Additional Resources

Advocacy-related documents can be found on these webpages: 

• Build an Audit Function
• Support for Members

Tools and Guides

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Cultivation Model and Self-Assessment
• DEI and Auditing: Frequently Asked Questions
• Tips for Successful Interviews About Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
• Analyzing & Interpreting Data with an Equity Lens
• Guide to Equitably Engage Community Stakeholders in an Audit
• How to Measure Equity in an Audit
• How to Use Inclusive Language in Audit Reports
• Considering DEI in a Stakeholder Analysis
• 2021 GAO DEI Committee Input Letter

Additional Resources

• DEI Spotlight - Check out real-world equity audit examples each month.
• DEI Learning Lounge - Broaden your understanding of DEI through these fun media recommendations.

Recent Webinars

Upgrades are coming to ALGA's archived webinars and access to recordings may be temporarily limited during this time. Read more here.

• Implicit Bias: Understanding and Addressing Its Impact
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Bringing the World Together One Audit Shop at a Time
• Racial Equity Analysis in the Coordinated Entry Systems Assessment Process: Findings and Methodology from a Multi-Community Study
• A Starter Kit for Measuring Social Equity in Local Government

• 2018 Yellow Book Peer Review Guide - A tool to conduct a self-assessment for compliance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards
• 2017 Red Book Peer Review Guide - A tool to conduct a self-assessment for compliance with the International Professional Practices Framework
• Other Peer Review resources

• Survey Results - Biennial member satisfaction, performance measures, mentoring
• Request a survey from the Membership Committee

• Drafts currently under consideration
• ALGA's formal responses to exposure drafts

• Model Syllabus - The model syllabus provides an overview of key concepts in performance auditing. The syllabus is designed to be used in a performance auditing class within public administration/public affairs graduate school. The syllabus may also serve as a template for developing an in-house program for training new performance auditors.

• Standards
• Guidance for Complying with Government Auditing Standards Related to Nonaudit Services - April 2014
• Crosswalk from the 2011 to the 2018 Yellow Book - prepared by the Professional Issues Committee
• Strengthen your audit function
• ALGA's COVID-19 Response and Resources