• Shortage of Accountants Leads to New Recruiting Strategies - Accountingweb.com, IN - Dec 15, 2004

• PCAOB Auditing Standard No.2 Self Study - KPMG – Nov, 2004
• PCAOB to Consider Auditor Independence, Tax Services Rules - SmartPros Accounting - Dec 13, 2004

Benefits

• Financial Exec Survey SOX a Good Investment! - WebCPA, NY - Dec 15, 2004

SEC and PCAOB

• Company Delistings Nearly Triple in 2003 - Forbes - Dec 13, 2004
• PCAOB to Consider Auditor Independence, Tax Services Rules - SmartPros Accounting - Dec 13, 2004

SOX and IT

• The CIO's Transformation from Technology Steward to Business Leader - Accountingweb.com, IN - Dec 15, 2004

Surveys

• KPMG Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 2004 Benchmark Survey - KPMG – Dec, 2004

• A New CFO Agenda, The Activist - SmartPros Accounting - Dec 12, 2004
• SEC May Reject Audit Board's $153 Million Budget - Bloomberg - Dec 10, 2004
• Capgemini-CFO Research Study - Business Wire (press release), CA - Dec 6, 2004

• Getting Dumped - CFO.com Magazine, NY - Dec 8, 2004

• D&O; Premiums Decline for First Time Since 1999 - Insurance Journal - Dec 7, 2004
• Assembling directors takes care - Detroit Free Press, MI - Dec 5, 2004

• Compliance Week 119 Internal Control Disclosures in November - Business Wire (press release), CA - Dec 6, 2004
• SEC official expects internal control problems - MSNBC - Dec 6, 2004

• Top execs seem a little out of touch on business ethics - San Diego Union Tribune, CA - Dec 12, 2004
• Researchers say the state of business ethics is gloomy - dBusinessNews Denver (press release), CO - Dec 6, 2004

• Court Defies SEC, Upholds Limitations on Expiring Fraud Claims - Accountingweb.com, IN - Dec 9, 2004