Deschutes County’s Office of Internal Audit, located in Oregon, has received national recognition for its Management of Pandemic Case Investigation and Contact Tracing audit, which was released in 2022. The Office, led by County Internal Auditor David Givans, received the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA) 2022 Distinguished Knighton Award for Read More
We all know the common expression, “you only get one chance to make a good first impression.” For internal audit, this chance often comes during the kickoff meeting. This introductory meeting will often set the tone for the entire audit. Its primary objective is to align the auditors and auditee Read More
GUEST BLOG POST A few years ago, I was privileged to be a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors’ Relook Task Force. It had a couple of objectives, including reviewing the Definition of Internal Audit (which it decided did not require updating, although we did decide to add a Read More
Let’s be honest, sales and marketing skills may not always come naturally to members of the internal audit community. We often view ourselves as thorough, persistent, independent, brave—I could go on and on—but not sellers. Why is that? Why don’t internal audit leaders devote more time to developing sales and Read More
The Institute of Internal Auditors and Deloitte released a new report that provides guidance on how the internal audit profession can help foster an improved culture by assessing an organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices, beginning with its own function. The report includes actionable steps the internal audit function Read More
The Institute of Internal Auditors, a professional organization for the internal audit profession, has named Sally-Anne Pitt as its new global board chair for 2023 and 2024. The announcement was made at the IIA’s International Conference in Amsterdam last week. Pitt, who has been managing director of internal audit advisory Read More
In the 19th edition of its Internal Auditing Around the World profile series, global consulting firm Protiviti has published insights from its interviews with chief audit executives (CAEs) from some of the world’s best-known companies. Amid economic unrest, quickly evolving regulations, a fast-moving risk landscape and rising stakeholder expectations, the Read More
The federal government’s focus on the construction industry is growing as more construction companies benefit from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The IIJA was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Nov. 15, 2021, and is funneling millions of dollars into infrastructure improvement projects. Now, the government Read More
Just as in any other industry, the financial industry has its fair share of questionable behavior, and then some. For this reason, an alphabet soup of regulatory oversight — and accompanying fines for non-compliance, violations, and even fraud — exist to keep financial institutions in line. Regulatory bodies like the Read More
According to a new report, internal audit leaders say that organizational culture is among the biggest contributors to wrongdoing at their entities, as well as the biggest defense to keeping it from happening. It also finds, however, that companies are still not making it a priority to assess the organizational Read More
