Auditing

As Australia assumes the presidency of the G-20 for 2014, IFAC reiterated its call on global policymakers to refocus on regulatory convergence, and said their failure to do so is stifling business confidence, economic stability, and ambitions for a sustainable recovery.

An administrative secretary and bookkeeper was charged with six felony counts Tuesday after she allegedly stole more than $850,000 over a 10-year period from a New Glarus, Wisconsin, rehabilitation and nursing home where she was employed.

The Washington State Auditor's Office published a report last month detailing cases of university credit cards being used for "unallowable" purchases at three major higher education institutions, including Washington State University.

Financially beleaguered North Las Vegas is in even greater trouble than previously acknowledged, the result of "games" being played in how the city balances it books, according to Mayor John Lee.

Business as usual, well, just is not usual anymore. With mobility at our fingertips, we are no longer tethered to a hardwired environment and the now-standard workplace stretches beyond an office or cubical. Let us not forget that you can forget working 9 to 5.

The Financial Accounting Foundation has named investor Ann M. Spruill to its Board of Trustees.

Former Chicago Comptroller Amer Ahmad pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to charges stemming from a kickback scheme he ran with his friends while he was deputy state treasurer in Ohio.

As more and more firms consider moving to the cloud, the various flavors of cloud become a focal point of their diligence. We get a fair amount of questions about IaaS, (a.k.a. Infrastructure as a Service) and what specifically sets it apart from the other options available today. See Wikipedia’s definition of Cloud for more insight.