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The November 2017 AIG Conference in Austin, Texas will be co-hosted by the Office of Inspector General for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Confirmed speakers are Inspectors General (IGs) from across the country, including:
| Presenter | Representing |
| Bruce R. Beemer | Inspector General, State of Pennsylvania |
| Patrick M. Blanchard | Inspector General, Cook County, Illinois |
| Glenn A. Cunha | Inspector General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
| Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. | Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Glenn A. Fine | Acting Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense |
| Rhonda Fleming | Inspector General, State of Texas Department of Public Safety |
| Maggie Hickey | Executive Inspector General, State of Illinois |
| Allison C. Lerner | Inspector General, National Science Foundation |
| Daniel R. Levinson | Inspector General, U.S. Health and Human Services |
| Roland D. Luna | Deputy Inspector General of Investigations, State of Texas Health and Human Services Commission |
| Forrest Mitchell, | Inspector General, State of Texas Juvenile Justice Department |
| Ed Quatreavaux | Inspector General, City of New Orleans |
| Stephen B. Street, Jr. | Inspector General, State of Louisiana |
| John F. Sopko | Special Inspector General, Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) |
| Bruce Toney | Inspector General, State of Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
The three-day conference will include presentations in the following areas:
- Lessons Learned from the Conviction of a Former Pennsylvania Attorney General
- Detecting and Deterring Corruption in Cook County
- How to Prepare an Investigation for Prosecution
- How the EPA OIG Promotes Good Governance Through its Statutory Role of Promoting Economy, Efficiency, and Preventing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Within the EPA
- Maintaining the Integrity and Neutrality of Investigations throughout Extensive Media Coverage
- Insight on the Operations of a Large Agency and How it Relates to State-Level Oversight throughout the Country
- Experiences and Lessons Learned from Testifying for the State and Federal Courts
- Case Studies on Improving the New Orleans’ Police Department Operations and Management
- From Kabul to Cleveland North Dakota, Oversight is Mission Critic
- Developing Trust and Rapport with Informants
The conference will also have two break-out tracks:
1) Criminal Investigations and
2) Health Care Investigations, Inspections, and Audits