2007 AASHTO Conference

Standing Committee on Finance and Administration

Administrative Subcommittee on Internal/External Audit

The 2007 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials conference met in Norfolk July 14-20, 2007.

Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel
777 Waterside Drive
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: (757) 622-6664 
Fax: (757) 625-8271

Conference Agenda and Presentations

July 16, 2007

Welcoming Remarks

• Wanda Wells, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) inspector general
• Paul D. Fraim, Norfolk mayor
• David S. Ekern, VDOT commissioner
• Will Kempton, director of CalTrans, chair of the AASHTO standing committee on finance and administration
• Frederick G. (Bud) Wright, Jr., executive director, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Financial Integrity Review and Evaluation

• Margo Sheridan, FHWA chief financial officer

Challenges and Opportunities in Accounting, Finance, Budget and Internal Controls

• Margo Sheridan, FHWA chief financial officer

Transportation-Related Audits

• Rebecca Batts, deputy assistant inspector general
  Surface and Maritime Programs, U. S. Department of Transportation
  

Surface Transportation Funding

• Jack Basso, chief operating officer and business development director
  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

July 17, 2007

Automated Audit Software

• Paisley – GRC, Linda Bergs
• PWC – TeamMate, Pam McCoy
• IAD Solutions - Audit Leverage, Michael Awad

Public Private Partnerships – Panel Discussion

Panel members:

• Judson Brown, VDOT
• Jennifer Rasnick, VDOT
• Tom Pelnik, VDOT
• Paula Jensen, Texas DOT
• Thomas J. Goodfellow, MBA, CPA – TG Associates, PLLC

Woodrow Wilson Bridge

• Jim Ruddell, Potomac Crossing Consultants
• Romi Shah, Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA)
• Judson Brown VDOT

Transportation-Related Fraud Schemes and Indicators and Partnering

• Frank Davenport, USDOT Office of the Inspector General
• Judson Brown, VDOT

Executive Compensation: FAR Requirements and Processes

• William F. Fanning, PSJM Resources Inc.

H.R. 3058; Section 174 Implementation – Panel Discussion

Panel members:

• Romi Shah, Maryland SHA
• Todd Jones, North Carolina DOT
• Jimmy Holfeltz, Utah DOT
• Nick Ellis, Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.
• Wayne Owens, CPA

July 18, 2007

Agency Risk Management and Internal Controls Standards

• Ron Necessary, Virginia Department of Accounts

Yellow Book Updates

• Gail Flister Vallieres, financial management and assurance team
  U. S. Government Accountability Office

  Overhead Overstatements by Engineering Firms

  Presenters:
• Cecil Bragg, Office of the Inspector General
• Joe Maleszewski and Jeffrey Owens, Florida DOT

Performing FAR Audits That STATE DOTs Will Accept

• Dennis Dodd, vice president, MacConnel & Dodd Inc.

July 19, 2007

AASHTO 2008

• Paula Jensen, Texas DOT

Class 1 - Railroad Updates

• Valerie Yeager, CSX Transportation
• Melissa Floyd, Norfolk Southern Corporation

Business Ethics

• Douglas E. Ziegenfuss, PH.D., Old Dominion University

Committee Meetings

AASHTO – ACEC Peer Review

Business Meeting

Conference Photos

• Photos of the 2007 AASHTO conference

Contacts

Bradley W. Gales, internal audit director
VDOT
1401 E. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219

Phone: (804) 786-2825
Fax:     (804) 786-2487
E-mail: Bradley.Gales@VDOT.Virginia.gov

Judson Brown, external and construction audit director
VDOT
1401 E. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219

Phone: (804) 225-3597
Fax:     (804) 786-3449
E-mail: Judson.Brown@VDOT.Virginia.gov

Links

Sponsors:

• AASHTO
• Virginia Department of Transportation

Also:

• 2008 conference information