Episode 173: Advancing Audit with Christina Ho

Christina Ho knows some people would describe audit as “painful,” so what if there was a way to make it “faster, better, and cheaper?” 

In this episode, Robert and Adam sit down with Christina Ho, former PCAOB Board Member and Chief Assurance Officer at Oath to discuss her new project using AI to improve the auditing process by testing 100% of transactions. Plus, learn about her vision for a “whole new category” of independent verification, and how the current view of audit as a compliance exercise is not producing the value it is intended to. 

Thanks to our sponsors at Allocore! 

Show Notes: 

• Allocore.com 

• Variety: Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80 

• The Washington Post: Red Tape Newsletter Piece 

• Treasury: Treasury Announces the Quantum-Readiness Task Force 

• DOJ: Department of Justice Announces Launch of National Fraud Detection Center to Combat Fraud Against Taxpayer-Funded Programs 

• FedScoop: Draft OMB memo mandates agency use of Login.gov on government websites 

• Federal CDO Council: DCAT-US v3.0 Schema Implementation Guide 

• WSJ: Former Audit Regulator Helps Set Up Accounting Firm Targeting 80% Automation 

• PCAOB: Christina Ho 

• Oath Verified: oathverified.com 

• HHS: HHS Cracks Down on Years of Unchecked Audit Findings 

• OMB: M-25-30 

• OMB: Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust 

• OMB: Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government  

What’s on the GovNavigators’ radar? 

August 31st  

• The House is back in session 

September 9th  

• GovNavigators and Senior Executives Association Policy Wonk Happy Hour, The Exchange, Washington D.C., 5-7 PM 

September 14th  

• The Senate is back in session 

September 15th  

• The Data Foundation’s govDATAx, George Washington University