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For the Week of November 22, 2009...

2010 Annual Meeting
EARLYBIRD DEADLINE: 12/01/2009
On July 31-August 4, 2010, the American Accounting Association (AAA) will hold its Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. The Program Advisory Committee for the 2010 Annual Meeting of the AAA invites academic and practitioner members from around the world to submit research papers, proposals for panels, Effective Learning Strategies sessions, CPE Sessions and the Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting (CTLA).

Although the final submission deadline for papers, panels, and CPE proposals is January 6, 2010, paper and proposal submissions received by midnight eastern time on December 1, 2009 are eligible to win one of three (3) Earlybird Cash Prizes. Volunteers are also needed to serve as reviewers, session moderators, and paper discussants. If you are submitting a paper or proposal for the 2010 Annual Meeting, please consider "giving back" to the community by also volunteering to serve in one or more of these roles.

Accounting Education News
FALL 2009
The 2009 Fall edition of Accounting Education News is now available online. This issue features AAA President Nancy Bagranoff writing about the AAA's long-term strategic and thought leadership in accounting; highlights of the 2009 Annual Meeting in New York City; the Faculty Development Update, and other important announcements and information.

Independence in Accounting Standard Setting
STANDARDS SETTING CHALLENGE
A new bill is being proposed in Congress that would create a new "Federal Oversight Board", to approve and oversee accounting principles and standards for the purposes of the federal financial regulatory agencies, and for other purposes. The House Financial Services Committee has held a hearing, and a number of organizations and individuals have written comment letters to the Committee and to their congressional representatives. This bill has the potential to have a significant impact on how accounting standards are set. So that AAA members have an opportunity to learn more about these unfolding events and contribute to the conversation, an AAACommons community has been developed where supporting materials and posted comment letters can be shared and discussed.

Join that community by clicking on the link above to go to the AAACommons community on Independence in Accounting Standard Setting under "Hot Topics" (login required).

COSO News Release
THOUGHT PAPER
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has released a new thought paper, Strengthening Enterprise Risk Management for Strategic Advantage, that highlights specific areas where senior management can work with its board of directors to enhance the board's risk oversight capabilities and the organization's strategic value.
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Steve Berlin/CITGO Grant
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The purpose of the Steve Berlin/CITGO Grant program is to foster academics' understanding of the contemporary external reporting and governance challenges faced by preparers. Such understanding might be fostered by academics conducting field research, field studies, working in the field, or other such activities. The submission deadline is March 10, 2010.

Outstanding Accounting Educator Award
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Nominations for the 2010 American Accounting Association Outstanding Accounting Educator Award(s) must be submitted before January 31, 2010. Nominations are especially encouraged that propose educators whose career contributions have been at universities other than large doctoral-granting institutions. Any person or group may make nominations.

AICPA Exposure Draft
AAA TASK FORCE RESPONSE
Recently the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Professional Ethics Executive Committee issued an Exposure Draft entitled Proposed Revision to Ethics Ruling No. 2 Regarding Distribution of Client Information. The American Accounting Association (AAA) convened a Task Force to respond to the proposed revisions. Please see the AAA Resource Page for documents prepared by the Task Force and other responses from various AAA members and groups.

FASB Accounting Standards Codification™
ACADEMIC ACCOUNTING ACCESS
On July 1, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) instituted a major change in the way accounting standards are organized. On that date, the FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ (FASB Codification) became 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...

Visit the AAA Marketplace
SPECIAL OFFER!
For a limited time, the AAA is offering two landmark works, documenting the history of the American Accounting Association, at a very special price! The offering includes American Accounting Association, Its First 50 Years—1916–1966, by Stephen A. Zeff (reprinted in 1991), and The Third-Quarter Century of the American Accounting Association—1966–1991, by Dale L. Flesher (published 1991).

AAA Issues and Resources
Looking for information about AAA task force initiatives? Many items that previously appeared on the AAA home page have been collected in a special Issues/Resources compendium for easy access.

Front Page News Archive
Items on our front page that cannot be found elsewhere on our site may be kept in a news archive.