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Passing the Torch

Change is inevitable whether it is embraced or thrust upon you.  With the passing of RBIA’s founder, Peter Osterio, in June 2007 The Osterio Group began the mission of passing the torch to his hand selected replacement.   Liz Meyers first met Peter while working with a national food distribution company based in Houston, Texas. Peter expressed that if he had to pick just one person to carry RBIA forward, it could be safely entrusted to Liz.  We have been working diligently over the last year to make this transition happen and we are now proud to announce Liz Meyers as the new lead instructor and visionary of Risk Based Integrated Auditing TM and Practical Governance and Risk Management TM.  Please join The Osterio Group in welcoming Liz to the RBIA family. For more information, please visit this link for Liz’s bio.

We are excited to announce that in June of this year, Liz presented the newly revised RBIA program to an Ohio corporation and received resounding reviews.  Our next open-to-the-public RBIA class is July 22 – 25, 2008.  Sign up today!

The Way We Think About Controls

Please click here to understand our approach to controls in the business world.

Not all CPE is the same and accepted by all groups!

There is nothing worse than arranging to attend a seminar for your required CPE only to have those credits declined by your professional association at the last minute with no time left to attend other classes. Your professional certification may be at risk!

We are noticing an increasing number of instances where a professional organization's CPE credits are not accepted by other professional organizations. Some people assume that all CPE will be recognized by all professional associations. This is incorrect.
The OSTERIO Group is National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) approved for all our seminars. Basically this means that all accounting, risk, control and audit associations will accept The OSTERIO Group issued CPE credits.

It is important to consider who accepts the CPE credits that you plan to claim BEFORE you attend any training seminar.

traight Talk about Internal Audit

The massive increase in the number of internal audit departments that have been outsourced in recent years indicates that there are some fundamental problems with the way internal audit departments operate.

The screen play for our upcoming CD "Straight Talk about Internal Audit" is posted in our General Auditor's suite. It contains a frank assessment of the pitfalls and problems of internal audit departments that leads to their outsourcing. Based on our constant and extensive interaction with business executives, it deals with the realities of internal audit as an overhead cost function in a world where overhead costs are being increasingly scrutinized, downsized, or outsourced. Essential reading for every General Auditor. Click on General Auditor's Suite on the left.

Available Now for RBIA Customers - We have prepared an insert for your audit procedures manual covering the RBIA process. The insert will meet the IIA Quality Assurance requirements for a description of the way an RBIA audit is performed. Call (770)536-2898 for a copy. There is no charge for RBIA audit departments.

If you need help in pulling a team together to work on a Quality Assurance review, please call us. We have taken several steps to update team leaders in how the RBIA audit approach works. Your life will be considerably easier if the people performing your review actually understand how the value generating RBIA process works.

Dates are filling up for our "Reconnect with the Business" one day seminar series for audit, accounting, quality, project management and IT chapters. Choose from our popular Audit Executive Development, Governance Auditing, Risk Based Integrated Auditing and Practical Governance and Risk Management seminars. We will also help you market your seminar on our site.

Call (770)536-2898 for details.

Our Downsizing Staff the Right Way briefing paper is now available in the Chief Executives Suite. Save money through downsizing while ensuring Sarbanes Oxley compliance. Click on Chief Executives Suite on the left.

The Best of the Best for 2006

RBIA Gold Medal
Ms. Martha Mimica, Florida Power & Light

RBIA Silver Medal
Mr. Bill Egan, Scotts Company

RBIA Bronze Medal
Mr. Dan Ashley, Qwest Communications

Congratulations!
prior year winners

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Updated: July 1, 2008