Auditing class draws interest throughout DOD | Military Scene

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Huntsville Center’s Internal Review office wrapped up its fourth government auditing foundational course of the year Sept. 14, but if interest continues to grow throughout the Army and the Department of Defense, it likely won’t be the last.

Lori Cordell-Meikle, chief of Internal Review, launched the course with her staff in March as a way to keep pace with the Army Internal Review Program’s evolving requirements in respect to the Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards, or GAGAS.

The course started as a partnership between Huntsville Center and the Army Reserve Command, but has expanded since March. The original plan was to offer two classes this fiscal year, but Cordell-Meikle said the course has since “taken on a life of its own.”

GAGAS, also known as “The Yellow Book,” is the framework of rules and standards within which Army Internal Review Program professionals operate as they provide internal auditing in the domains of finance, policy, acquisition, programs, training and others.

From 2005-13, most of the Army’s auditors were classified as accountants and were…

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