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Another Bump for Sarbanes-Oxley: After six years of survival, could a constitutional technicality derail the far-reaching Sarbanes-Oxley Act? At issue is a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. that challenges the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The PCAOB was set up by the Sarbanes-Oxley...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, PCAOB, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Peter Galuszka; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Sarbanes-Oxley in Retrospect: Fear and Loathing: Sarbanes-Oxley in Retrospect: Fear and LoathingFear of Sarbanes_OxleyThere are other problems to be listed in the US apart from Sarbanes-Oxley. For example, that the US wants to extend its regulation when the company is from the US, although all the activity is outside the US. We will see in the...; Tags: Retrospect, Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
Sarbanes-Oxley in Retrospect: SOX Comes of Age: Sarbanes-Oxley in Retrospect: SOX Comes of AgeSabox: Y2K2I have read the various descriptions of the 'new' Sarbox requirements. They basically are an attempt at holding the CEO and CFO accountable for the documents that they sign. Funny, I would have thought that their signature all along carried the...; Tags: Retrospect, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbox; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
Sarbanes-Oxley in Retrospect: SOX Comes of Age: In the first two installments of this three-part series, I talked about the birth of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and about how it spread fear and loathing among business leaders in the U.S. Flash forward to today. Having taken effect nearly six years ago, SOX has settled in. Was it...; Tags: Human Resources, Finance, Financial Accounting, Government, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Policies And Procedures, Peter Galuszka; Blog posts 2008-07-11
Sarbanes-Oxley in Retrospect: Fear and Loathing: By 2005, it was clear that Sarbanes-Oxley wasnâ€™t exactly popular. SOX was being blamed for everything from putting companies out of business to forcing foreign firms to seek capital in non-U.S. markets. The most serious and believable criticisms surrounded SOXâ€™s notorious Section 404 which called for internal...; Tags: Finance, Financial Accounting, Government, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Peter Galuszka; Blog posts 2008-07-10

Sarbanes-Oxley in Retrospect: In the Beginning: We're coming up on the sixth anniversary of the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which still stirs strong emotions. Indeed, when President George W. Bush signed it into law on July 30, 2002, he called it "the most far-reaching" business regulation reform since the days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. ...; Tags: Peter Galuszka, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources, Finance, Financial Accounting, Government, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Is Your Company at Risk for Financial Restatements?: Financial restatements strain resources and unnerve shareholders. It's a wild, post-Sarbox world. Here's how smart companies survive. Restate and Main: Is Your Company Vulnerable? Source: CFO Publishing This column from CFO Publishing looks...; Tags: SOX, Financial Restatements, Sarbox, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, BNET Staff, Restatement, Financial, Financial Accounting, Finance, Securities, Top 5; Articles 2008-03-11
How to Survive (and Win) with Sarbanes-Oxley: How to Survive and Win with Sarbanes-OxleyChurchesSarbox only applies to publicly-held, for-profit companies. Churches are ultimately audited by somebody even [i]more[/i] exalted than a CPA.RE: How to Survive and Win with Sarbanes-Oxleyit was greatAyodejiRE: How to Survive and Win with Sarbanes-OxleyThis is a really good article--How do you think the...; Tags: audit, church, Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Discussion threads 2008-02-28
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: How to Survive (and Win): Thanks to new regulations, Sarbox compliance has become a lot less costly and more efficient. Here's how to use it to your best advantage. Create a Controls-Friendly Culture From the Top Goal: Lay the...; Tags: Compliance, Sarbox, SOX, Auditor, Audit, Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Auditing, Geoffrey James, Financial Accounting, Finance, Crash Course; Articles 2008-02-26
Sarbanes-Oxley: is it good for your supply chain?(CONTROL)(Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002): The Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX, enacted July 30, 2002 and now administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, is the most sweeping securities legislation in recent history. The act was introduced to close the gap between ownership (by s The Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX, enacted...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SEC, supply chain; Research articles 2006-11-01
