Description:
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides $1.2 trillion in federal spending over the next five years mostly in grants and contracts to states and local governments for public transit, railways, power grids, electric vehicles and buses, ferries, airports, waterways, climate change, broadband internet, environmental protection, drinking water, and transformation safety. This program of fast-moving money, with untested controls, provides vast opportunities for fraud and waste. Auditors, investigators, and grants and contract managers at all levels of government will need to be especially vigilant for possible schemes and red flag indicators of fraud that robs the public of funds and performance.
Who Should Attend?
Auditors, investigators, inspectors, contract, grant and program managers involved in approving IIJA project spending and monitoring performance and fund accountability.
Tuition:
2024 classes:
$579
2025 classes:
$549
Credits:
8 CPE
Class Type:
This course is currently being offered in the following training modalities:
- Online
- Virtual Instructor-Led - AUDT8005A
- Class Length: This class is listed as a 1-day (8 hours) course.
- Virtual Instructor-Led - AUDT8005A
- In-Person
- On-site
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the basics of IIJA, the agencies, the projects, and spending
- Understand the basics of fraud and auditors’ and investigators’ responsibilities
- Identify fraud schemes and indicators that are common to federally funded projects
- Learn investigative techniques to assist agents and auditors in discovering procurement fraud
- Understand the federal, civil, and criminal statutes that fraud schemes violate
- Understand the basics of control standards, applications, and indicators of control weaknesses and vulnerabilities
Learning Outcomes
Module 1
- Basics of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Module 2
- Auditors and investigators responsibility for detecting fraud
Module 3
- Common schemes and indicators
Module 4
- Auditing and investigative techniques
Module 5
- Federal Criminal and Civil statutes
Module 6
- Control standards and weaknesses