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The Auditing Section of the American
Accounting Association gives greater attention to the area of auditing via
objectives in three areas:
Education: To discuss, test and disseminate various ways
of teaching auditing and audit-related topics.
Research: To encourage, facilitate, and publicize research interest and projects in the audit area.
Practice: To create an opportunity for closer association between the profession and those who instruct in the field.
In all of these objectives, auditing is defined in the broadest sense and is not limited solely to public accounting.
Auditing Section initiates new online journal —
Call — Nominating Committee Members:
Because of a recent change in the Section's by-laws, we are announcing a call for nominations for the 2010 – 2011 Nominating Committee. Please consider nominating yourself or another member of the Auditing Section. The Nominating Committee’s duties include soliciting candidates from the membership for open offices and preparing a slate of at least one candidate for each of the open offices. Consider becoming involved in selecting the next leaders of the Auditing Section. Additional details on the by-laws change, and the responsibilities of the nominating committee, are available online. Nominations for the Nominating Committee should be submitted to Audrey A. Gramling by July 15, 2010, at agramli1@kennesaw.edu.
Call for Proposals, The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation
The IIA Research Foundation is seeking proposals on its 2010 priority topics. Research funded by The IIARF must clearly demonstrate a link to internal auditing and the specific implications for the profession to include : 1. provide information and tools for internal audit practitioners, 2. identify alternative approaches / solutions to emerging issues, 3. share lessons learned and best practices from experiences, 4. provide future methods to address internal audit challenges, 5. identify key organizational issues and internal auditing’s role, and/or 6. provide ideas and information to further the profession. More info...
PCAOB Establishes Academic Fellowship Program
For 2010-2011 Academic Year and Solicits Candidates
Washington, DC, December 22, 2009 – The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced today the establishment of and candidate solicitation for an Academic Fellowship Program.
This program is designed to appoint, annually, an experienced accounting researcher and academic, with an active interest in auditing and oversight matters, to serve as an Academic Fellow at the PCAOB Washington, DC, headquarters for a term of up to 12 months.
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Call for Research Proposals - The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ)
The CAQ is committed to providing opportunities for the academic community to work closely with the profession. In 2008, the Center established a Research Advisory Board (RAB), comprised of representatives from academia and the profession. The RAB funded independent academic research projects on several topics of interest to the profession in 2009. For 2010, the RAB is focusing on a wide range of topics related to the auditing profession; any appropriate research method can be employed. As part of the 2010 round of submissions, the RAB is seeking proposals from academic researchers that address a number of topics. Proposals are due March 1, 2010.
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International Journal of Disclosure and Governance Special Issue: The State and Future of Auditing
In collaboration with the (US) Center for Audit Quality, the International Journal of Disclosure and Governance will publish a special issue on The State and Future of Auditing. This publication, planned for late 2010, is the journal’s third special issue and will build on the success of the first two, devoted to Governance in India and XBRL. This call for papers is an invitation to leading audit practitioners and academic researchers. The submission deadline for the special issue is May 1, 2010,
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Call for Submissions
Submissions are invited for the 16th Annual International Symposium on Audit Research (ISAR) to be hosted by Nanyang Technological University on 24 and 25 June, 2010 in Singapore. The submission deadline is January 31, 2010. More info...
COSO Issues Guidance on Monitoring Internal Controls
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has recently issued its Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems. This business guidance more fully develops the monitoring component of the Internal Control - Integrated Framework to assist companies in ensuring the effectiveness of their financial, operational, and compliance-related internal controls. The guidance consists of three volumes (Guidance; Application; and Examples). An overview of the guidance can be downloaded for free and the three Volume set can be purchased from COSO’s website www.coso.org.
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