SOXworthy?: For the past few years Viper Motorcycles has used SAP Business One to assist in the auditing of its financial reporting and internal controls so that it can comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. While Viper and other small-cap companies in the United States For the past few years Viper Motorcycles...; Tags: company, compliance, financial, Microsoft Corp., Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Research articles 2006-06-01
CFO Strategies' SOX Compliance Manager is Recognized as a Microsoft Office Business Application for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: SAN DIEGO -- CFO Strategies, Inc. today announced a strategic relationship with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to introduce an Office Business Application OBA, SOX Compliance Manager[TM] to the enterprise application community. SOX Compliance Manager is an innovative Software-Plus-Services solution developed by CFO Strategies to reduce the cost and complexity of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.; Tags: business application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, SOX compliance, strategy; Research articles 2007-10-10
SEC loosens Sarbanes-Oxley: The US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC has unanimously approved new guidance on how part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 SOX is interpreted.; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SEC; Research articles 2007-07-01
SOX spending will exceed $6 billion in 2006.(THE COST OF COMPLIANCE)(meeting the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2006)(Brief Article): AMR Research estimates that companies will spend $6 billion on complying with Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX requirements in 2006, on a par with the $6.1 billion that will be spent in 2005. These findings are based on a recent study conducted by the Bost AMR...; Tags: AMR Research, Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Research articles 2005-11-01
GAO issues SOX report: The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the effects of SOX on smaller companies.; Tags: General Accounting Office, Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Research articles 2006-07-01
Whistleblowing.(Books and Reports): The Practicing Law Institute (PLI; New York) has published "Corporate Whistleblowing in the Sarbanes-Oxley Era," a loose-leaf volume that offers the legal, litigation and compliance information needed to help employers minimize the risk and The Practicing Law Institute (PLI; New York) has published "Corporate Whistleblowing...; Tags: Books, Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Research articles 2007-10-01
Authoria Webcast Shares Best Practices for Making HR Processes Routinely Compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements; Leading Independent Research Analyst Highlights Strategies to Leverage Technology for Repeatable SOX Compliance: WALTHAM, Mass. -- Authoria, Inc., the leader in strategic talent management solutions, today announced a complimentary Webcast in which Paul Hamerman, Vice President, Enterprise Applications at Forrester Research, will share how emerging best practices are helping businesses address Sarbanes-Oxley SOX compliance as a process, rather than a series of projects.; Tags: Authoria, best practice, Human Resources, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX compliance, strategy; Research articles 2006-04-17
SOX Compliance Should Not Rest Solely with the CFO, according to a new Aberdeen Report; Companies involving C-level management in Sarbanes-Oxley lag behind those who push responsibility further down in the organization: BOSTON -- As pressure to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations mounts, a new report by AberdeenGroup demonstrates that companies that involve much of the organization in their SOX review process are experiencing lower costs and increased profits. By contrast, companies who limit SOX reviews to a small group of senior management...; Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX compliance; Research articles 2005-04-14
Sarbanes-Oxley is in Congress' cross hairs.(Short Interests): Byline: Sara Hansard WASHINGTON - Public companies with market capitalizations of less than $700 million would be allowed to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley on a voluntary basis under legislation introduced last week by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., an Byline:...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2007-03-19
The Joy of SOX: Why Sarbanes-Oxley is Good for American Business; New Book by SOA Software Executive Hugh Taylor Highlights Role of IT and Compliance in Improving Business Operations: LOS ANGELES -- SOA Software, the leading provider of comprehensive SOA and Web services management, security and governance solutions, announced today that Hugh Taylor is publishing his third book, The Joy of SOX: Why Sarbanes-Oxley and Service-Oriented Architecture May Be The Best Thing That Ever Happened To You with Wiley...; Tags: compliance, information technology, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOA Software Inc.; Research articles 2006-05-16