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Audio Conference
Data
Mining
2 CPE Hours Available
March 7, 2012 from 2-4 pm
AGA, in conjunction with
the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers and the
Association of Local Government Auditors, is pleased to announce a new audio
conference on using data mining to combat fraud, waste and abuse.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
Office of Inspector General (OIG) established a Data Mining Group within its
Office of Investigations to identify and prioritize probable fraudulent activity
in four distinct areas of the Postal Service: contracts, health care, mail
theft and finance. The USPS managed more than $33 billion in contracts in FY2009
and the OIG has previously relied primarily on hotline tips for investigative
leads.
Partnering with Elder
Research Inc., the USPS OIG has developed a contract fraud data mining tool by
combining advanced data mining techniques, data visualization and subject matter
expertise to score all USPS contracts for potential fraud, waste and abuse.
Though developed primarily for investigations, the USPS OIG believes that this
promising anti-fraud tool will also aid auditing, postal business operations and
other governmental agencies looking to reduce and minimize fraud, waste and
abuse.
To share their knowledge
and expertise about data mining are Bryan Jones, director,
Data Mining Group, Office of Investigations, Office of the Inspector General,
U.S. Postal Service; and Antonia de Medinaceli, director,
Business Analytics and Fraud Detection, Elder Research, Inc.
Please join us for two hours of lively discussion about this important and timely topic. In addition to the speaker’s
commentary, participants can ask questions toward the end of the program.
It will be free to members and the cost to
non-members is $20 (payment can be made upon arrival). The location of the
conference will be at the Wanamaker Bldg,
Register before noon on Friday, March 2nd. The replay of the audio conference is worth 2 CPE hours. Please email agaphiladelphia@comcast.net for late reservations or to cancel reservations.
Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Time: 2 – 3:50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Learning
Objectives: To
understand how the USPS uses data mining to reduce and minimize fraud, waste and
abuse
Prerequisite: None
Advance Prep: Some
familiarity with data mining techniques
CPE: Two credit hours
Field of Study: Auditing
Cost: Free for members and $20 for non-members
REGISTER BELOW BY NOON ON FRIDAY March 7, 2012. If you need to cancel, please notify us at agaphiladelphia@comcast.net.