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Webcasts of the Week

 Defining and Executing Systematic, Risk-Based Third-Party Due Diligence for FCPA Compliance
Sponsored by The Steele Foundation

Help Wanted: Ad of the Week

 Compliance Education & Communications Mgr.
Submitted by Oracle

Event of the Week

 Corporate Governance Programs
Courtesy of Harvard Business School

Thought Leadership of the Week

Access Management: Efficiency, Confidence, Control
Courtesy of SAP

The Resource Exchange

Code of Conduct
Submitted by BP

Sample Risk Acceptance Request
Submitted by Circuit City

Featured Databases

Whistleblower Guidelines
Search Whistleblower Policies, Contract Options

Class-Action Filings
Download Text of Class-Action Complaints

GRC Illustrated Series

 Improving GRC by Visualizing Your Data
The 24th Installment in This Exclusive Series
Compliance Week 2009--Fourth Annual Conference for Corporate Financial, Legal, Risk, Audit & Compliance Executives, June 3-5, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Rocco J. deGrasse

Principal, Forensic Services Practice
KPMG

Rocco deGrasse is a Principal in the Forensic Services Practice of KPMG. He previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois and the Eastern District of North Carolina, where he tried more than 25 cases in federal court and argued numerous cases on appeal before federal appellate courts. He also served as a law clerk to a U.S. District Court Judge in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Rocco is on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Crime Commission and served previously as its Secretary.

Rocco’s practice currently is devoted almost exclusively to issues arising in connection with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He also has conducted and supervised fraud and forensic internal investigations for a wide variety of businesses and advises companies on establishing and implementing corporate compliance programs.

Rocco travels world-wide to address FCPA-related issues for clients, including in the due diligence and investigative contexts. His work includes review of books and records as well as corporate policies and procedures, supervision of computer forensic projects, and interviews of corporate employees and third party agents. He understands the inevitable investigative challenges that accompany cross-border FCPA investigations and due diligence projects, including an understanding of cultural, statutory and regulatory frameworks relevant to investigations in foreign countries.