The American Accounting Association

For the Week of July 5, 2009...

2009 Annual Meeting
SESSION LISTINGS ONLINE
The preliminary online program for the AAA 2009 Annual Meeting in New York, NY, now features links to detailed listings of all the concurrent sessions, each of the Research Interaction Sessions, the New Scholar Session, Emerging and Innovative Research Projects, and Effective Learning Strategies.

Annual Meeting Career Connection
The Career Connection (CC) at the 2009 Annual Meeting is the AAA's biggest recruiting event, where applicants and institutions from across the country can make connections! REGISTER TODAY!

2009 CTLA Agenda
We invite you to attend the 2009 Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting. The agenda for this event is now available online.

Accounting Education News
SUMMER 2009
The Summer 2009 edition of Accounting Education News, the official newsletter of the American Accounting Association, is now available online. This issue features a message from Sue Haka, AAA President, a listing of the newly confirmed Executive Committee and Council Member for 2009-2010, the Faculty Development Update, a message from Tracey Sutherland, AAA Executive Director, and an assortment of timely news, calls, and announcements.

FASB Accounting Standards Codification™
ACADEMIC ACCOUNTING ACCESS
On July 1, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is instituting a major change in the way accounting standards are organized. On that date, the FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ (FASB Codification) will become the single official source of authoritative, nongovernmental U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). After that date, only one level of authoritative U.S. GAAP will exist, other than guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). All other literature will be non-authoritative.

As part of its educational mission, the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF), the oversight and administrative body of the FASB, in a joint initiative with the American Accounting Association (AAA), will provide faculty and students in accounting programs at post-secondary academic institutions with the Professional View of the online FASB Codification. Read more...

Accounting Doctoral Scholars Program
LAUNCHES SECOND YEAR
The Accounting Doctoral Scholars (ADS) Program is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for funding for individuals beginning their doctoral studies in the fall of 2010. The CPA profession has created the ADS Program to help reverse a shortage of PhD accounting faculty in U.S. colleges and universities. The development of the program is spearheaded by the largest accounting firms and is administered by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Foundation. More information...

COSO Issues Guidance
MONITORING OF INTERNAL CONTROL
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.
Read the press release...

COSO Elects New Chair
David L. Landsittel, CPA has been named the new chairman of Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO), an organization that provides thought leadership and guidance dealing with internal controls, enterprise risk management and fraud deterrence. COSO is sponsored and supported by five professional organizations – the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Executives International, the Institute of Management Accountants and The Institute of Internal Auditors.

Landsittel replaces Larry E. Rittenberg, PhD, CPA, CIA, who served as COSO Chairman since 2005. Recognizing Rittenberg's outstanding leadership of COSO over the last four and a half years, its Board has designated him as "Chair Emeritus." In that role, he will provide important support to Landsittel and the COSO Board in implementing COSO's strategic plan that has been developed over the past two years. Read more...

Studies in Accounting Research
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
At the 2007 Annual Meeting the Executive Committee approved the reinstatement of the monograph series Studies in Accounting Research (SAR). The AAA issued 33 SARs from 1969 through 2000. SAR is a prestigious series that provides an outlet for seminal and innovative research not bounded by the usual space and topic constraints present in our journals. SAR is of significant benefit to authors in exploring a topic in great depth and as a resource for other researchers.

PhD Shortage Future Accounting Faculty and Programs
PROJECTS AND RESOURCES
The AAA is developing new resources for the community participating in and supporting accounting programs, students, faculty, and by that connection practitioners of accounting. This ongoing effort will support the broad community committed to a vital future for accounting education.

Global Accounting Digital Archive Network
A PROJECT OF AAA AND EAA
GADAN The Global Accounting Digital Archive Network combines many sources of freely available digital information and archives related to accounting in various parts of the world. Initiated as a joint project of the American Accounting Association and the European Accounting Association, in collaboration with organizations and academics from many parts of the world, this on-going effort aims to assemble links to useful accounting archives.

FIA Section Forensic and Investigative Accounting
PROPOSED NEW AAA SECTION
Sponsors of the Forensic and Investigative Accounting (FIA) Section are soliciting members for a proposed new section of the American Accounting Association.

AAA Resource Page
NASBA'S UAA REVISION PROPOSALS
In 2005, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) issued an exposure draft of proposed changes to the Uniform Accountancy Act, Rules 5-1 and 5-2. In response to this exposure draft the AAA convened a task force to examine the proposed changes and to prepare a response. Please review the Resource Page for documents prepared by the Task Force and links to useful resources.
On January 16, 2006 NASBA issued a Framework for Revision

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