI
The emergence of conversational AI has heralded a new era in human-computer interaction, transcending the boundaries of what was once thought possible.
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October 4th, 2023
Audit Data Analytics: How Technology is Changing Audit Approach
Technological developments have changed how auditors and clients perform work and support business decisions. As clients’ expectations continue to evolve, the auditors’ use of technology will need to expand to keep pace.
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September 30th, 2023
Introduction to System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1® Report
How do User Entities gain assurance that the outsourced controls relevant to their financial reporting processes are effective? That is where a SOC 1® Report comes into the picture. The SOC 1® Report provides User Entities with assurance that the controls that Service Organizations have put in place to protect their assets are effective.
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September 24th, 2023
Evolving PMOs to be Future-Ready
The future Project Management Office (PMO), if structured and scoped correctly, can bring greater focus and agility to accomplish organizational goals.
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September 20th, 2023
With So Much RPA, Why Don’t We Have More RPA?
Government agencies and companies alike are implementing automation processes to optimize performance and increase productivity, among other benefits.
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September 18th, 2023
Vulnerability Scanning: Understanding and Interpreting Results
Vulnerability scanning can seem like a daunting task, but protecting the data is of the utmost importance in today’s ever-expanding digital world.
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September 11th, 2023
Fraud Detection Techniques to Incorporate into Healthcare-Related Financial Statement Audits
The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association estimates that three to 10% of overall healthcare spend is fraudulent, which means that between $123 and $410 billion in U.S. healthcare spend is impacted.
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September 4th, 2023
Tableau Capabilities to Improve Federal Agency Oversight and Monitoring
Creating effective dashboards allows oversight and monitoring to move more quickly and gives the ability to focus on areas of concern that matter to stakeholders.