It is a new year and it is time to join the VA ACL Users Group, or renew your VA ACL Users Group Membership.  Last year we had meetings on Processing Report Files Using ACL, Continuous Auditing, ACL Exchange, Audit Analytics and Dialog Boxes. You could have earned a total of 8 CPE.   We hosted multiple day ACL training classes on Beginning ACL and Advanced Internal Controls Testing.   You could have earned a total of 8 CPE.  This year, along with our quarterly meetings, we will be holding an ACL Advanced Class Training course in the Spring.  Other ACL courses may be coordinated, if there is enough interest within the Group. Please look for our survey in the next few weeks so we can obtain your feedback on training classes.  If you have already renewed for 2011, please ignore this message.

To join or renew the Membership Form is attached.  Individual members that are joining for the first time pay a $25.00 application fee and the $20 annual dues.  You only need to complete page 1.  If you are renewing an individual membership, pay the $20 annual dues and complete page 1.

The following slides were presented during annual Holiday meeting on Friday, December 12, 2008, Steve Biskie spoke about "Continuous Monitoring". Charles Gauntt of Southern States Cooperative shared his experiences developing ACL scripts for a Renewable Fuels Audit required by the EPA.