2025 CPE Classes
Quality Management’s Role in Internal Control and Root Cause Analysis
You will receive 2 CE credits for each session that you attend for a total of 8 credits for the class.
Session 1: Tuesday, July 8 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Session 2: Tuesday, July 15 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Session 3: Tuesday, July 22 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Session 4: Tuesday, July 29 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
CPE Credit: CPE Units: Eight (8) Available. You will receive credit for the sessions that you attend.
Cost: $100 Members / $150 Nonmembers
Description:
The class will focus on QM standards and Root Cause analysis’ role in implementing new risk-based QM standards. This is a new emphasis coming from your external auditor’s Quality Management standards and how they manage the risk in their practice related to your audits. How do they perceive your risk? What are they looking for in your internal controls? We will also look at Critical Infrastructure Sectors and the risk there, especially in the Public, Private Partnerships and the new GASB focused on disclosures in that area. We will also look at
The Infrastructure Company Classification Standard (TICCS ) and how this may play out in the upcoming deferred maintenance GASB Project.
Fraud in the World Economy and the Role of the Fraud Examiner
You will receive 2 CE credits for each session that you attend for a total of 8 credits for the class.
Session 1: Tuesday, August 5 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Session 2: Tuesday, August 12 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Session 3: Tuesday, August 19 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Session 4: Tuesday, August 26 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
CPE Credit: CPE Units: Eight (8) Available. You will receive credit for the sessions that you attend.
Cost: $100 Members / $150 Nonmembers
Description: The class will focus on the legal elements of fraud so you better understand the environment should you ever have a fraud occur. We will discuss the “Paradise Papers” which disclose fraudulent activities by major corporate players on the world stage and what the global investigation has revealed. We will drill down on how to begin and take a fraud examination on the local level to its conclusion. The proper investigation techniques are critical to your success. We will also touch on social engineering and its role in committing fraud as an introduction to the internal control class to follow which will explore social engineering in depth.
Speaker: Mr. Steve Blake, CPA, CFE, CICA
Steve Blake came to South Carolina in May, 1983. He is an honor graduate of Southern College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting. He is a member of the Special Review Committee of the Government Finance Officers Association, for which he reviews comprehensive annual financial reports for the Certificate of Achievement Program. Steve has extensive experience with audits of State and local governmental entities, agencies of State and local government, non-profit entities, colleges and universities, federal and state grant programs. Steve is also a member of the Government Finance Officers Association of South Carolina and the South Carolina Association of CPA’s. Steve works with governmental and non-profit clients in providing attestation and training services. Besides being a CPA Steve holds the following additional certifications: Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Internal Control Auditor and Chartered Global Management Accountant.