The Green Book Seminar

A Practical Approach to The Green Book

The Green Book sets the standards for an effective internal control system for federal agencies, a crucial safeguard over public resources. State, local, and quasi-governmental entities, as well as not-for-profit organizations, may adopt the new Green Book standards as a framework for an internal control system.

This CPE seminar covers the principles-based Green Book approach to a system of internal controls which uses COSO 2013 framework as its basis. COSO 2013 defines internal controls as being within five components and seventeen principles. The education process covers the interrelationships presented within the COSO 2013 framework and how to approach the classification of controls within the framework. The Green Book, however, has a different focuses for compliance in line within the governmental environment.

This eight-hour CPE course provides you with a more in-depth look at how to implement controls that are consistent with The Green Book. It covers the Who - What - Why - Where - How to Control. We look at the principles-based approach presented in The Green Book.

This CPE seminar is for business professionals. Attendees are not required to have a detailed knowledge of operations, risks, controls, auditing, compliance or The Green Book. However, by the end of the class, you will absorb an understanding of these areas, as well as how to apply the updated Green Book controls and principles to your governmental organization and your Yellow Book audits.

Our seminars are as entertaining as they are informative. Sit back and enjoy; be engaged and educated in a casual atmosphere of information exchange. We will not bore you!

Follow the below links for further detail information:
. Seminar Highlights
. Learning Objectives
. Key Issues on the Agenda

The 2014 Green Book is available on GAO’s website at: http://www.gao.gov/greenbook.

The retail cost of this CPE seminar is $495.00 for the first attendee from an organization. Attendees past the first attendee are $245.00 each.

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Each attendee will receive 8 Auditing CPE Hours (YB).

 Upcoming The Green Book: Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government Seminars:

Refer to our Seminar Cities Index for a list of our seminar locations. The individual city pages provide a listing of topics being presented. Our Seminar Cities by Week provides a guide to the locations during a calendar week.

On September 10, 2014 GAO issued its revision of Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government. You can read the press release here. The 2014 revision will supersede GAO/AIMD-00-21.3.1, Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government: November 1999. This document is based on the COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework 2013. GAO's 2014 revision will be effective beginning with fiscal year 2016 and the FMFIA reports covering that year. Management, at its discretion, may elect early adoption of the 2014 Green Book.

Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) requires that federal agency executives periodically review and annually report on the agency's internal control systems. FMFIA requires the Comptroller General to prescribe internal controls standards. These internal control standards, first issued in 1983, present the internal control standards for federal agencies for both program and financial management.

The Green Book may also be adopted by state, local, and quasi-governmental entities, as well as not-for-profit organizations, as a framework for an internal control system.

State and Federal Internal Controls, Financial Management Systems and Compliance with Laws and Regulations Documents

Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (The Green Book)