Sefton Boyars and William T Allen

Sefton Boyars, CPA (retired), CGFM (retired)

Until his retirement in October 1996, Mr. Boyars had been the Department of Education's Regional Inspector General for Audit in Regions IX and X for sixteen years. During his 35-year career, Sefton worked for a variety of federal government audit agencies and a California county.

Sefton was active in his profession. He was a member of the California CPA Society and was a long-time Chair of his chapter’s committee on Government Accounting and Auditing. He served on the Qualifications Committee of the California State Board of Accountancy for three years. Sefton was a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Government Financial Manager. He has now retired.

He is a past Chair of the Western Intergovernmental Audit Forum and often served as chair or co-chair of its subcommittees and roundtables. Sefton was the President of the San Francisco chapter of the Association of Government Accountants.

Sefton was an experienced trainer and has taught for numerous organizations, including federal, state and local governments, professional associations, the California CPA Education Foundation, the USDA Graduate School and Management Concepts, Incorporated. He received AGA’s National Education and Training Award for 1998.

Sefton has co-authored a number of online texts that cover government auditing and government grant rules.
 

William T. Allen, CPA (retired) Author

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Bill has 30 years of federal audit and contract monitoring experience. He served as the U.S. Department of Education’s Regional Inspector General for Audit for Regions VII, VIII, and X. Mr. Allen also served as Region IX’s Assistant Regional Inspector General for Audit. In these capacities, he managed the planning, performing, and reporting for performance and compliance audits of public and private (nonprofit and for-profit) educational and health-related organizations.

He has led a peer review for a major government department and throughout his career has participated on numerous projects designed to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

He received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University, East Bay. Mr. Allen was a CPA, licensed in the state of Missouri from 1990-2007 (currently inactive).

Mr. Allen served as an instructor for the Graduate School (formerly USDA-Grad School) and the Association of Government Accountants. Mr. Allen served as president of the Sacramento AGA Chapter, co-chair for the Mountain and Plains Intergovernmental Audit Forum, and as a member of the Executive Committee Mid-America Intergovernmental Audit Forum.

Mr. Allen has co-authored several training guides related to government cost and administrative regulations, audit findings, and improving auditor/auditee relations.