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The Affiliated Monitors Expert Podcast

Crisis and Compliance in the Federal Marketplace During Coronavirus


The disruption brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic has ensured that the government contracting sector and organizations working on federally funded projects are no longer conducting business as usual. From an ethics and compliance perspective, organizations large and small, profit and not-for-profit, need to maintain a robust ethics and compliance program, but now it is within a starkly different environment. Government contractors, grant recipients, and others working on federally funded programs must understand and respond to changing compliance risks to maintain the adequacy and effectiveness of their policies and procedures.
In this webinar our panelists will discuss current challenges and practical responses to help organizations maintain the effectiveness of their ethics and compliance programs in the current crisis. They will also present a framework for an ethical decision-making process based on practical considerations and industry experience. Join Moderator, Rod Grandon, Managing Director, Government Services, at AMI and Panelists, Eric Feldman — Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Corporate Ethics & Compliance Programs at AMI, Dismas Locaria — Partner at Venable LLP and Thomas Topolski — Executive Vice President, Infrastructure Business Development at Parsons Corporation.

For more information on AMI check out their website, here.

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The Ethics Experts

TEE Vendor Pain Points Bonus Episode 001: Michael Clarke


On this special bonus episode of The Ethics Experts, we speak with Michael Clarke about the perfect vendor experience, and what you should do to make sure you get it.

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Compliance and Coronavirus

Julie Myers Wood on Privacy Laws and Data Transfer During Covid-19


Welcome to the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network, Compliance and Coronavirus. As the Voice of Compliance, I wanted to start a podcast which will help to bring both clarity and sanity to the compliance practitioner and compliance profession during this worldwide health and healthcare crisis. In this episode, I am joined by Julie Myers Wood, CEO of Guidepost Solutions.  We visit about privacy laws as they impact the transfer of data in the new normal of Covid-19.

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Innovation in Compliance

Leveraging Value From Data with Amy Hilbert


This week’s guest on the Innovation In Compliance podcast is Amy Hilbert of Casepoint. She joined Casepoint to help build out their services for federal, state and local, and international government agencies, and to help ensure that the company had the right people, processes and contracting methods in place. She chats with Tom Fox about Casepoint’s services, and what they can do for compliance professionals.

Products and Services
Amy describes Casepoint as a legal technology platform, whose first component is e-discovery. Their clients use them “to help work through large volumes of data so they can narrow down to key pieces they need, either for a FOIA request, for an investigation, for certifications… or to actually go to litigation,” Amy says. 
Moving Government To The Cloud
Tom asks Amy to describe the unique requirements government agencies must face as they move to the cloud. Amy responds that every organization, including the government, has to look at their risk posture before moving to the cloud. Since the government’s mandate is to protect the data of its citizens, they have to adopt more stringent policies and procedures. Amy points out, “Anything that goes into the cloud has to be FedRAMP certified.”
Project Management As The Key
Amy and Tom discuss why Casepoint was able to secure an exclusive contract with the SEC. “They [the SEC] went to great extents to make sure that they were really picking a solid solution based on the functionality and capabilities of the company,” Amy says. “I think the key for Casepoint was our ability to handle some of those complex data types that we received.” Tom remarks that Casepoint is not simply a technological platform and solution, but project management is also a key part of the company. Amy agrees that Casepoint’s project managers are a key part of the company’s success: they ensure that clients leverage the technology in the best way possible to get the most efficiency in their workflow.
How Compliance Professionals Can Benefit
Two case studies illustrating how Casepoint helped clients are shared. She points out that maintaining metadata is the key to data analysis. Tom comments that the case studies emphasize for him the services component as well as the workflow process, which would enable the user to “quickly and efficiently be able to use the data that you’ve been able to synthesize for them… Oftentimes in a corporation, compliance practitioners who are lawyers may not understand or be able to pull as quickly other types of information. So having that sort of in-house expertise … seems critical to me,” Tom says.
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Casepoint.com

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Daily Compliance News

May 26, 2020-the Perfect Storm edition

 
In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Keeping ideas flowing during WFH. (FT)
  • The perfect storm for fraud (and bribery) risk? (WSJ)
  • Have the basics of the energy industry changed? (WaPo)
  • Germany orders VW to compensate drivers. (WSJ)
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Jamming with Jason

Community and Coaching


In order to really learn we need knowledge, skills, abilities and experience. Abilities come from taking knowledge and skills we acquire and through reflection and application figuring out how to apply them to our situation and circumstance for our benefit. We then fully learn through repetition and experience actually doing those things.
In this #jammingwithjason #internalauditpodcast episode I dig into why this is so important and how we do this.
Listen in at: http://www.jasonmefford.com/jammingwithjason/
I’ve read thousands of books in my life, but the knowledge does no good if I stop with reading the book (knowledge). The great Bruce Lee said, “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”
The fastest way to transform knowledge into action and wisdom is by joining a community of like-minded people, and investing in coaching.
If you are serious about lifelong learning and transforming yourself for your success in life and your career, listen to learn how to turbo-charge your learning.
If you are a #chiefauditexecutive and ready for a community of like-minded peers and coaching, join the #CAE Forum: https://jasonmefford.mykajabi.com/caeforum
If you are in #internalaudit and was a community of like-minded peers, join the cRisk Academy Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/criskacademy/
The documentary about the community of musicians in Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles that I mentioned in this episode is called: Echo in the Canyon. Well worth a watch if you love music like I do 🙂
#lifelonglearning

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Daily Compliance News

May 25, 2020-the Memorial Day edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • VW ad agency says they were sabotaged. (FT)
  • End of Hong Kong as HQ for many western companies? (NYT)
  • How can an employer say thanks during Covid-19 WFH? (Wapo)
  • Should colleges reopen simply to play football? (Yes if you are in the South.) (WSJ)
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The Ethics Experts

Episode 014–Antonio Fernandez


On this episode of The Ethics Experts, we speak with Antonio Fernandez about using love to transform the workplace, just like he transformed the Latin Kings.

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Sunday Book Review

May 24, 2020 Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers The World’s Greatest Companies


Today, I take things in a different direction as I have a guest podcast, hosted by my good friend Sean Freidlin, Director of Product Marketing at SAI Global. In May 2020, Sean Freidlin spoke with Denise Lee Yohn, author of Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers The World’s Greatest Companies, for the second edition of the SAI Global Compliance Book Club. Their conversation focused on 4 topics at the heart of many ethics and compliance programs today; culture, values, communication, and brand-building, exploring best-practices from the perspective of Denise’s experiences in the field, which are written about in-depth in the book, as well as how the perspectives around these topics may change because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The interview naturally led to the Code of Conduct, and the benefits of integrating brand and culture throughout every pillar of an ethics and compliance program to help an organization be more effective and successful, as well as strategies to put some of these concepts into action.
Check out and subscribe to the SAI Global Compliance Book Club here. Check out the original source here.

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Daily Compliance News

May 23, 2020-the Something Smells edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Corruption in the fish value chain. Who knew? (WEF)
  • What will health care fraud enforcement look like? (Contract Pharma)
  • Chinese companies would be de-listed under new law. (BBC)
  • Top banking regulator resigns. (WaPo)