Join us as we podcast from the 2019 AGA PDT in New Orleans! Our first of three PDT podcasts is with Past President John Lynskey. He discusses how his tenure as president went, his presidential initiatives and what he learned from all of you across the country this year.

Today we speak with Jennifer Leotta and Michael Holland from GAO about their upcoming Agile guide, agile development, best practices, challenges and the future of agile in the government!

Want to learn how IGs ensure the quality of their reports, investigations and professional staff? Today we chat with Tom Salmon from DHS OIG about quality assurance of audits, investigations, inspections and agency internal affairs offices.

Join us as we chat with Marisa Schmader from the Treasury on this "two-fer" podcast! We discuss G-Invoicing. What is it? What do agencies need to do? When do agencies start using it for inter-agency agreements? Then we turn to innovative use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) at the Treasury's shared service provider, the ARC. RPA is helping the ARC do more with less, learn all about it.

Linda Miller from Grant Thornton and Rebecca Shea from GAO discuss the Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act. We discuss what agencies need to do to comply with the act, report on fraud and put together an approach to detect, and hopefully prevent, fraud.

Today we speak with Andrew Lewis and Heidi Williams from KPMG about the future of audit. We'll cover the skillsets that future auditor and technology CFOs need to know and the direction audits are headed.

On this episode, we chat with John Hill, Mike Wetklow and Doug Glenn about the ABCDs of Technology — Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cyber and Data Analytics. Based on an AGA Journal article by John, Mike and Doug, we deep dive into what tomorrow, and today's, CFO needs to know about the ABCDs!

On this episode, we speak with the chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), David Vaudt. We learn about the standard setting process, the makeup of the board and major projects underway in the state and local government accounting world. Learn more about GASB at their website: gasb.org.

On this episode, Ann Ebberts, Nick Hart and Robert Shea discuss how to bridge the gap between evidence, cost and performance. We cover the newly enacted Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy Making Act, discuss how we can determine "what we get for what we spent" and how CFOs, Public Information Officers and Chief Evaluation Officers can collaborate to bridge the gap.

Bipartisan Policy Center: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/

During this episode, Rich Rasa from the Department of Education, Office of Inspector General, discusses the Cooperative Audit Resolution and Oversight Initiative (CAROI). Rich was the architect of this innovative program and we learn about its origins, evolution over time and how both auditors and auditees can benefit from using the CAROI approach. For more info on CAROI, including implementation guides see: www.agacgfm.org/tools-resources/intergovhome.aspx