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conferences

MIL’s Kyle Brooks presents talk on RPA at DoS

On June 14th, 2022, MIL Senior AVP Kyle Brooks presented a talk on the U.S. Department of State’s
Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services (CGFS) robotic process automation (RPA)
and intelligent automation programs. Kyle was asked to present this topic on behalf of CGFS to a
Department-wide audience as part of the School of Applied Information Technology. Over the past four
years, Kyle has been leading the effort to establish and develop a robust automation program at CGFS.
Kyle’s session provided an overview of the Department’s automation program and described the
technologies used, offered demonstrations of real life scenarios, and discussed best practices for a
startup RPA program.
Remarking on the opportunity to discuss RPA and MIL’s capabilities to a wider audience, Kyle noted "it’s important for MIL
to continue to lead the way at DoS in the intelligent automation space. Opportunities to showcase our work and share our
knowledge are valuable to both MIL and the State Department, as are the robust solutions we provide."

AGA PDT 2022

The Association of Government Accountants (AGA’s) Professional Development Training (PDT) events bring together a broad
audience of more than 2,700 federal, state and local government financial professionals, including federal, state and local
government CFOs, inspectors general, accountants, auditors as well as financial professionals from the private sector.
This year, DS Comptroller Robert Baldre joined MIL Vice President Som Saadat and Jaime Saling, Directorate Director,
Financial and Budget Reports Division, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury to present on Leading
Practices in Financial Reporting. The panel discussed the current state of governmental financial reporting and the leading
practices available to federal, state, and local governments to prepare present financial data including monthly and quarterly
financial reviews, Agency Financial Reports, Performance and Accountability Reports, Annual Comprehensive Financial
Reports and aligning financial and programmatic data. They also shared the most creative approaches in sharing and visualizing
government financial information. The presentation was so successful that AGA reached out to the panel participants to co-
author an article for the AGA's journal - Great Job!

In a sperate session, entitled “How to Keep Financial Systems Running During Upgrades,” MIL VP Bruce Corfield led a
discussion on demonstrating how modernizing systems affects budget, accounting, reporting, procurement, travel and more.
Also sharing knowledge and experience at this session were featured speakers: Mrs. Chidilim Okonkwo, Director, Agency
Financial Systems Office, NASA Headquarters; Dr. Jeffrey Pullen, Associate Director, Financial Systems, U.S. Department of
Justice, and Mr. Steve Johnson, Chief, Financial Systems Division, Library of Congress.

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