Table Comparing COSO and ISO 9001
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April 11, 2008
The COSO Guidance consists of five elements: (1) Internal Control Environment, (2) Information and communication, (3) Risk Assessment, (4) Monitoring, and (5) Control Activities. I published in the September 2005 Quality Progress, the following article comparing the COSO guidance with...
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September 27, 2007
Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems
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September 27, 2007
COSO drafted their Discussion Document on Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems This 52 pages document is available for your review and comments before 31-Oct-07. This guidance elaborates on the 1992 Internal Control —Integrated Framework by COSO.Background: The Internal Control...
PCAOB’s new Audit Standard (AS5) for Internal Control over Financial Reporting is Approved by the SEC
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July 26, 2007
AS5, Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICoFR) that is integrated with an Audit of Financial Statements, was approved today by the Securities and Exchange Commission on 25-Jul-07 and replaces the PCAOB’s previous internal control auditing standard, AS2. SEC...
Five Years of Ensuring Corporate Integrity
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July 22, 2007
U.S. President's Corporate Fraud Task Force put out a Fact Sheet: President’s Corporate Fraud Task Force Marks Five Years of Ensuring Corporate Integrity that states 1,236 total corporate fraud convictions to date, including:214 chief executive officers and presidents; 53 chief financial...
Guidance regarding Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting - SEC
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5:16PM CST
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June 29, 2007
SEC released its final interpretive guidance for management and related rule amendments, as well as a proposed rule seeking comment on the definition of “significant deficiency” with respect to the internal control reporting rules: Interpretive Guidance: Commission Guidance Regarding Management's...
PCAOB approve new auditing standard AS5
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6:23PM CST
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May 27, 2007
On 24-May-07, The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) voted to adopt Auditing Standard No. 5, An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting That Is Integrated with An Audit of Financial Statements (AS5) to replace the infamous and expensive...
SEC responds to public comments on proposed changes to Sarbanes-Oxley rules and standards
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April 5, 2007
On 4-Apr-07, SEC Commissioners had an open meeting on the many public comments on the proposed changes to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) rules and auditing standards. ASQ President, Ronald D. Atkinson, had sent to both the U.S. SEC and PCAOB the consolidated...
