Sara Lord, CPA, is chair of the Auditing Standards Board (ASB), which recently issued a new standard that completes the suite of quality management standards ahead of an important implementation ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a key update to the federal air quality standard for fine soot – a step toward reducing deadly air pollution that’s been over a decade in the ...

One of the major lessons learned about the Covid-19 pandemic was the role ventilation played in its spread. In the summer and fall of 2020, the World Health Organization and then the Centers for ...

Editor’s note: This article is the second in a series to help practitioners learn about the AICPA’s new quality management standards and prepare to implement them. The interrelated final standards on ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board introduced two pieces of guidance to help auditing firms apply its new quality control standard. The Securities and Exchange Commission approved the PCAOB ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ESFM has been awarded ISO 9001 certification, an internationally recognized standard, demonstrating its commitment to quality management among its performance, ...

QC 1000, A Firm's System of Quality Control, will require all registered public accounting firms to identify specific risks to their practice and design a quality control system that can safeguard ...

The United States House of Representatives passed by partisan vote legislation denominated H.R. 7650 that would amend the Clean Air Act titled: “Air Quality Standards Implementation Act of 2024” (“Act ...

In the quiet moments before dawn, a small-scale Kenyan business owner inspects her products, ensuring each one meets her standards of excellence. Across the country, a young entrepreneur chooses ...

Across the country, insurers are increasingly offering food- and nutrition-related benefits, including treatments that provide access to nutritious food through the health care system for patients ...