News Archive

• Call for Nominations to the Nominating Committee
  
  
• Nominations for 2010 Awards of the Auditing Section are due July 1, 2009. Click here for more information.
  
  
• Proposed Change to the Section By-Laws. Read the details here.
  
  
• The Final Report of the Department of the Treasury’s Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession has been released.
  
  
• PCAOB Proposes New Auditing Standards Related to the Auditor's Assessment of and Responses to Risk.
  
  
• SEC Academic Fellowships for 2009/2010
  The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking applicants for the position of visiting academic fellow for the academic year 2009/2010.  These fellowships offer an exciting opportunity for an accounting professor to be directly involved in the work of the SEC and to gain insight into the SEC’s oversight and regulatory processes. Click Here For details of the program.
  
  
• COSO Seeks New Chair
  COSO (the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission) is seeking a new Board Chair. The elected position will commence on June 1, 2009 for a three-year term. COSO is structured as a committee, which includes a Board Chair and a Board Member from each of COSO’s five voluntary organizations and founding sponsors: AICPA, AAA, FEI, IIA and IMA. The COSO Board Chair provides strategic oversight for COSO, serves as the organization’s key representative to the external marketplace (SEC, PCAOB, U.S. Department of Treasury, and related global organizations), and is a voting member of the COSO Board. Candidates for the Board Chair position must be highly experienced and recognized thought leaders in risk management, internal controls, governance, and fraud deterrence. View the full Summary Position Description of the COSO Board Chair and nomination process.
  
  
• Center for Audit Quality (CAQ)
  CAQ Announces Requests for Research Proposals, with a deadline of May 15, 2009.
  
  
• IAAER-ANPCONT
  3rd International Accounting Congress
  ANPCONT (Associação Nacional dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Contábeis) is pleased to announce that the Association is the co-host of IAAER's (International Association for Accounting Education and Research). first international accounting congress to be held in South America. A special component of the two day conference will be a half day IFRS workshop co-hosted by the IASCF. All conference sessions will be held at the Universidade de São Paulo. The conference theme is Accounting internationalization: current and future trends. More detail...
  
  
• Call for Papers for IT Audit Research Symposium
  The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Advanced Technology Committee (ATC) and The IIA Research Foundation (IIARF) are pleased to announce the fourth IT Auditing Research Symposium, to be held in 2009. Proposals are due March 6, 2009. Download the call for papers. (PDF, 442KB)
  
  
• The Seventh Annual Information Security Symposium was held on Friday February 27, 2009 in Akron, Ohio. The theme of this year's symposium was "Systems, Security and Assurance Issues in Migration to International Financial Reporting Standards."
  
  
• ISAR 2009
  Call for papers
  
  
• IFAC Issues New Standard on Auditor Competence
  The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) International Accounting Education Standards Board has issued a new standard on auditor competence. This new standard outlines the skills, training, professional values, and attitudes necessary for auditors to perform competently. Effective July 1, 2008, IFAC member bodies will be expected to modify their policies and procedures to ensure that audit professionals meet the requirements of this new standard. Read more about this…
  
  
• New PhD Student Paper Award
  
  
• 2009 Midyear Auditing Section Conference — Call for Submissions
  
  
• 39th Annual Conference of the Decision Science Institute
  

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