Associations

J. Clarke Price, CAE, president and CEO of the Ohio Society of CPAs, was honored with its Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to the Accounting Profession, at the society's Members Summit & Annual Meeting earlier in June.

The Maryland Association of CPAs launched its new Center for Transparency, Performance, Management and Accountability using XBRL (TPMAx), with a special XBRL Thought Leader Symposium today.

Financial Executives International has selected William J. Ihlanfeldt, Hans G. Storr, Robert P. Wayman and John K. Wulff as inductees in its 2012 class of the FEI Hall of Fame.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposed statement for public comment to provide guidance to state and local governments that offer nonexchange financial guarantees, and governments that receive guarantees on their obligations.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission has released a report on how companies can best handle enterprise risk management for cloud computing.

The Maryland Association of CPAs is collaborating with IASeminars to jointly offer a range of International Financial Reporting Standards training programs.

The Institute of Management Accountants is partnering with publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. on co-branding, distribution, product enhancements and innovation for the IMA’s Certified Management Accountant Learning System exam prep set of products.

Michael Woodford, the former president and CEO of Olympus who was fired after he launched an investigation of the Japanese company’s suspicious overpayments for acquisitions, received an award Monday from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

The Massachusetts Society of CPAs has elected its Board of Directors for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

The American Institute of CPAs combined its Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ conference for the first time with the Association for Accounting Marketing’s annual AAM Summit this week in Las Vegas.

The International Federation of Accountants has selected Fayezul Choudhury as its new CEO, succeeding Ian Ball, whose contract expires next February.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking Congress to make permanent changes in the estate tax as soon as possible to provide certainty to taxpayers before the current rates and rules expire at the end of the year.

FMRTL principal Thomas Roche elected president of New Jersey Society of CPAs

The three service lines of the Rainmaker accounting firm consultancy are being reunified under the single name of The Rainmaker Companies LLC.

AICPA’s president and CEO Barry Melancon and chair Greg Anton offer an update on professional issues at annual conference

In the opening keynote address to the annual American Institute of CPAs’ Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ Conference and the 2012 Association for Accounting Marketing Summit, author and marketing expert Sally Hogshead urged attendees to focus their marketing efforts on what sets them apart, and to understand themselves better in order to fascinate their clients and prospects.

Top 100 Firm Postlethwaite & Netterville's Melissa Peroyea receives Health Care Leadership Award

The American Institute of CPAs has introduced a mobile app to help CPA Exam candidates prepare for the Uniform CPA Exam.

The National Association of Black Accountants plans to hold its first virtual career expo in conjunction with its national convention.

The Institute of Management Accountants has thrown its support behind the Financial Accounting Foundation’s plan to establish a Private Company Council to improve the process of setting accounting standards for private companies.