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14 Oct 2009, 8:52 am
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the first New York senator to sit on the Senate Agriculture Committee in nearly 40 years, today announced a comprehensive plan to overhaul the nation's food safety laws by improving inspection, recall response, and public education. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 3:59 pm
(The Finance Committee will develop the border measure language.) [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 7:14 am
Audit partners are subject to multiple layers of internal quality control mechanisms and multiple sources of external oversight, such as audit committees, federal and state regulators, and the threat of civil liability.Moreover, under current PCAOB standards, registered firms are required to establish a system of quality control that provides the firm with reasonable assurance that the engagement partners have a professional responsibility to adhere to PCAOB… [read post]
22 Sep 2009, 6:23 am
Senator Graham highlighted the need for synchronization with the work of the congressional committees. [read post]
14 Aug 2009, 10:00 am
I'm sure they'll get a chance to talk about the progress and the talks that he's having with members of the Finance Committee. [read post]
13 Aug 2009, 6:15 am
We also have expressed support for a new consumer agency to assure strong rules and enforcement of consumer protection across the board. [read post]
8 Aug 2009, 12:44 am
Requires the WTC program administrator to:(1) implement a quality assurance program;(2) establish the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee;(3) establish the WTC Responders Steering Committee and the WTC Community Program Steering Committee;(4) provide for education and outreach on services under the WTC program;(5) provide for the uniform collection of data related to WTC-related health conditions;(6) conduct research on physical and… [read post]
28 Jul 2009, 5:36 pm
In fact, certain financial reports from 2003 to 2005 were restated twice to correct accounting errors.From December 2000 to March 2002, Patrick Byrne lied about Overstock.com's financial performance in a series of interviews on national television and in various publications prior to the company's initial public offering in March 2002. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 5:20 pm
A wide range of credit products are offered–from payday loans to pawn shops, to auto loans and car title loans, many from large national chains–with little supervision or enforcement. [read post]
10 Jun 2009, 2:28 pm
The ACES bill passed the Energy and Commerce Committee May 31, 2009, by a 33-25 bipartisan vote. [read post]
1 Jun 2009, 8:47 am
As Jane mentions, this topic was central to much of the discussion that occurred during the first two days of the testimony before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) on the Future of Personal Health Records held on May 20 and 21. [read post]
1 Jun 2009, 5:53 am
The Committee noted that auditors are not particularly well placed or even competent to provide additional assurance regarding the risk management practices of financial institutions.In addition to increased liability risk, noted FRC CEO Paul Boyle, extending the remit of audit to incorporate assurance regarding risk management could be harmful at a national level without corresponding international agreement. [read post]
25 May 2009, 11:56 pm
Consequently, the Congress excluded universal health coverage from the Social Security Act of the late 1930's and Harry Truman's health care reform efforts of the late 1940's fell apart in committee. [read post]
17 May 2009, 8:48 pm
On Monday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will begin a week-long marathon to pass long-overdue clean energy and climate legislation. [read post]
8 May 2009, 7:45 am
Researchers were convinced from what evidence was available that the quality of the testing was highly inadequate and that the expertise didn't exist within either the testing laboratories to perform adequate testing or the NASED technical committee to competently review the ultimate test reports submitted by the laboratories (called Independent Testing Authorities (ITA)). [read post]
26 Apr 2009, 6:16 pm
The changes will generally provide greater Ministerial control, better human resource planning, significant reforms to the complaints and discipline process, a separation of quality assurance from complaints, and more transparency for the colleges. [read post]
15 Apr 2009, 7:14 am
*Requires nursing homes to develop internal quality assurance and performance improvement standards to monitor and improve the quality of care provided to residents. [read post]
12 Apr 2009, 11:40 pm
Before anyone starts whining about how I don't understand, let me assure you I do. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 5:00 am
National authorities will enforce compliance and require changes to a rating agency's practices and procedures for managing conflicts of interest and assuring the transparency and quality of the rating process.In particular, rating agencies should differentiate ratings for structured products and provide full disclosure of their ratings track record and the information and assumptions that underpin the ratings process. [read post]
6 Mar 2009, 8:31 am
Related to this, the use of multiple quality assurance mechanisms with varying requirements may raise questions about whether offsets are fully fungible -- interchangeable and of comparable quality. [read post]
