For those of you who are curious, the below article from TNBankers.org gives descriptions of some of the key provisions of the Reform Bill that is currently being worked on:
Compliance Alert: Status of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b)
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Compliance Alert: CPA Society Supports SOX for Small Companies
The Ohio Society of CPAs commented on the "Last-minute attempt made to remove small public company exemption from financial reform" in 404(b) in the article below on 25 June 2010. They discussed the fact that investors in small companies deserve safeguards against possible fraud. After all, if there are no safeguards to prevent fraud for small public companies, that will ultimately lead to a lack of investment in these companies as investors will not feel secure in doing so. Click here to read the full statement.
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While reading The Harvard Law School Forum I came across a post that discusses the "Sarbanes-Oxley 'Clawback' Developments" by John F. Savarese. It is very interesting, and if you would like to read it, click here.
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PRNewswire has a very interesting article on the most recent FEI Survey titled "FEI Survey: Companies Report Signs of Stabilization with 2009 Auditing Process." The survey found that most companies complying with SOX had smoother audit processes and felt they had better control and understanding of their company as well as their responsibility. Ultimately, they found SOX to be valuable to their business process. If you would like to read the full article about the survey and its findings, please click on the link below:
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Vibato is delighted to announce that we are now offering our SOX Compliance Made Simple® product suite in Mandarin. This includes our SOX Basic®, Risk Assessment, Segregation of Duties, and all of our pre-defined process cycles and software.
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