T131: An Auditor’s Perspective on Pandemic Program Oversight

  • Room: Orange County Ballroom
  • Session Number:T131
Tuesday, July 19, 2022: 4:05 PM - 4:55 PM

Moderator
David Zavada CPA
Senior Partner
Kearney & Company
Speaker
Hannibal "Mike" Ware CFE
Inspector General
SBA-OIG
Speaker
Robert Westbrooks JD, CPA, CIA, CISA
Former Executive Director
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Speaker
Vance Cable
Senior Auditor Evaluator
California State Auditor's

Description

This session will focus on the oversight of major pandemic relief programs with a panel discussion on the initial challenges in the oversight of these initiatives and the tasks approaching auditors. Explore risk assessment models, data-sharing constraints, current findings and lessons learned as a result of COVID-19. 



Key Take-aways

Key Takeaways:
• Overseeing pandemic relief programs created many challenges for auditors.
• Knowing the findings to date, presented in this session, will prepare you for the future.
• In the event of similar situations in the future, knowing about approaches that were fruitful will help accoutability professionals maintain program integrity.

Learning Objectives

Examine different approaches to the challenges of overseeing pandemic-related programs and the tradeoffs between timeliness and control. Review the lessons learned as accountability professionals began to deal with the rapid disbursal of trillions of dollars.