Explore how the Government Auditing Standards 2024 Revision (the Yellow Book) reshapes expectations for government audit organizations and audit teams, with a central focus on the new quality management framework in Chapter 5. This half-day course examines the most consequential changes, including increased scalability and a more explicit risk-based approach. You’ll examine how these requirements affect audit planning, execution, and oversight, and work through realistic scenarios to strengthen audit quality and support ongoing compliance with current standards.

Lead audit teams with purpose and impact. This course prepares you to drive the audit mission forward while upholding the ethics, independence, and professional judgment required by Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS). You'll learn practical strategies to inspire audit staff and engage external stakeholders in promoting meaningful performance improvement across planning, fieldwork, reporting, and follow-up. Through facilitated discussions and practical exercises, you'll apply techniques to help you lead audit teams with integrity, accountability, and adaptability.

Learn the difference between certified and other-than-certified cost and pricing data and gain the ability to produce cost analyses based on your data. You will use everyday examples to explore the skills needed to make the certified and other-than-certified distinction in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). You will leave this course with the ability to generate cost analyses with confidence.