Lora Bentley wrote yet another article that included information about our thoughts around our New Year's resolutions surrounding SOX that is viewable here:

For the past two years, we here at Vibato have donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in lieu of sending or exchanging gifts during the holiday season.  We encourage all of our readers to consider contributing to this wonderful foundation. Click on the image below to see their website.

This year, Akeena Solar attended a Risk Assessment Seminar we held with Burr Pilger & Mayer LLP.  They were so impressed with our methodology and passion for saving our clients money and time that they decided to switch their SOX service providers to us.  The switch has been a tremendous success and here is what their CFO has to say about it: 

Alex Pollock published an article titled "What the House Got Right on Financial Regulation" yesterday (see it here).  It is a good, quick read.  I wanted to touch on his comment that 404(b) for non-accelerated filers is a waste of money and time.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) updated their website today with the following announcement: